Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee explained

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

Election results^[5]
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

General election 2004

See also

• • Electoral history of Narendra Modi Electoral history of L. K. Advani

Notes and References

1. News: How Vajpayee fared in his Lok Sabha journey. Hindustan Times. 18 August 2018. 20 October 2023.
2. News: Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. One India. New Delhi. 10 August 2018. Chennabasaveshwar. 15 July 2020.
3. News: The UP constituency from where Vajpayee's journey as parliamentarian started. Hindustan Times. 17 August 2018. Hindustan Times. Press Trust of India. 15 July 2020.
4. News: Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 12-Term Parliamentarian; 10 Times In Lok Sabha. NDTV. 18 August 2018. 20 October 2023.
5. News: How Vajpayee fared in the 14 Lok Sabha elections he contested. Mint. 17 August 2018. 20 October 2023.