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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

General election 1957

General election 1962

1962 Indian general election: Lucknow

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

1962 Indian general election: Balrampur

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

1967 Indian general election: Balrampur

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

1971 Indian general election: Gwalior

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

1967 Indian general election: New Delhi

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

General election 1984

General election 1991

General election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Gandhinagar

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

General election 1998

General election 1999

General election 2004

See also

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

References

1. "How Vajpayee fared in his Lok Sabha journey". Hindustan Times. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
2. Chennabasaveshwar (10 August 2018). "Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee". New Delhi: One India. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. Press Trust of India (17 August 2018). "The UP constituency from where Vajpayee's journey as parliamentarian started". Hindustan Times. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
4. "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: 12-Term Parliamentarian; 10 Times In Lok Sabha". NDTV. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
5. "How Vajpayee fared in the 14 Lok Sabha elections he contested". Mint. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
6. ^ General election 1957 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
7. ^ General election 1962 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
8. General election 1967 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
9. General election 1971 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
10. General election 1977 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
11. General election 1980 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
12. General election 1984 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
13. General election 1991 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
14. Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha (PDF) (Report). Election Commission of India. p. 260. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
15. General election 1996 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
16. General election 1998 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
17. General election 1999 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
18. General election 2004 (Report). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

• Electoral history of Indian politicians
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee