Electoral history of Narendra Modi

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Narendra Modi , who is the incumbent Prime Minister of India since 2014 and served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He currently represents Varanasi as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament.

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Modi addressing a rally in Bihar, prior to 2014 Indian general election Narendra Modi addressing Hunkar Rally in Purnia, Bihar.jpg
Modi addressing a rally in Bihar, prior to 2014 Indian general election

He contested his first election in February 2002 by-election to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Rajkot II constituency. [1] Later that year in 2002 elections he contested from Maninagar and won. He was re-elected from Maninagar in 2007 and 2012 and represented the constituency till 2014 when he became the Prime Minister of India.

In 2014, Modi contested for the two Lok Sabha constituencies: Varanasi and Vadodara. [2] He won in both constituencies, defeating Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi and Madhusudan Mistry of the Indian National Congress in Vadodara. [3] To comply with the law that an elected representative cannot represent more than one constituency, he vacated the Vadodara seat. [4] In 2019 he was again re-elected from Varanasi.

Summary

ElectionHouseConstituencyResultParty
2002 [a] Gujarat Legislative Assembly Rajkot II Won BJP
2002 Maninagar Won
2007 Won
2012 Won
2014 Lok Sabha Vadodara [b] Won
Varanasi Won
2019 Won
2024 Won

Parliamentary elections

General election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Varanasi [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 612,97054.24−9.38
INC Ajay Rai 460,45740.74+26.36
BSP Athar Jamal Lari33,7662.99New
Yuga Thulasi PartyKolisetty Shiva Kumar5,7500.51
AD(K) Gagan Prakash Yadav3,6340.32
Independent Dinesh Kumar Yadav2,9170.25
Independent Sanjay Kumar Tiwari2,1710.19
NOTA None of the Above 8,4780.75
Majority152,51313.50−31.72
Turnout 1,130,14356.57−0.56
Registered electors 1,997,578
BJP hold Swing -17.87

General election 2019

2019 Indian general election: Varanasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 674,66463.62+7.25
SP Shalini Yadav195,15918.40+14.11
INC Ajay Rai 152,54814.38+7.04
SBSP Surendra Rajbhar8,8920.84New
Janhit Kisan PartyAnil Kumar Chaurasiya2,7580.26New
NOTA None of the Above 4,0370.38+0.18
Majority479,50545.22+9.15
Turnout 1,060,82957.13−1.22
BJP hold Swing +7.25

General election 2014

2014 Indian general election: Varanasi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 581,02256.37+25.85
AAP Arvind Kejriwal 209,23820.30New
INC Ajay Rai 75,6147.34−2.64
BSP Vijay Prakash Jaiswal60,5795.88−22.06
SP Kailash Chaurasiya45,2914.39−14.22
NOTA None of the Above 2,0510.20New
Majority371,78436.07+33.49
Turnout 1,030,81258.35+15.74
BJP hold Swing +25.85
2014 Indian general election: Vadodara [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 8,45,46472.75+15.35
INC Madhusudan Mistry 2,75,33623.69−15.48
AAP Sunil Digambar Kulkarni10,1010.87N/A
BSP Rohit Madhusudan Mohanbhai5,7820.50−0.32
SUCI(C) Tapan Dasgupta2,2490.19N/A
SP Sahebkhan Asifkhan Pathan2,1010.18N/A
JD(U) Ambalal Kanabhai Jadav1,3820.12N/A
Apna Desh PartyMahemudkhan Razakkhan Pathan1,1090.10N/A
NOTA None of the Above 18,0531.55N/A
Majority5,70,12849.06+30.85
Turnout 11,62,16870.94+21.82
Registered electors 15,90,810
BJP hold Swing +15.42

Legislative Assembly elections

2012

2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Maninagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 1,20,47075.38+5.85
INC Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt34,09721.34−4.77
Independent Pavanbhai Shravanbhai Makan1,4880.93+0.93
BSP Siddharth Yasvantray Kashyap1,2510.78−1.19
CPI Vinod Brahmbhatt1,0980.69+0.69
Majority86,37354.04+10.62
Turnout 1,59,80770.07+9.14
BJP hold Swing +5.85

2007

2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Maninagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 1,39,56869.53−3.76
INC Dinsha Patel 52,40726.11+1.43
BSP Renu Varunkumar Kavatra3,9551.97+1.97
Independent Bhimjibhai Devabhai Prajapati1,7310.86+0.86
CPI(ML)L Amitkumar Lakshmanbhai Patanvadiya1,0450.52+0.52
Majority87,16143.42−5.19
Turnout 2,00,72560.93+10.74
BJP hold Swing -3.76

December 2002

2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: Maninagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 1,13,58973.29+12.15
INC Yatinbhai Oza 38,25624.68−7.57
Independent Harishbhai Ramchandra Sharma1,9461.26+1.26
SP Satubha Kanubha Vaghela1,1900.77−0.65
Majority75,33348.61+19.72
Turnout 1,54,98150.19+8.62
BJP hold Swing +12.15

February 2002

2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly by-election: Rajkot II [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Narendra Modi 4529857.32
INC Ashwinbhai Narbheshankar Mehta3057038.68
Independent Bharatbhai Bhikhalal Makwana7480.95
Turnout 79028
BJP hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ By-election
  2. ↑ Vacated

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