Electoral history of L. K. Advani

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

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 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.

Parliamentary terms
Election House Constituency Term in office Party
1970 Rajya Sabha Delhi 1970-1976 Bharatiya Jana Sangh[lower-alpha 1]
1976 Gujarat 1976-1982
1982 Madhya Pradesh 1982-1988 Bharatiya Janata Party
1988 1988-1989
1989 Lok Sabha New Delhi 1989-1991
1991 Vacated[lower-alpha 2]
Gandhinagar 1991-1996
1998 1998-1999
1999 1999-2004
2004 2004-2009
2009 2009-2014
2014 2014-2019

Election results
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1989 results
1989 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lal Krishna Advani 1,29,256 55.54
INC V. Mohini Giri 97,415 41.85
Independent Maharaj Kumar 848 0.36
Independent Harkesh Singh Ujjainwal 728 0.31
Independent Rattan 531 0.23
Majority 31,841 13.69
Turnout 2,32,744 54.19
BJP gain from INC Swing

1991 results
1991 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP L. K. Advani 356,902 57.97 -8.25
INC G. I. Patel 231,223 37.56 +7.23
JP Sendhaji Thakor 6,635 1.08 N/A
Independent Purushottam Mavalankar 4,757 0.77 N/A
JD Narendra Dixit 4,441 0.72 N/A
Margin of victory 125,679 20.41 -9.48
Turnout 625,226 45.46 -12.41
BJP hold Swing
1991 Indian general election: New Delhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lal Krishna Advani 93,662 43.40
INC Rajesh Khanna 92,073 42.66
JD Manju Mohan 20,439 9.47
JP Himanshu Pandey 2,834 1.31
BSP Om Parkash 641 0.30
Majority 1,589 0.74
Turnout 2,15,834 47.32
BJP hold Swing

General election 1998
1998 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP L. K. Advani 541,340 59.86 +7.98
INC P. K. Datta 264,639 29.26 -10.37
AIRJP Chaitanya Shambhu Maharaj 90,290 9.98 -3.33
ABP Sanjiv Mani Shanker Pandya 4,003 0.44 N/A
Margin of victory 276,701 30.60 +18.33
Turnout 929,643 52.13 +23.70
BJP hold Swing

General election 1999
1999 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP L. K. Advani 453,299 61.14 +1.28
INC T. N. Seshan 264,285 35.65 +6.39
Independent Sunilbhai Nareshchandra Shah 9,938 1.34 N/A
SP Mod Shankarbhai Daljibhai 5,256 0.71 N/A
Margin of victory 189,014 25.49 -5.11
Turnout 741,283 40.42 -11.71
BJP hold Swing

General election 2004
2004 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP L. K. Advani 516,120 61.04 -0.10
INC Gabhaji Mangaji Thakor 298,982 35.36 -0.29
Independent Sunil Shah 8,412 0.99 -0.35
Independent Vitthalbhai Pandya 8,395 0.99 N/A
BSP L. N. Medipally 6,660 0.79 N/A
Margin of victory 217,138 25.68 +0.19
Turnout 845,576 54.42 +14.00
BJP hold Swing

General election 2009
2009 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP L. K. Advani 4,34,044 54.89 -6.15
INC Sureshkumar Chaturdas Patel 3,12,297 39.49 +4.13
Independent Dr. Mallika Sarabhai 9,268 1.17 N/A
Independent Rahul Chimanhbhai Mehta 7,305 0.92 N/A
Independent Mahantshri Dharamdasbapu 6,612 0.84 N/A
BSP Rakesh Pandey 5,907 0.75 -0.04
Independent Sukhdevsingh Parbatsinh Vaghela 4,348 0.55 N/A
Margin of victory 1,21,747 15.40 -10.28
Turnout 7,90,737 50.83 -3.59
BJP hold Swing -6.15

General election 2014
2014 Indian general election: Gandhinagar [10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP L. K. Advani 7,73,539 68.12 +13.23
INC Kiritbhai Ishvarbhai Patel 2,90,418 25.58 -13.91
AAP Rituraj Mehta 19,966 1.76 N/A
Independent Rahul Chimanhbhai Mehta 9,767 0.86 -0.06
Independent Kishorsinh Mahobatsinh Vaghela 6,705 0.59 N/A
BSP Niranjan Ghosh 6,068 0.53 -0.22
Margin of victory 4,83,121 42.54 +27.14
Turnout 11,37,014 65.57 +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 1 August 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. "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.
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