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Electoral history of L. K. Advani

This is a summary of the electoral history of Lal Krishna Advani, who was Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004.[1]

Advani entered into the Parliament of India in 1970 as a Member of Rajya Sabha. He served as a Member of Rajya Sabha for four terms until 1989.

Advani contested his first Lok Sabha election in 1989 from New Delhi. He was elected as a Member of the Lok Sabha by defeating V. Mohini Giri of the Indian National Congress. Later in 1991, he contested from two constituencies : Gandhinagar and New Delhi. He was elected as Member of the Lok Sabha from both the constituencies, defeating G. I. Patel in Gandhinagar and Rajesh Khanna in New Delhi.[2] To comply with the law that an elected representative cannot represent more than one constituency, he vacated the New Delhi seat.[3] In 1996, he did not contest Lok Sabha elections from any constituency over allegations of involvement in the Hawala scandal.[4]

In 1998, Advani was again elected to the Lok Sabha from the Gandhinagar constituency. Later he was re-elected from the Gandhinagar in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 and represented Gandhinagar in Parliament till 2019 when he was succeeded by Amit Shah.

Advani served a total four terms in Parliament as a Member of Rajya Sabha and seven terms as a Member of the Lok Sabha.

Parliamentary terms

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ElectionHouseConstituencyTerm in officeParty
1970Rajya SabhaDelhi1970-1976Bharatiya Jana Sangh[a]
1976Gujarat1976-1982
1982Madhya Pradesh1982-1988Bharatiya Janata Party
19881988-1989
1989Lok SabhaNew Delhi1989-1991
1991Vacated[b]
Gandhinagar1991-1996
19981998-1999
19991999-2004
20042004-2009
20092009-2014
20142014-2019

Election results

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1989 results

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1989 Indian general election: New Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPLal Krishna Advani1,29,25655.54
INCV. Mohini Giri97,41541.85
IndependentMaharaj Kumar8480.36
IndependentHarkesh Singh Ujjainwal7280.31
IndependentRattan5310.23
Majority31,84113.69
Turnout2,32,74454.19
BJP gain from INCSwing

1991 results

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1991 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPL. K. Advani356,90257.97-8.25
INCG. I. Patel231,22337.56+7.23
JPSendhaji Thakor6,6351.08N/A
IndependentPurushottam Mavalankar4,7570.77N/A
JDNarendra Dixit4,4410.72N/A
Margin of victory125,67920.41-9.48
Turnout625,22645.46-12.41
BJP holdSwing
1991 Indian general election: New Delhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPLal Krishna Advani93,66243.40
INCRajesh Khanna92,07342.66
JDManju Mohan20,4399.47
JPHimanshu Pandey2,8341.31
BSPOm Parkash6410.30
Majority1,5890.74
Turnout2,15,83447.32
BJP holdSwing

General election 1998

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1998 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPL. K. Advani541,34059.86+7.98
INCP. K. Datta264,63929.26-10.37
AIRJPChaitanya Shambhu Maharaj90,2909.98-3.33
ABPSanjiv Mani Shanker Pandya4,0030.44N/A
Margin of victory276,70130.60+18.33
Turnout929,64352.13+23.70
BJP holdSwing

General election 1999

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1999 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPL. K. Advani453,29961.14+1.28
INCT. N. Seshan264,28535.65+6.39
IndependentSunilbhai Nareshchandra Shah9,9381.34N/A
SPMod Shankarbhai Daljibhai5,2560.71N/A
Margin of victory189,01425.49-5.11
Turnout741,28340.42-11.71
BJP holdSwing

General election 2004

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2004 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPL. K. Advani516,12061.04-0.10
INCGabhaji Mangaji Thakor298,98235.36-0.29
IndependentSunil Shah8,4120.99-0.35
IndependentVitthalbhai Pandya8,3950.99N/A
BSPL. N. Medipally6,6600.79N/A
Margin of victory217,13825.68+0.19
Turnout845,57654.42+14.00
BJP holdSwing

General election 2009

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2009 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPL. K. Advani4,34,04454.89-6.15
INCSureshkumar Chaturdas Patel3,12,29739.49+4.13
IndependentDr. Mallika Sarabhai9,2681.17N/A
IndependentRahul Chimanhbhai Mehta7,3050.92N/A
IndependentMahantshri Dharamdasbapu6,6120.84N/A
BSPRakesh Pandey5,9070.75-0.04
IndependentSukhdevsingh Parbatsinh Vaghela4,3480.55N/A
Margin of victory1,21,74715.40-10.28
Turnout7,90,73750.83-3.59
BJP holdSwing-6.15

General election 2014

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2014 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[10][11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPL. K. Advani7,73,53968.12+13.23
INCKiritbhai Ishvarbhai Patel2,90,41825.58-13.91
AAPRituraj Mehta19,9661.76N/A
IndependentRahul Chimanhbhai Mehta9,7670.86-0.06
IndependentKishorsinh Mahobatsinh Vaghela6,7050.59N/A
BSPNiranjan Ghosh6,0680.53-0.22
Margin of victory4,83,12142.54+27.14
Turnout11,37,01465.57+14.74
BJP holdSwing+13.23

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ From 1977 to 1980 Advani represented the Janata Party after the Bharatiya Jana Sangh merged with it. Following the split in Janata Party and formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980, Advani represented the Bharatiya Janata Party subsequently.
  2. ^ To comply with the law that an elected representative cannot represent more than one constituency, he vacated the New Delhi seat.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. ^ M. L. Ahuja; Sharda Paul (1992). 1989-1991 General Elections in India: Including November 1991 By-elections. Associated Publishing House. p. 141. ISBN 978-81-7045-085-6.
  3. ^ a b "How Rajesh Khanna almost ended Advani's career in 1991". 19 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. ^ Kumar Shakti Shekhar (1 November 2017). "How Advani will create Parliamentary history whether he contests 2019 Lok Sabha elections or not". indiatoday.in. New Delhi: India Today Group. Retrieved 15 July 2020. But, he resigned in 1996 in the wake of the Jain hawala diary case. He chose not to contest 1996 Lok Sabha election till his name was cleared.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 180. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 192–193. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 222. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 37–38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Gandhinagar". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.
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