Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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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
[edit]Election results[5] | ||||
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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 | ||
Lucknow | ||||
1998-99 | 1998 | |||
1999-04 | 1999 | |||
2004-09 | 2004 |
Election Results
[edit]General election 1957
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | B. K. Dhaon | 116,637 | 50.45 | 9.70 | |
ABJS | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 86,620 | 37.47 | 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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Subhadra Joshi | 102,260 | 43.33 | 4.51 | |
ABJS | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 100,208 | 42.46 | 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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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ABJS | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 142,446 | 50.48 | 8.02 | |
INC | Subhadra Joshi | 110,704 | 39.23 | 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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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ABJS | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 188,995 | 59.33 | 3.37 | |
INC | Gautam Sharma | 118,685 | 37.26 | 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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JP | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 1,25,936 | 71.26 | ||
INC | Shashi Bhushan | 48,750 | 27.58 | 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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
[edit]References
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- ^ "How Vajpayee fared in the 14 Lok Sabha elections he contested". Mint. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b General election 1957 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b General election 1962 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ General election 1967 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ General election 1971 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ General election 1977 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ General election 1980 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ General election 1984 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ General election 1991 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India. p. 260. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ General election 1996 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ General election 1998 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ General election 1999 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ General election 2004 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.