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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 again from 1998 till 2004 and Leader of the Bhartiya Janata Party from 1989 to 2004. He was elected to Lok Sabha 10 times from different constituencies during different Lok Sabha tenure. He also served as a Member of Rajya Sabha for 2 terms.[1] He although failed to enter in Parliament 5 times.[2]
He first contested the 1955 by election in Lucknow Central parliamentary constituency from Bharatiya Jana Sangh but lost against Sheorajvati Nehru of the Indian National Congress and came third candidate with 33,986(28.82%) votes.[2]
Vajpayee entered the parliament for the first time in 1957 representing Balrampur parliamentary constituency.[3] In 1957, Vajpayee contested from three Lok Sabha constituencies; Lucknow, Balrampur and Mathura.[4] Although he lost from Mathura and Lucknow but was elected from Balrampur.
Parliamentary terms
Balrampur (Lok Sabha constituency)
- 2nd Lok Sabha 1957-62: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 4th Lok Sabha 1967-71: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)
New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
- 6th Lok Sabha 1977-80 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Janata Party
- 7th Lok Sabha 1980-84 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Janata Party
Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)
*He vacated this seat and retained Lucknow
Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)
- 10th Lok Sabha 1991-96 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 11th Lok Sabha 1996-98 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 12th Lok Sabha 1998-99 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 13th Lok Sabha 1999–2004 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 14th Lok Sabha 2004-09 Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party
Election Results
1955 bypoll results
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1957 results
Lucknow (lost)
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Mathura (lost)
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Balrampur (won)
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1962 results
Lucknow (lost)
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Balrampur (lost)
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1967 : Balrampur (won)
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1971
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1977 results
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1980 results
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1984
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1989 Election
- The only time between 1957 and 2004 that A B Vajpayee did not contest the election. He was already a member of Rajya Sabha.
1991 results
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1996 results
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1998 results
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1999 results
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2004 results
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See also
References
- ↑ Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. oneindia.com(August 20, 2018).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 5 बार लोकसभा चुनाव हारे थे वाजपेयी, इन नेताओं ने दी थी मात. aajtak.intoday.in(17 August 2018).
- ↑ The UP constituency from where Vajpayee's journey as parliamentarian started. hindustantimes.com(August 17, 2018).
- ↑ कहानी उस लोकसभा चुनाव की, जिसने वाजपेयी को राजनीति में 'अटल' बना दिया. thelallantop.com(August 16, 2018).