Electoral history of L. K. Advani

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Lal Krishna Advani , who was Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. [1]

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Advani entered into the Parliament of India in 1970 as a Member of Rajya Sabha. He served as a Member of Rajya Sabha for four terms until 1989.

Advani contested his first Lok Sabha election in 1989 from New Delhi. He was elected as a Member of the Lok Sabha by defeating V. Mohini Giri of the Indian National Congress. Later in 1991, he contested from two constituencies : Gandhinagar and New Delhi. He was elected as Member of the Lok Sabha from both the constituencies, defeating G. I. Patel in Gandhinagar and Rajesh Khanna in New Delhi. [2] To comply with the law that an elected representative cannot represent more than one constituency, he vacated the New Delhi seat. [3] In 1996, he did not contest Lok Sabha elections from any constituency over allegations of involvement in the Hawala scandal. [4]

In 1998, Advani was again elected to the Lok Sabha from the Gandhinagar constituency. Later he was re-elected from the Gandhinagar in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 and represented Gandhinagar in Parliament till 2019, when he retired from electoral politics and was succeeded by Amit Shah.

Advani served a total four terms in Parliament as a Member of Rajya Sabha and seven terms as a Member of the Lok Sabha.

Summary

Rajya Sabha elections

ElectionHouseConstituencyTerm in officeParty
1970 Rajya Sabha Delhi 1970-1976 Bharatiya Jana Sangh [a]
1976 Gujarat 1976-1982
1982 Madhya Pradesh 1982-1988 Bharatiya Janata Party
1988 1988-1989

Lok Sabha elections

ElectionHouseConstituencyTerm in officeParty
1989 Lok Sabha New Delhi 1989-1991 Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Vacated [b]
Gandhinagar 1991-1996
1998 1998-1999
1999 1999-2004
2004 2004-2009
2009 2009-2014
2014 2014-2019

Detailed results

1989 results

1989 Indian general election: New Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Lal Krishna Advani 1,29,25655.54
INC V. Mohini Giri 97,41541.85
Independent Maharaj Kumar8480.36
Independent Harkesh Singh Ujjainwal7280.31
Independent Rattan5310.23
Majority 31,84113.69
Turnout 2,32,74454.19
BJP gain from INC Swing

1991 results

1991 Indian general election: Gandhinagar [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP L. K. Advani 356,90257.97−8.25
INC G. I. Patel231,22337.56+7.23
JP Sendhaji Thakor6,6351.08N/A
Independent Purushottam Mavalankar 4,7570.77N/A
JD Narendra Dixit4,4410.72N/A
Margin of victory125,67920.41−9.48
Turnout 625,22645.46−12.41
BJP hold Swing
1991 Indian general election: New Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Lal Krishna Advani 93,66243.40
INC Rajesh Khanna 92,07342.66
JD Manju Mohan20,4399.47
JP Himanshu Pandey2,8341.31
BSP Om Parkash6410.30
Majority 1,5890.74
Turnout 2,15,83447.32
BJP hold Swing

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Gandhinagar [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP L. K. Advani 541,34059.86+7.98
INC P. K. Datta264,63929.26−10.37
AIRJP Chaitanya Shambhu Maharaj90,2909.98−3.33
ABP Sanjiv Mani Shanker Pandya4,0030.44N/A
Margin of victory276,70130.60+18.33
Turnout 929,64352.13+23.70
BJP hold Swing

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Gandhinagar [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP L. K. Advani 453,29961.14+1.28
INC T. N. Seshan 264,28535.65+6.39
Independent Sunilbhai Nareshchandra Shah9,9381.34N/A
SP Mod Shankarbhai Daljibhai5,2560.71N/A
Margin of victory189,01425.49−5.11
Turnout 741,28340.42−11.71
BJP hold Swing

General election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Gandhinagar [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP L. K. Advani 516,12061.04−0.10
INC Gabhaji Mangaji Thakor 298,98235.36−0.29
Independent Sunil Shah8,4120.99−0.35
Independent Vitthalbhai Pandya8,3950.99N/A
BSP L. N. Medipally6,6600.79N/A
Margin of victory217,13825.68+0.19
Turnout 845,57654.42+14.00
BJP hold Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Gandhinagar [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP L. K. Advani 4,34,04454.89−6.15
INC Sureshkumar Chaturdas Patel3,12,29739.49+4.13
Independent Dr. Mallika Sarabhai 9,2681.17N/A
Independent Rahul Chimanhbhai Mehta7,3050.92N/A
Independent Mahantshri Dharamdasbapu6,6120.84N/A
BSP Rakesh Pandey5,9070.75−0.04
Independent Sukhdevsingh Parbatsinh Vaghela4,3480.55N/A
Margin of victory1,21,74715.40−10.28
Turnout 7,90,73750.83−3.59
BJP hold Swing -6.15

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Gandhinagar [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP L. K. Advani 7,73,53968.12+13.23
INC Kiritbhai Ishvarbhai Patel2,90,41825.58−13.91
AAP Rituraj Mehta19,9661.76N/A
Independent Rahul Chimanhbhai Mehta9,7670.86−0.06
Independent Kishorsinh Mahobatsinh Vaghela6,7050.59N/A
BSP Niranjan Ghosh6,0680.53−0.22
Margin of victory4,83,12142.54+27.14
Turnout 11,37,01465.57+14.74
BJP hold Swing +13.23

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ From 1977 to 1980 Advani represented the Janata Party after the Bharatiya Jana Sangh merged with it. Following the split in Janata Party and formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980, Advani represented the Bharatiya Janata Party subsequently.
  2. ↑ To comply with the law that an elected representative cannot represent more than one constituency, he vacated the New Delhi seat. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. ↑ M. L. Ahuja; Sharda Paul (1992). 1989-1991 General Elections in India: Including November 1991 By-elections. Associated Publishing House. p. 141. ISBN   978-81-7045-085-6.
  3. 1 2 "How Rajesh Khanna almost ended Advani's career in 1991". 19 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Kumar Shakti Shekhar (1 November 2017). "How Advani will create Parliamentary history whether he contests 2019 Lok Sabha elections or not". indiatoday.in. New Delhi: India Today Group . Retrieved 15 July 2020. But, he resigned in 1996 in the wake of the Jain hawala diary case. He chose not to contest 1996 Lok Sabha election till his name was cleared.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 180. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 192–193. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 222. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 37–38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Gandhinagar". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
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