Lucknow
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
Preceded byLalji 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.

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

No Name District Member Party
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

Year Member Party
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

2019 results

2019 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 633,026 56.70 +2.43
SP Poonam Sinha 2,85,724 25.59 +20.10
INC Acharya Pramod Krishnam 1,80,011 16.12 -11.77
NOTA None of the Above 7,416 0.66 +0.21
Majority 3,47,302 31.11 +4.73
Turnout 11,16,445 54.72 +1.70
BJP hold Swing +2.43

2014 results

2014 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 561,106 54.27 +19.34
INC Rita Bahuguna Joshi 2,88,357 27.89 -0.04
BSP Nakul Dubey 64,449 6.23 -16.65
SP Abhishek Mishra 56,771 5.49 -5.03
AAP Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaaferi 41,429 4.01 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 4,696 0.45 +0.45
Majority 2,72,749 26.38 +19.38
Turnout 10,33,883 53.02 +17.69
BJP hold Swing +19.34

2009 results

2009 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lal Ji Tandon 204,028 34.93 -21.19
INC Rita Bahuguna Joshi 1,63,127 27.93 +27.93
BSP Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta 1,33,610 22.88 +13.62
SP Nafisa Ali Sodhi 61,457 10.52 -7.86
AITC Rajesh Kumar Pandey 20,130 4.97
Majority 40,901 7.00 -49.18
Turnout 6,14,058 37.49
BJP hold Swing

2004 results

2004 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 324,714 56.12 +21.19
SP Dr. Madhu Gupta 1,06,339 18.38 +7.92
Independent Ram Boolchand Jethmalani 57,685 9.97 N/A
BSP Nasir Ali Siddiqui 53,566 9.26 -7.86
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 362,709 48.11
INC Dr. Karan Singh 2,39,085 31.71
SP Bhagwati Singh 78,826 10.46
BSP Ijaharul Haque 43,948 5.83
Independent Dr. 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 431,738 57.82
SP Muzaffar Ali 2,15,475 28.86
BSP Dr. 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

1996 results

1996 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 394,865 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

1991 results

1991 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 194,886 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

1989 results

1989 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Mandhata Singh 110,433 34.08
INC Dau Ji 95,137 29.36
Independent Balraj Madhok 73,839 22.78
BSP Jagmohan Singh Verma 20,393 6.29
Majority 15,614 4.72
Turnout 3,24,073 28.65
JD gain from INC Swing

1984 results

1984 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sheila Kaul 169,260 55.67
LKD Mohammad Yunus Saleem 47,140 15.50
BJP Lal Ji Tandon 36,973 12.16
JP D. P. Bora 15,783 6.29
Majority 1,22,120 40.17
Turnout 3,04,058 40.30
INC hold Swing

1980 results

1980 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Sheila Kaul 123,231 47.65
JP Mahmood Butt 92,849 35.90
INC(U) Triloki Singh 17,163 6.64
Majority 30,382 11.75
Turnout 2,58,620 37.63
INC(I) gain from JP Swing

1977 results

1977 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 242,362 72.99
INC Sheila Kaul 77,017 23.19
Independent Sarju Prasad 5,534 1.67
Majority 1,65,345 49.80
Turnout 3,32,049 53.52
JP gain from INC Swing

1971 results

1971 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sheila Kaul 1,71,019 71.61
ABJS Purushottam Das Kapoor 51,818 21.70
BKD D. P. Bora 12,039 5.04
Majority 1,19,201 49.91
Turnout 2,38,808 46.49
INC gain from Independent Swing

1967 results

1967 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anand Narain Mulla 92,535 36.55
INC V. R. Mohan 71,563 28.27
ABJS R. C. Sharma 60,291 23.81
Majority 20,972 8.28
Turnout 2,53,175 27.63
Independent gain from INC Swing

1962 results

1962 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. K. Dhaon 1,16,637 50.45
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 86,620 37.47
Independent Jagdish Ghandi 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
ABJS 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 Tirloki Singh 34,578 29.33
ABJS Atal Bihari Vajpayee 33,986 28.82
Majority 14,746 12.50
Turnout 1,17,888 33.35
INC hold Swing

1951-52 results

General Election, 1951: Lucknow Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1,02,764 69.17
ABJS Har Govind Dayal 35,112 23.63
ABRRP Gaya Prasad Shukla 6,021 4.05
Independent Nathu Ram 4,672 3.14
Majority 67,652 45.54
Turnout 1,48,569 42.03
INC win (new seat)

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