Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee , who was Prime Minister of India in 1996 and from 1998 till 2004. He was the leader of Bhartiya Janata Party from 1989 to 2004. He was elected ten times to Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament. [1] He also served as a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house for two terms. [2]

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Vajpayee was elected to the Indian parliament for the first time in 1957 representing Balrampur. [3] He was further elected to the Lok Sabha nine times from 1967 to 2004 with the only exception of 1984. [4]

Summary

Rajya Sabha elections

ElectionHouseConstituencyTerm in officeParty
1962 Rajya Sabha Uttar Pradesh 1962-1967 Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1986 Madhya Pradesh 1986-1991 Bharatiya Janata Party

Lok Sabha elections

Election results [5]
TermYearConstituencyPartyResult
1952-57 1955 Lucknow Bharatiya Jana Sangh Lost
1957-62 1957 Balrampur Won
Mathura Lost
Lucknow
1962-67 1962 Balrampur
Lucknow
1967-72 1967 Balrampur Won
1971-77 1971 Gwalior
1977-80 1977 New Delhi Janata Party
1980-84 1980
1984-89 1984 Gwalior Bharatiya Janata Party Lost
1991-96 1991 Lucknow Won
1996-98 1996 Gandhinagar
Lucknow
1998-99 1998
1999-04 1999
2004-09 2004

Detailed results

1955 bypoll results

1955 By Election:Lucknow Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sheorajvati Nehru 49,32441.83
PSP Tirloki Singh 34,57829.33
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 33,98628.82
Majority 14,74612.50
Turnout 1,17,88833.35
INC hold Swing

General election 1957

1957 Indian general election:Balrampur [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 118,38052.16
INC Hyder Hussain108,56847.84
Majority 9,8124.32
Turnout 226,94851.25
Registered electors 442,845
ABJS win (new seat)
1957 Indian general election:Mathura [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Raja Mahendra Pratap 95,20240.68
INC Digambar Singh69,20929.57
Independent Pooran29,17712.47
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 23,62010.09
Independent Sugrib Singh8,9933.84
Independent Shankar Rao7,8183.34
Majority 25,99311.1
Turnout 234,01955.27
Registered electors 423,432
Independent hold Swing
1957 Indian general election:Lucknow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Pulin Behari Banerji 69,51940.75
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 57,03433.44
CPI Fazal Abbas Kazmi28,54216.73
Majority 12,4857.31
Turnout 1,70,57945.12
INC hold Swing

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election:Lucknow [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC B. K. Dhaon 116,63750.45Increase2.svg 9.70
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 86,62037.47Increase2.svg 4.03
Independent Jagdish Gandhi14,7746.39
Socialist M. A. Haleem6,9283.00
ABHM Radhey Shyam4,3561.88
Independent Sahzada Israt1,8690.81
Majority 30,01712.98
Turnout 238,48558.49
Registered electors 407,726
INC hold Swing
1962 Indian general election:Balrampur [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Subhadra Joshi102,26043.33Decrease2.svg 4.51
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 100,20842.46Decrease2.svg 7.70
SWA Ahmad Nasir Usmani24,57510.41
ABHM Swaroop Nath5,0462.14
Independent Vishwa Nath Agarwal3,9341.67
Majority 2,0520.87
Turnout 244,33052.36
Registered electors 466,671
INC gain from ABJS Swing

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election:Balrampur [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 142,44650.48Increase2.svg 8.02
INC Subhadra Joshi110,70439.23Decrease2.svg 4.10
SWA K Kesan29,01110.28
Majority 31,74211.25
Turnout 295,57955.28
Registered electors 534,711
ABJS gain from INC Swing

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election:Gwalior [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 188,99559.33Decrease2.svg 3.37
INC Gautam Sharma118,68537.26Increase2.svg 22.5
ABHM Brijnarayan Brajesh7,7222.42
Independent Madanlal3,1500.99
Majority 70,31022.07
Turnout 331,71658.39
Registered electors 568,108
ABJS hold Swing

General election 1977

1967 Indian general election:New Delhi [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1,25,93671.26
INC Shashi Bhushan 48,75027.58Decrease2.svg 36.8
Majority 77,18643.68
Turnout 1,78,11265.80
Registered electors 270,702
JP gain from INC Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election:New Delhi [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 94,09848.52
INC(I) C. M. Stephen 89,05345.92
JP(S) Rajinder Puri 4,6822.41
INC(U) Mukul Banerjee 7620.39
Majority 5,0452.60
Turnout 1,96,11265.14
Registered electors 301,071
JP hold Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election:Gwalior [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Madhav Rao Scindia 307,73566.71
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 132,14128.65
Majority 175,59438.06
Turnout 471,06866.87
Registered electors 704,433
INC gain from JP Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election:Lucknow [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1,94,88650.90
INC Ranjeet Singh77,58320.26
JP Heeru Saxena59,38515.51
JD Mandhata Singh 22,3575.84
BSP Balbir Singh Saluja13,7283.59
Majority 1,17,30330.64
Turnout 3,82,87732.23
BJP gain from JD Swing 16.82

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election:Gandhinagar [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 323,58366.38Increase2.svg8.41
INC Popatlal V. Patel134,71127.63Decrease2.svg9.93
Margin of victory188,87238.75Increase2.svg18.74
Turnout 487,49627.81Decrease2.svg17.05
BJP hold Swing
1996 Indian general election:Lucknow [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,94,86552.25
SP Raj Babbar 2,76,19436.55
BSP Ved Prakash Grover42,9935.69
INC Om Pathak19,0422.42
Independent Ramdev3,6390.48
Majority 1,18,67115.70
Turnout 7,55,74650.78
BJP hold Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election:Lucknow [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 4,31,73857.82
SP Muzaffar Ali 2,15,47528.86
BSP Dau Ji Gupta56,8877.62
INC Ranjeet Singh38,6365.17
Independent Kumari Katori Devi1,0990.15
Majority 2,16,26328.96
Turnout 7,46,66949.35
BJP hold Swing

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election:Lucknow [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,62,70948.11
INC Karan Singh 2,39,08531.71
SP Bhagwati Singh 78,82610.46
BSP Ijaharul Haque43,9485.83
Independent Vijay Agarwal8,5271.13
Majority 1,23,62416.40
Turnout 7,53,94348.57
BJP hold Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general elections:Lucknow [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,24,71456.12+21.19
SP Madhu Gupta 1,06,33918.38+7.92
Independent Ram Jethmalani 57,6859.97N/A
BSP Nasir Ali Siddiqui53,5669.26−7.86
Samata Party Krishna Pal6,9281.20
Majority 2,18,37537.74+21.34
Turnout 5,78,55635.28−13.29
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "How Vajpayee fared in his Lok Sabha journey". Hindustan Times . 18 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Chennabasaveshwar (10 August 2018). "Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee". New Delhi: One India . Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Press Trust of India (17 August 2018). "The UP constituency from where Vajpayee's journey as parliamentarian started". Hindustan Times . Hindustan Times . Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 12-Term Parliamentarian; 10 Times In Lok Sabha". NDTV. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "How Vajpayee fared in the 14 Lok Sabha elections he contested". Mint. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. 1 2 General election 1957 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 General election 1962 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  8. ↑ General election 1967 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  9. ↑ General election 1971 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  10. ↑ General election 1977 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  11. ↑ General election 1980 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  12. ↑ General election 1984 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  13. ↑ General election 1991 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  14. ↑ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India. p. 260. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  15. ↑ General election 1996 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  16. ↑ General election 1998 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  17. ↑ General election 1999 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  18. ↑ General election 2004 (Report). Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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