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[[File:Charan Singh Portrait.jpg|thumb|150px|upright|Chaudhary Charan Singh in 1979]]

This is the '''electoral history of''' '''Chaudhary Charan Singh.''' [[Charan Singh]] served as the [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]] from July 1979 to August 1979 and [[Deputy Prime Minister of India|deputy prime minister of India]] from January 1979 to July 1979. He served as [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|union minister of home affairs]] from March 1977 to July 1978 and [[Minister of Finance (India)|union minister of finance]] from 1979 to 1980. He was also a two term [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|chief minister]] of Uttar Pradesh between 1967 and 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-23 |title=Chaudhary Charan Singh was a leader who was ahead of his time |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/chaudhary-charan-singh-was-a-leader-who-was-ahead-of-his-time-9739498/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Chaudhary Charan Singh: Architect of rural reforms |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/anniversary/chaudhary-charan-singh-architect-of-rural-reforms/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=The Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

Singh began his political journey in the 1930s as part of the [[Indian independence movement|Indian Independence Movement]]. He was elected to the Uttar Province Legislative Assembly in 1937 as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC).

After independence, Singh initially continued as a Congress leader and won multiple assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in year [[1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]], [[1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]], [[1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]], [[1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]. He held several cabinet ministerial positions in [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brass |first=Paul R. |date=1993 |title=Chaudhuri Charan Singh: An Indian Political Life |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4400204 |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=28 |issue=39 |pages=2087–2090 |jstor=4400204 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Brass |first=Paul R. |url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9385809 |title=An Indian political life: Charan Singh and Congress politics, 1937 to 1961 |date=2011 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-81-321-0686-9 |series=The politics of Northern India, 1937 to 1987 |location=Los Angeles}}</ref> Singh left the Congress party in 1967 and formed the [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]] (BKD). His party gained significant traction, and he became the [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] in 1967 with the support of a non-Congress coalition. However, his tenure was short-lived, as he resigned in 1968. In 1969, he reformed his BKD party and contested the elections, returning as [[List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister]] in 1970 with the support of the Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-05 |title=Chaudhary Charan Singh, India's 6th PM, first non-Congress CM of UP |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/chaudhary-charan-singh-india-6th-pm-first-non-congress-cm-up-7764526/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

During the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] (1975–77), Singh was imprisoned for opposing [[Indira Gandhi|Indira Gandhi's]] authoritarian rule. After the Emergency, he played a key role in forming the [[Janata Party]], which won the [[1977 Indian general election|1977 general elections]]. He became the [[Deputy Prime Minister of India|deputy prime minister]] and [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|home minister]] in [[Desai ministry|Desai government]]. After internal conflicts within the [[Janata Party]], Singh was backed by [[Indian National Congress|Indira Gandhi's Congress]] (I) to become the 5th [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]] on 28 July 1979. However, he never faced Parliament for a vote of confidence, as Congress withdrew support, leading to his resignation on 14 January 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-10 |title=From HT Archives: Morarji Desai stepsdown as PM amid Janata Party crisis {{!}} Latest News India - Hindustan Times |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fall-of-the-janata-party-desai-steps-down-amidst-resignations-and-no-confidence-motion-threat-101689361478131.html |access-date=2025-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110125630/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fall-of-the-janata-party-desai-steps-down-amidst-resignations-and-no-confidence-motion-threat-101689361478131.html |archive-date=10 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Michael T. Kaufman; Special to The New York |date=1979-08-21 |title=Singh's Resignation After 24 Days Leaves Indian Politics in Turmoil |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/21/archives/singhs-resignation-after-24-days-leaves-indian-politics-in-turmoil.html |access-date=2025-02-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1980, Singh founded the [[Lokdal|Lok Dal]], which emerged as a strong farmer-based party. He contested the [[1980 Indian general election|1980]] and [[1984 Indian general election|1984 general elections]], but his party could not challenge the dominance of Congress. His last electoral contest was in 1984, which he won but due to deteriorating health, he gradually withdrew from active politics. In his whole career he contested nine elections, out of which six were [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|state assembly]] elections while three were [[Lok Sabha]] elections and he won all these nine elections.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Weisman |first1=Steven R. |date=1987-05-30 |title=CHARAN SINGH DIES AT AGE 85; INDIA'S FIFTH PRIME MINISTER |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/30/obituaries/charan-singh-dies-at-age-85-india-s-fifth-prime-minister.html |access-date=2025-02-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Summary ==
Charan Singh in his career contested nine elections, out of which six of them were assembly elections while three were general parliamentary elections and he won all these nine elections.

=== Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Year !! Constituency !! colspan=2|Party !! Votes
!%!! Result !! Opponent !! Margin
|-
| [[1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| Baghpat West
| {{party name with colour| Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
| 18,298
|
| {{Won}}
| Raghubir Singh
| 8420
|-
| [[1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan=2|Kotana
| 27,075
|
| {{Won}}
| Vijaipal Singh
| 624
|-
| [[1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]|| 33,912
|
| {{Won}}
| Shyam Lal
| 26,641
|-
| [[1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]|| rowspan=3|[[Chhaprauli Assembly constituency|Chhaprauli]]|| 59,199
|
| {{Won}}
| S. Singh
| 52,188
|-
|[[1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| {{party name with colour| Bharatiya Kranti Dal|rowspan=2}}
|62,419
|
|{{Won}}
|Munshi Ram
|47,940
|-
|[[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|54,348
|
|{{Won}}
|Pritam Singh
|26,533
|-
|}

=== Lok Sabha elections ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Year !! Constituency !! colspan=2|Party !! Votes
!%!! Result !! Opponent !! Margin
|-
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| rowspan=3| [[Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency|Baghpat]]
| {{party name with colour| Bharatiya Kranti Dal}}
| 286,301
|
| {{Won}}
| Ram Chandra Vikal
| 121,538
|-
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|{{party name with colour| Janata Party (Secular)}}
|323,077
|
| {{Won}}
| Ram Chandra Vikal
| 165,121
|-
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| {{party name with colour| Lok Dal}}
| 253,463
|
| {{Won}}
| Mahesh Chand
| 85,674
|}

== Lok Sabha elections ==

=== General election 1984 ===
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|candidate = Mahesh Chand
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|percentage = 35.0
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|candidate = [[Raj Narain]]
|votes = 33,664
|percentage = 7.0
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=== General election 1980 ===
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|votes = 323,077
|percentage = 64.4
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=== General election 1977 ===
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|candidate = [[Charan Singh]]
|votes = 286,301
|percentage = 62.7
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|candidate = [[Ram Chandra Vikal]]
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== Uttar Pradesh Legislative assembly elections ==

=== 1974 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
[[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s: [[Chhaprauli Assembly constituency|Chhaprauli]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh 1974 - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3249-uttar-pradesh-1974/}}</ref>
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !! % !! Result
|-
| [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]|| [[Charan Singh]]|| 54,348|| 63.44|| {{Won}}
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]|| Pritam Singh|| 27,815|| 32.47|| {{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Jasvir Singh
|1,369
|1.6
|{{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Dasa Ram
|1,101
|1.29
|{{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Kubadi
|620
|0.72
|{{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Bhoopal
|410
|0.48
|{{Lost}}
|}

=== 1969 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
[[1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s: [[Chhaprauli Assembly constituency|Chhaprauli]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh 1969 - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3247-uttar-pradesh-1969/}}</ref>
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !!% !! Result
|-
| [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]|| [[Charan Singh]]|| 62,419|| 78.78|| {{Won}}
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]|| Munshi Ram|| 14,479|| 18.27|| {{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Banwari Lal
|1,769
|2.23
|{{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Suraj Mal
|562
|0.71
|{{Lost}}
|}

=== 1967 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
[[1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s: [[Chhaprauli Assembly constituency|Chhaprauli]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh 1967 - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3246-uttar-pradesh-1967/}}</ref>
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !!% !! Result
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]|| [[Charan Singh]]|| 59,199|| 85.35|| {{Won}}
|-
| IND|| S. Singh|| 7,011|| 10.10|| {{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|N. Singh
|1,635
|2.36
|{{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Jai Prakash
|1,508
|2.17
|{{Lost}}
|}

=== 1962 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
[[1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s: Kotana<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh 1962 - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3244-uttar-pradesh-1962/}}</ref>
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !!% !! Result
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]|| [[Charan Singh]]|| 33,912|| 69.65|| {{Won}}
|-
| IND|| Shyam Lal|| 7,271|| 14.93|| {{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Anup Singh
|4,400
|9.04
|{{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Vijendra
|2,569
|5.28
|{{Lost}}
|-
|IND
|Sukhbir
|535
|1.10
|{{Lost}}
|}

=== 1957 ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+
[[1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s: Kotana<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh 1957 - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3242-uttar-pradesh-1957/}}</ref>
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !!% !! Result
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]|| [[Charan Singh]]|| 27,075|| 50.58|| {{Won}}
|-
| IND|| Vijaipal Singh|| 26,451|| 49.41|| {{Lost}}
|}

=== 1952 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
[[1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s: Baghpat West<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uttar Pradesh 1952 - Election Commission of India |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3241-uttar-pradesh-1951/}}</ref>
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !!% !! Result
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]|| [[Charan Singh]]|| 18,298|| 45.75|| {{Won}}
|-
| IND|| Raghubir Singh|| 9,878|| 24.70|| {{Lost}}
|-
|KMPP
|Pritam Singh
|8,314
|20.79
|{{Lost}}
|-
|BJS
|Onkar Datt
|3,498
|8.75
|{{Lost}}
|}

== References ==

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[[Category:Electoral history of Indian politicians|Singh]]
[[Category:Charan Singh]]

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