# Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency

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 | 2024 Lead |
| 171 | Lucknow West | Lucknow | Armaan Khan | Samajwadi Party | Samajwadi Party |
| 172 | Lucknow North | Lucknow | Neeraj Bora | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 173 | Lucknow East | Lucknow | O. P. Srivastava | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 174 | Lucknow Central | Lucknow | Ravidas Mehrotra | Samajwadi Party | Samajwadi Party |
| 175 | Lucknow Cantt. | Lucknow | Brajesh Pathak | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Members of Parliament

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1952 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | Indian National Congress |
| 1955^ | Sheorajvati Nehru | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Pulin Behari Banerji | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | B. K. Dhaon | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Anand Narain Mulla | Independent |
| 1971 | Sheila Kaul | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Sheila Kaul | Indian National Congress |
| 1984 | Sheila Kaul | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Mandhata Singh | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1998 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2009 | Lalji Tandon | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014 | Rajnath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Rajnath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Rajnath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
^ by-poll

## Election Results
### 2024 results

2024 Indian general elections: Lucknow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Rajnath Singh | 612,709 | 53.89 | 2.81 |
| | SP | Ravidas Mehrotra | 4,77,550 | 42.00 | 16.41 |
| | BSP | Mohd Sarwar Malik | 30,192 | 2.66 | 2.66 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 7,350 | 0.65 | 0.01 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,35,159 | 11.89 | 19.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,36,892 | 52.34 | 2.38 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2019 results

2019 Indian general elections: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 3,47,302 | 31.11 | +4.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,16,445 | 54.72 | +1.70 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +2.43 | |

### 2014 results

2014 Indian general elections: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,72,749 | 26.38 | +19.38 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,33,883 | 53.02 | +17.69 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | +19.34 | |

### 2009 results

2009 Indian general elections: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 40,901 | 7.00 | −49.18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,14,058 | 37.49 | |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2004 results

2004 Indian general elections: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,18,375 | 37.74 | +21.34 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,78,556 | 35.28 | −13.29 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 1999 results

1999 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,23,624 | 16.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,53,943 | 48.57 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1998 results

1998 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,16,263 | 28.96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,46,669 | 49.35 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1996 results

1996 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,18,671 | 15.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,55,746 | 50.78 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1991 results

1991 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,17,303 | 30.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,82,877 | 32.23 |
| | BJP gain from JD | BJP gain from JD | Swing | 16.82 |

### 1989 results

1989 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 15,614 | 4.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,24,073 | 28.65 |
| | JD gain from INC | JD gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1984 results

1984 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,22,120 | 40.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,04,058 | 40.30 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1980 results

1980 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 30,382 | 11.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,58,620 | 37.63 |
| | INC(I) gain from JP | INC(I) gain from JP | Swing | |

### 1977 results

1977 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,65,345 | 49.80 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,32,049 | 53.52 |
| | JP gain from INC | JP gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1971 results

1971 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,19,201 | 49.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,38,808 | 46.49 |
| | INC gain from Independent | INC gain from Independent | Swing | |

### 1967 results

1967 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 20,972 | 8.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,53,175 | 27.63 |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1962 results

1962 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | B. K. Dhaon | 1,16,637 | 50.45 |
| | ABJS | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 86,620 | 37.47 |
| | Independent | Jagdish Gandhi | 14,774 | 6.39 |
| | Socialist | M. A. Haleem | 6,928 | 3.00 |
| | ABHM | Radhey Shyam | 4,356 | 1.88 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,017 | 12.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,38,485 | 58.49 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1957 results

1957 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 12,485 | 7.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,70,579 | 45.12 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1955 bypoll results

By Election, 1955: Lucknow Central :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 14,746 | 12.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,17,888 | 33.35 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 1951-52 results

General Election, 1951: Lucknow Central :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 67,652 | 45.54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,48,569 | 42.03 | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |