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.
Election | House | Constituency | Term in office | Party | |
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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 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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 |
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.