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

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

1989 results

1989 Indian general election: New Delhi

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

1991 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[5]

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

1991 Indian general election: New Delhi

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

1998 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[6]

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

1999 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[7]

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

2004 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[8]

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

2009 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[9]

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

2014 Indian general election: Gandhinagar[10][11]

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

• Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
• Electoral history of Narendra Modi

Notes

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

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. "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.