Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency

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Lok Sabha constituency
Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
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Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2024
Preceded by Lalji Tandon   BJP

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

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
171 Lucknow West Lucknow Armaan Khan Samajwadi Party Samajwadi Party
172 Lucknow North Neeraj Bora Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
173 Lucknow East O. P. Srivastava Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
174 Lucknow Central Ravidas Mehrotra Samajwadi Party Samajwadi Party
175 Lucknow Cantt. Brajesh Pathak Bharatiya Janata Party 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 Lalji Tandon
2014 Rajnath Singh
2019
2024

^ by-poll

  1. BJP (9 terms) (47.36%)
  2. INC (7 terms) (36.84%)
  3. JD (1 terms) (5.26%)
  4. JP (1 terms) (5.26%)
  5. IND (1 terms) (5.26%)

Election Results

2024 results

2024 Indian general elections: Lucknow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 612,709 53.89 Decrease2.svg2.81
SP Ravidas Mehrotra 4,77,55042.00Increase2.svg16.41
BSP Mohd Sarwar Malik30,1922.66Increase2.svg2.66
NOTA None of the Above 7,3500.65Decrease2.svg0.01
Majority 1,35,15911.89Decrease2.svg19.22
Turnout 11,36,89252.34Decrease2.svg2.38
BJP hold Swing

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
Majority 3,47,30231.11+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
Majority 2,72,74926.38+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
Majority 40,9017.00−49.18
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
Majority 2,18,37537.74+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
Majority 1,23,62416.40
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
Majority 2,16,26328.96
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
Majority 1,18,67115.70
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
Majority 1,17,30330.64
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
Majority 15,6144.72
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
Majority 1,22,12040.17
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
Majority 30,38211.75
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
Majority 1,65,34549.80
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
Majority 1,19,20149.91
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
Majority 20,9728.28
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
Majority 30,01712.98
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
Majority 12,4857.31
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
Majority 14,74612.50
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
Majority 67,65245.54
Turnout 1,48,56942.03
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

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