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This is a summary of the electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was Prime Minister of India in 1996 and from 1998 till 2004. He was the leader of Bhartiya Janata Party from 1989 to 2004. He was elected ten times to Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament.[1] He also served as a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house for two terms.[2]

Vajpayee was elected to the Indian parliament for the first time in 1957 representing Balrampur.[3] He was further elected to the Lok Sabha nine times from 1967 to 2004 with the only exception of 1984.[4]

Summary

Election results[5]
Term Year Constituency Party Result
1957-62 1957 Balrampur Bharatiya Jana Sangh Won
Mathura Lost
1962-67 1962 Balrampur
Lucknow
1967-72 1967 Balrampur Won
1971-77 1971 Gwalior
1977-80 1977 New Delhi Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980-84 1980 Janata Party
1984-89 1984 Gwalior Bharatiya Janata Party Lost
1991-96 1991 Lucknow Won
1996-98 1996 Gandhinagar
1996-98 1996 Lucknow
1998-99 1998
1999-04 1999
2004-09 2004

Election Results

General election 1957

1957 Indian general election:Balrampur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 118,380 52.16
INC Hyder Hussain 108,568 47.84
Majority 9,812 4.32
Turnout 226,948 51.25
Registered electors 442,845
ABJS win (new seat)
1957 Indian general election: Mathura[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raja Mahendra Pratap 95,202 40.68
INC Digambar Singh 69,209 29.57
Independent Pooran 29,177 12.47
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 23,620 10.09
Independent Sugrib Singh 8,993 3.84
Independent Shankar Rao 7,818 3.34
Majority 25,993 11.1
Turnout 234,019 55.27
Registered electors 423,432
Independent hold Swing

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Lucknow[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. K. Dhaon 116,637 50.45 Increase 9.70
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 86,620 37.47 Increase 4.03
Independent Jagdish Gandhi 14,774 6.39
Socialist M. A. Haleem 6,928 3.00
ABHM Radhey Shyam 4,356 1.88
Independent Sahzada Israt 1,869 0.81
Majority 30,017 12.98
Turnout 238,485 58.49
Registered electors 407,726
INC hold Swing
1962 Indian general election: Balrampur[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Subhadra Joshi 102,260 43.33 Decrease 4.51
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 100,208 42.46 Decrease 7.70
SWA Ahmad Nasir Usmani 24,575 10.41
ABHM Swaroop Nath 5,046 2.14
Independent Vishwa Nath Agarwal 3,934 1.67
Majority 2,052 0.87
Turnout 244,330 52.36
Registered electors 466,671
INC gain from ABJS Swing

General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Balrampur[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 142,446 50.48 Increase 8.02
INC Subhadra Joshi 110,704 39.23 Decrease 4.10
SWA K Kesan 29,011 10.28
Majority 31,742 11.25
Turnout 295,579 55.28
Registered electors 534,711
ABJS gain from INC Swing

General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Gwalior[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 188,995 59.33 Decrease 3.37
INC Gautam Sharma 118,685 37.26 Increase 22.5
ABHM Brijnarayan Brajesh 7,722 2.42
Independent Madanlal 3,150 0.99
Majority 70,310 22.07
Turnout 331,716 58.39
Registered electors 568,108
ABJS hold Swing

General election 1977

1967 Indian general election: New Delhi[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1,25,936 71.26
INC Shashi Bhushan 48,750 27.58 Decrease 36.8
Majority 77,186 43.68
Turnout 1,78,112 65.80
Registered electors 270,702
JP gain from INC Swing

General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: New Delhi[11]
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 1,96,112 65.14
Registered electors 301,071
JP hold Swing

General election 1984

1984 Indian general election:Gwalior[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Madhav Rao Scindia 307,735 66.71
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 132,141 28.65
Majority 175,594 38.06
Turnout 471,068 66.87
Registered electors 704,433
INC gain from JP Swing

General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Lucknow[13]
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

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 323,583 66.38 Increase8.41
INC Popatlal V. Patel 134,711 27.63 Decrease9.93
Margin of victory 188,872 38.75 Increase18.74
Turnout 487,496 27.81 Decrease17.05
BJP hold Swing
1996 Indian general election:Lucknow[15]
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

General election 1998

1998 Indian general election:Lucknow[16]
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

General election 1999

1999 Indian general election:Lucknow[17]
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

General election 2004

2004 Indian general elections:Lucknow[18]
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

See also

References

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  2. ^ Chennabasaveshwar (10 August 2018). "Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee". New Delhi: One India. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ Press Trust of India (17 August 2018). "The UP constituency from where Vajpayee's journey as parliamentarian started". Hindustan Times. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 12-Term Parliamentarian; 10 Times In Lok Sabha". NDTV. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ^ "How Vajpayee fared in the 14 Lok Sabha elections he contested". Mint. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b General election 1957 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b General election 1962 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  8. ^ General election 1967 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  9. ^ General election 1971 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  10. ^ General election 1977 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  11. ^ General election 1980 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  12. ^ General election 1984 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  13. ^ General election 1991 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  14. ^ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India. p. 260. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  15. ^ General election 1996 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  16. ^ General election 1998 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  17. ^ General election 1999 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  18. ^ General election 2004 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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