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
[edit]| Election | House | Constituency | Term in office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Rajya Sabha | Delhi | 1970-1976 | Bharatiya Jana Sangh[a] | |
| 1976 | Gujarat | 1976-1982 | |||
| 1982 | Madhya Pradesh | 1982-1988 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 1988 | 1988-1989 | ||||
| 1989 | Lok Sabha | New Delhi | 1989-1991 | ||
| 1991 | Vacated[b] | ||||
| Gandhinagar | 1991-1996 | ||||
| 1998 | 1998-1999 | ||||
| 1999 | 1999-2004 | ||||
| 2004 | 2004-2009 | ||||
| 2009 | 2009-2014 | ||||
| 2014 | 2014-2019 | ||||
Election results
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1989 results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lal Krishna Advani | 1,29,256 | 55.54 | ||
| INC | V. Mohini Giri | 97,415 | 41.85 | ||
| Independent | Maharaj Kumar | 848 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | Harkesh Singh Ujjainwal | 728 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Rattan | 531 | 0.23 | ||
| Majority | 31,841 | 13.69 | |||
| Turnout | 2,32,744 | 54.19 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1991 results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | L. K. Advani | 356,902 | 57.97 | −8.25 | |
| INC | G. I. Patel | 231,223 | 37.56 | +7.23 | |
| JP | Sendhaji Thakor | 6,635 | 1.08 | N/A | |
| Independent | Purushottam Mavalankar | 4,757 | 0.77 | N/A | |
| JD | Narendra Dixit | 4,441 | 0.72 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 125,679 | 20.41 | −9.48 | ||
| Turnout | 625,226 | 45.46 | −12.41 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lal Krishna Advani | 93,662 | 43.40 | ||
| INC | Rajesh Khanna | 92,073 | 42.66 | ||
| JD | Manju Mohan | 20,439 | 9.47 | ||
| JP | Himanshu Pandey | 2,834 | 1.31 | ||
| BSP | Om Parkash | 641 | 0.30 | ||
| Majority | 1,589 | 0.74 | |||
| Turnout | 2,15,834 | 47.32 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1998
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | L. K. Advani | 541,340 | 59.86 | +7.98 | |
| INC | P. K. Datta | 264,639 | 29.26 | −10.37 | |
| AIRJP | Chaitanya Shambhu Maharaj | 90,290 | 9.98 | −3.33 | |
| ABP | Sanjiv Mani Shanker Pandya | 4,003 | 0.44 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 276,701 | 30.60 | +18.33 | ||
| Turnout | 929,643 | 52.13 | +23.70 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1999
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | L. K. Advani | 453,299 | 61.14 | +1.28 | |
| INC | T. N. Seshan | 264,285 | 35.65 | +6.39 | |
| Independent | Sunilbhai Nareshchandra Shah | 9,938 | 1.34 | N/A | |
| SP | Mod Shankarbhai Daljibhai | 5,256 | 0.71 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 189,014 | 25.49 | −5.11 | ||
| Turnout | 741,283 | 40.42 | −11.71 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2004
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | L. K. Advani | 516,120 | 61.04 | −0.10 | |
| INC | Gabhaji Mangaji Thakor | 298,982 | 35.36 | −0.29 | |
| Independent | Sunil Shah | 8,412 | 0.99 | −0.35 | |
| Independent | Vitthalbhai Pandya | 8,395 | 0.99 | N/A | |
| BSP | L. N. Medipally | 6,660 | 0.79 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 217,138 | 25.68 | +0.19 | ||
| Turnout | 845,576 | 54.42 | +14.00 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | L. K. Advani | 4,34,044 | 54.89 | −6.15 | |
| INC | Sureshkumar Chaturdas Patel | 3,12,297 | 39.49 | +4.13 | |
| Independent | Dr. Mallika Sarabhai | 9,268 | 1.17 | N/A | |
| Independent | Rahul Chimanhbhai Mehta | 7,305 | 0.92 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mahantshri Dharamdasbapu | 6,612 | 0.84 | N/A | |
| BSP | Rakesh Pandey | 5,907 | 0.75 | −0.04 | |
| Independent | Sukhdevsingh Parbatsinh Vaghela | 4,348 | 0.55 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 1,21,747 | 15.40 | −10.28 | ||
| Turnout | 7,90,737 | 50.83 | −3.59 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | -6.15 | |||
General election 2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | L. K. Advani | 7,73,539 | 68.12 | +13.23 | |
| INC | Kiritbhai Ishvarbhai Patel | 2,90,418 | 25.58 | −13.91 | |
| AAP | Rituraj Mehta | 19,966 | 1.76 | N/A | |
| Independent | Rahul Chimanhbhai Mehta | 9,767 | 0.86 | −0.06 | |
| Independent | Kishorsinh Mahobatsinh Vaghela | 6,705 | 0.59 | N/A | |
| BSP | Niranjan Ghosh | 6,068 | 0.53 | −0.22 | |
| Margin of victory | 4,83,121 | 42.54 | +27.14 | ||
| Turnout | 11,37,014 | 65.57 | +14.74 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +13.23 | |||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ To comply with the law that an elected representative cannot represent more than one constituency, he vacated the New Delhi seat.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "How Rajesh Khanna almost ended Advani's career in 1991". 19 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 222. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election – 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Gandhinagar". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.