Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency

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Lucknow
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Shri Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of Defence at a webinar on August 04, 2022.jpg
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2019
Preceded by Lalji Tandon

Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is one of the two lok sabha constituencies that lies in the largest and capital city of the state, Lucknow.

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Since 1991 the seat has been held by the BJP. Its best-known MP is Former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vajpayee contested from this seat eight times. First time, he contested 1955 bypoll and came third. Then he came second in 1957 and 1962. After these 3 losses, he won the seat five consecutive times, in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004.

Assembly segments

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
171 Lucknow West Lucknow Armaan Khan Samajwadi Party
172 Lucknow North Neeraj Bora Bharatiya Janata Party
173 Lucknow East Ashutosh Tandon Bharatiya Janata Party
174 Lucknow Central Ravidas Mehrotra Samajwadi Party
175 Lucknow Cantt. Brajesh Pathak Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Indian National Congress
1955^ Sheorajvati Nehru
1957 Pulin Behari Banerji
1962 B. K. Dhaon
1967 Anand Narain Mulla Independent
1971 Sheila Kaul Indian National Congress
1977 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Janata Party
1980 Sheila Kaul Indian National Congress
1984
1989 Mandhata Singh Janata Dal
1991 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009 Lal Ji Tandon
2014 Rajnath Singh
2019

    ^ by-poll

    Election Results

    2024 results

    2024 Indian general elections: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Rajnath Singh
    SP Ravidas Mehrotra
    BSP Not Declared
    NOTA None of the Above
    Majority
    Turnout

    2019 results

    2019 Indian general elections: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Rajnath Singh 633,026 56.70 +2.43
    SP Poonam Sinha 2,85,72425.59+20.10
    INC Acharya Pramod Krishnam1,80,01116.12-11.77
    NOTA None of the Above 7,4160.66+0.21
    Majority3,47,30231.11+4.73
    Turnout 11,16,44554.72+1.70
    BJP hold Swing +2.43

    2014 results

    2014 Indian general elections: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Rajnath Singh 561,106 54.27 +19.34
    INC Rita Bahuguna Joshi 2,88,35727.89-0.04
    BSP Nakul Dubey 64,4496.23-16.65
    SP Abhishek Mishra 56,7715.49-5.03
    AAP Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaaferi 41,4294.01N/A
    NOTA None of the Above 4,6960.45+0.45
    Majority2,72,74926.38+19.38
    Turnout 10,33,88353.02+17.69
    BJP hold Swing +19.34

    2009 results

    2009 Indian general elections: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Lal Ji Tandon 204,028 34.93 -21.19
    INC Rita Bahuguna Joshi 1,63,12727.93+27.93
    BSP Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta 1,33,61022.88+13.62
    SP Nafisa Ali Sodhi 61,45710.52-7.86
    AITC Rajesh Kumar Pandey20,1304.97
    Majority40,9017.00-49.18
    Turnout 6,14,05837.49
    BJP hold Swing

    2004 results

    2004 Indian general elections: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 324,714 56.12 +21.19
    SP Dr. Madhu Gupta 1,06,33918.38+7.92
    Independent Ram Boolchand Jethmalani 57,6859.97N/A
    BSP Nasir Ali Siddiqui53,5669.26-7.86
    Majority2,18,37537.74+21.34
    Turnout 5,78,55635.28-13.29
    BJP hold Swing

    1999 results

    1999 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 362,709 48.11
    INC Dr. Karan Singh 2,39,08531.71
    SP Bhagwati Singh 78,82610.46
    BSP Ijaharul Haque43,9485.83
    Independent Dr. Vijay Agarwal8,5271.13
    Majority1,23,62416.40
    Turnout 7,53,94348.57
    BJP hold Swing

