# 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. He also served as a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house for two terms.
Vajpayee was elected to the Indian parliament for the first time in 1957 representing Balrampur. He was further elected to the Lok Sabha nine times from 1967 to 2004 with the only exception of 1984.

## Summary

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

## Election Results
### General election 1957

1957 Indian general election:Balrampur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | ABJS | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 118,380 | 52.16 | |
| | INC | Hyder Hussain | 108,568 | 47.84 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,812 | 4.32 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 226,948 | 51.25 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 442,845 | | |
| | ABJS win (new seat) | ABJS win (new seat) | ABJS win (new seat) | ABJS win (new seat) | ABJS win (new seat) |
1957 Indian general election: Mathura :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 25,993 | 11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 234,019 | 55.27 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 423,432 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 30,017 | 12.98 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 238,485 | 58.49 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 407,726 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |
1962 Indian general election: Balrampur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,052 | 0.87 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 244,330 | 52.36 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 466,671 | | |
| | INC gain from ABJS | INC gain from ABJS | Swing | | |

### General election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Balrampur :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 31,742 | 11.25 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 295,579 | 55.28 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 534,711 | | |
| | ABJS gain from INC | ABJS gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Gwalior :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 70,310 | 22.07 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 331,716 | 58.39 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 568,108 | | |
| | ABJS hold | ABJS hold | Swing | | |

### General election 1977

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

### General election 1980

1980 Indian general election: New Delhi :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 5,045 | 2.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,96,112 | 65.14 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 301,071 | |
| | JP hold | JP hold | Swing | |

### General election 1984

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

### General election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | 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 |

### General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Gandhinagar :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 188,872 | 38.75 | 18.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 487,496 | 27.81 | 17.05 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |
1996 Indian general election:Lucknow :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,18,671 | 15.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,55,746 | 50.78 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### General election 1998

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

### General election 1999

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

### General election 2004

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