Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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This is a summary of the electoral history of upper house for two terms.[2]
Vajpayee was elected to the Indian parliament for the first time in
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] | ||||
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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
| ||
1996-98 | 1996 | Lucknow
| ||
1998-99 | 1998 | |||
1999-04 | 1999 | |||
2004-09 | 2004 |
Election Results
General election 1957
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) |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
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
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
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
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 |
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
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
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
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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- ^ a b General election 1962 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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- ^ 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.
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