    1998 results

    1998 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 431,738 57.82
    SP Muzaffar Ali 2,15,47528.86
    BSP Dr. Dau Ji Gupta 56,8877.62
    INC Ranjeet Singh38,6365.17
    Independent Kumari Katori Devi1,0990.15
    Majority2,16,26328.96
    Turnout 7,46,66949.35
    BJP hold Swing

    1996 results

    1996 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 394,865 52.25
    SP Raj Babbar 2,76,19436.55
    BSP Ved Prakash Grover42,9935.69
    INC Om Pathak19,0422.42
    Independent Ramdev3,6390.48
    Majority1,18,67115.70
    Turnout 7,55,74650.78
    BJP hold Swing

    1991 results

    1991 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 194,886 50.90
    INC Ranjeet Singh77,58320.26
    JP Heeru Saxena59,38515.51
    JD Mandhata Singh 22,3575.84
    BSP Balbir Singh Saluja13,7283.59
    Majority1,17,30330.64
    Turnout 3,82,87732.23
    BJP gain from JD Swing 16.82

    1989 results

    1989 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    JD Mandhata Singh 110,433 34.08
    INC Dau Ji95,13729.36
    Independent Balraj Madhok 73,83922.78
    BSP Jagmohan Singh Verma20,3936.29
    Majority15,6144.72
    Turnout 3,24,07328.65
    JD gain from INC Swing

    1984 results

    1984 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC Sheila Kaul 169,260 55.67
    LKD Mohammad Yunus Saleem 47,14015.50
    BJP Lal Ji Tandon 36,97312.16
    JP D. P. Bora15,7836.29
    Majority1,22,12040.17
    Turnout 3,04,05840.30
    INC hold Swing

    1980 results

    1980 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC(I) Sheila Kaul 123,231 47.65
    JP Mahmood Butt92,84935.90
    INC(U) Triloki Singh17,1636.64
    Majority30,38211.75
    Turnout 2,58,62037.63
    INC(I) gain from JP Swing

    1977 results

    1977 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    JP Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 242,362 72.99
    INC Sheila Kaul 77,01723.19
    Independent Sarju Prasad5,5341.67
    Majority1,65,34549.80
    Turnout 3,32,04953.52
    JP gain from INC Swing

    1971 results

    1971 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC Sheila Kaul 1,71,01971.61
    ABJS Purushottam Das Kapoor51,81821.70
    BKD D. P. Bora12,0395.04
    Majority1,19,20149.91
    Turnout 2,38,80846.49
    INC gain from Independent Swing

    1967 results

    1967 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Independent Anand Narain Mulla 92,53536.55
    INC V. R. Mohan71,56328.27
    ABJS R. C. Sharma60,29123.81
    Majority20,9728.28
    Turnout 2,53,17527.63
    Independent gain from INC Swing

    1962 results

    1962 Indian general election: Lucknow
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC B. K. Dhaon1,16,63750.45
    ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 86,62037.47
    Independent Jagdish Gandhi 14,7746.39
    Socialist M. A. Haleem6,9283.00
    ABHM Radhey Shyam4,3561.88
    Majority30,01712.98
    Turnout 2,38,48558.49
    INC hold Swing

    1957 results

    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
    Majority12,4857.31
    Turnout 1,70,57945.12
    INC hold Swing

    1955 bypoll results

    By Election, 1955: Lucknow Central
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC Sheorajvati Nehru 49,32441.83
    PSP Tirloki Singh 34,57829.33
    ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 33,98628.82
    Majority14,74612.50
    Turnout 1,17,88833.35
    INC hold Swing

    1951-52 results

    General Election, 1951: Lucknow Central
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1,02,76469.17
    ABJS Har Govind Dayal35,11223.63
    ABRRP Gaya Prasad Shukla6,0214.05
    Independent Nathu Ram4,6723.14
    Majority67,65245.54
    Turnout 1,48,56942.03
    INC win (new seat)

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      Lok Sabha
      Preceded by Constituency represented by the prime minister
      1996
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      (Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha)
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      Lucknow
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      until 2014
      (Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha)
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