Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

This is a summary of the electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from 1998 till 2004 and Leader of the Bhartiya Janata Party from 1989 to 2004. He was elected to Lok Sabha 10 times from different constituencies during different Lok Sabha tenure. He also served as a Member of Rajya Sabha for 2 terms.[1] He although failed to enter in Parliament 5 times.[2]

He first contested the 1955 by election in Lucknow Central parliamentary constituency from Bharatiya Jana Sangh but lost against Sheorajvati Nehru of the Indian National Congress and came third candidate with 33,986(28.82%) votes.[2]

Vajpayee entered the parliament for the first time in 1957 representing Balrampur parliamentary constituency.[3] In 1957, Vajpayee contested from three Lok Sabha constituencies; Lucknow, Balrampur and Mathura.[4] Although he lost from Mathura and Lucknow but was elected from Balrampur.

Parliamentary terms

Balrampur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)

New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

*He vacated this seat and retained Lucknow

Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)

Election Results
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2004 results
2004 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,24,714 56.12 +21.19
SP Madhu Gupta 1,06,339 18.38 +7.92
Independent Ram Jethmalani 57,685 9.97 N/A
BSP Nasir Ali Siddiqui 53,566 9.26 -7.86
Samata Party Krishna Pal 6,928 1.20
Majority 2,18,375 37.74 +21.34
Turnout 5,78,556 35.28 -13.29
BJP hold Swing

1999 results
1999 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,62,709 48.11
INC Karan Singh 2,39,085 31.71
SP Bhagwati Singh 78,826 10.46
BSP Ijaharul Haque 43,948 5.83
Independent Vijay Agarwal 8,527 1.13
Majority 1,23,624 16.40
Turnout 7,53,943 48.57
BJP hold Swing

1998 results
1998 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 4,31,738 57.82
SP Muzaffar Ali 2,15,475 28.86
BSP Dau Ji Gupta 56,887 7.62
INC Ranjeet Singh 38,636 5.17
Independent Kumari Katori Devi 1,099 0.15
Majority 2,16,263 28.96
Turnout 7,46,669 49.35
BJP hold Swing

Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency
1996 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,94,865 52.25
SP Raj Babbar 2,76,194 36.55
BSP Ved Prakash Grover 42,993 5.69
INC Om Pathak 19,042 2.42
Independent Ramdev 3,639 0.48
Majority 1,18,671 15.70
Turnout 7,55,746 50.78
BJP hold Swing

Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency
1996 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 323,583 66.38 +8.41
INC Popatlal V. Patel 134,711 27.63 -9.93
Margin of victory 188,872 38.75 +18.74
Turnout 487,496 27.81 -17.05
BJP hold Swing

*He vacated this seat and retained Lucknow

1991 results
1991 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1,94,886 50.90
INC Ranjeet Singh 77,583 20.26
JP Heeru Saxena 59,385 15.51
JD Mandhata Singh 22,357 5.84
BSP Balbir Singh Saluja 13,728 3.59
Majority 1,17,303 30.64
Turnout 3,82,877 32.23
BJP gain from JD Swing 16.82

1980 results
1980 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 94,098 48.52
INC(I) C. M. Stephen 89,053 45.92
JP(S) Rajinder Puri 4,682 2.41
INC(U) Mukul Banerjee 762 0.39
Majority 5,045 2.60
Turnout 1,93,933 64.41
JP hold Swing

1977 results
1977 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1,25,936 71.26
INC Shashi Bhushan 48,750 27.58
Majority 77,186 43.68
Turnout 1,76,744 65.29
JP gain from INC Swing

1962 results
1962 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. K. Dhaon 1,16,637 50.45
BJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 86,620 37.47
Independent Jagdish Gandhi 14,774 6.39
Socialist M. A. Haleem 6,928 3.00
ABHM Radhey Shyam 4,356 1.88
Majority 30,017 12.98
Turnout 2,38,485 58.49
INC hold Swing

1957 results
1957 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pulin Behari Banerji 69,519 40.75
BJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 57,034 33.44
CPI Fazal Abbas Kazmi 28,542 16.73
Majority 12,485 7.31
Turnout 1,70,579 45.12
INC hold Swing

1955 bypoll results
By-election, 1955: Lucknow Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sheorajvati Nehru 49,324 41.83
PSP Triloki Singh 34,578 29.33
BJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 33,986 28.82
Majority 14,746 12.50
Turnout 1,17,888 33.35
INC hold Swing

See also

References
  1. Chennabasaveshwar (20 August 2018). "Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee". oneindia.com. New Delhi: One India. Retrieved 15 July 2020. Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a member of the Indian Parliament for over four decades, being elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, ten times, and twice to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house.
  2. Qubool Ahmed (17 August 2018). "5 बार लोकसभा चुनाव हारे थे वाजपेयी, इन नेताओं ने दी थी मात". aajtak.intoday.in. New Delhi: India Today Group. Retrieved 15 July 2020. अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) अपने जीवन में पांच लोकसभा सीटों से चुनाव हारे. 1952 में पहली बार लखनऊ में और 1984 में ग्वालियर में उन्हें माधवराव सिंधिया के हाथों हार मिली थी.
  3. Press Trust of India (17 August 2018). "The UP constituency from where Vajpayee's journey as parliamentarian started". hindustantimes.com. Balrampur: Hindustan Times. Retrieved 15 July 2020. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s journey as a parliamentarian started from Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh in 1957. He lost the election when he contested again in 1962, but was re-elected from Balrampur Lok Sabha constituency in 1967.
  4. अविनाश (16 August 2018). "कहानी उस लोकसभा चुनाव की, जिसने वाजपेयी को राजनीति में 'अटल' बना दिया". thelallantop.com. The Lallantop. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 260. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
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