This is a summary of the electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was Prime Minister of India in 1996 and from 1998-99 & 1999-2004. 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 Rajya Sabha elections Election House Constituency Party 1962 Uttar Pradesh 1962-1967 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1986 Madhya Pradesh 1986-1991 Bharatiya Janata Party
Lok Sabha elections Election results TermYearConstituencyPartyResult1952-571955LucknowBharatiya Jana SanghLost1957-621957BalrampurWonMathuraLostLucknow1962-671962BalrampurLucknow1967-721967BalrampurWon1971-771971Gwalior1977-801977New DelhiJanata Party1980-8419801984-891984Gwalior Bharatiya Janata PartyLost1991-961991LucknowWon1996-981996GandhinagarLucknow1998-9919981999-0419992004-092004
Detailed results 1955 bypoll results
General election 1957
General election 1962
General election 1967
General election 1971
General election 1977
General election 1980
General election 1984
General election 1991
General election 1996
General election 1998
General election 1999
General election 2004
See also Electoral history of the Bharatiya Janata Party Electoral history of L. K. Advani Electoral history of Narendra Modi Electoral history of Rajnath Singh Electoral history of Yogi Adityanath
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