Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Lucknow
Lok Sabha Constituency
Rajnath.jpg
Current MP of Lucknow, Rajnath Singh
IncumbentRajnath Singh
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952- Present
ReservationNone
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly ConstituenciesLucknow West
Lucknow North
Lucknow East
Lucknow Central
Lucknow Cantt.

Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is the capital of Uttar Pradesh.

Since 1991 the seat has been held by the BJP. Its best-known MP is Former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vajpayee contested from this seat eight times. First time, he contested 1955 bypoll and came third. Then he came second in 1957 and 1962. After these 3 losses, he won the seat five consecutive times, in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004.

Assembly Segments[edit]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Winning Party (2017) Number of electorates (2019)
171 Lucknow West None Lucknow BJP 4,12,201
172 Lucknow North None Lucknow BJP 4,24,848
173 Lucknow East None Lucknow BJP 4,48,016
174 Lucknow Central None Lucknow BJP 3,69,533
175 Lucknow Cantt. None Lucknow BJP 3,85,769
Total: 20,40,367

Members of Parliament[edit]

Name Portrait Election Year Political party
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1965c.jpg 1952 Indian National Congress
Sheorajvati Nehru 1955*
Pulin Behari Banerji 1957
B. K. Dhaon 1962
Anand Narain Mulla 1967 Independent
Sheila Kaul 1971 Indian National Congress
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 2018 stamp of India.jpg 1977 Bharatiya Lok Dal
Sheila Kaul 1980 Indian National Congress
1984
Mandhata Singh 1989 Bharatiya Janata Party
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg 1991 Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
1998
1999
2004
Lal Ji Tandon The Governor of Bihar, Shri Lalji Tandon in New Delhi on August 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG 2009
Rajnath Singh 2014
2019

Election results[edit]

2019 results[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 633,026 56.70 +2.43
SP Poonam Sinha 2,85,724 25.59 +20.10
INC Acharya Pramod Krishnam 1,80,011 16.12 -11.77
NOTA None of the Above 7,416 0.66 +0.21
Majority 3,47,302 31.11 +4.73
Turnout 11,16,445 54.72 +1.70
BJP hold Swing +2.43

2014 results[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 5,61,106 54.27 +19.34
INC Rita Bahuguna Joshi 2,88,357 27.89 -0.04
BSP Nakul Dubey 64,449 6.23 -16.65
SP Abhishek Mishra 56,771 5.49 -5.03
AAP Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaaferi 41,429 4.01 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 4,696 0.45 +0.45
Majority 2,72,749 26.38 +19.38
Turnout 10,33,883 53.02 +17.69
BJP hold Swing +19.34

2009 results[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lal Ji Tandon 2,04,028 34.93 -21.19
INC Rita Bahuguna Joshi 1,63,127 27.93 +27.93
BSP Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta 1,33,610 22.88 +13.62
SP Nafisa Ali Sodhi 61,457 10.52 -7.86
AITC Rajesh Kumar Pandey 20,130 4.97
Independent Amresh Mishra 3,164 0.37
Swarajya Party Of India Anupam Mishra 1,230 0.21
Independent Rajiv Ranjan Tiwari 1,224 0.21
Majority 40,901 7.00 -49.18
Turnout 6,14,058 37.49
BJP hold Swing

2004 results[edit]

2004 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,24,714 56.12 +21.19
SP Dr. Madhu Gupta 1,06,339 18.38 +7.92
Independent Ram Boolchand Jethmalani 57,685 9.97 N/A
BSP Nasir Ali Siddiqui 53,566 9.26 -7.86
[[Samata Party|Template:Samata Party/meta/shortname]] Krishna Pal 6,928 1.20
Independent Sheikh Ajij Ahmad Dyer 4,051 0.70
Independent Salahuddin 3,965 0.60
AD Arun Kumar Patel 2,804 0.48
Independent Ajay Chaturvedi 2,110 0.36
Independent Domai 1,203 0.21
Independent Ajay Kumar Pandey 1,043 0.18
Independent D.P.Pal 1,026 0.18
Independent Jaffar Ali 1,018 0.18
JP Nand Kumar Rajpoot 981 0.17
Independent Mohd. Kamran Siddiqui 918 0.16
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party|Template:Rashtriya Krantikari Samajwadi Party/meta/shortname]] Askari Shakti 885 0.15
IJP Dr. Vijay Narayan Pal 864 0.15
Independent Khem Singh Arya 829 0.14
Independent Pradeep Kumar Rawat 753 0.13
Independent Faguram 671 0.12
Independent Neelam Singh 639 0.11
Majority 2,18,375 37.74 +21.34
Turnout 5,78,556 35.28 -13.29
BJP hold Swing

1999 results[edit]

1999 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,62,709 48.11
INC Dr. Karan Singh 2,39,085 31.71
SP Bhagwati Singh 78,826 10.46
BSP Ijaharul Haque 43,948 5.83
Independent Dr. Vijay Agarwal 8,527 1.13
Majority 1,23,624 16.40
Turnout 7,53,943 48.57
BJP hold Swing

1998 results[edit]

1998 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 4,31,738 57.82
SP Muzaffar Ali 2,15,475 28.86
BSP Dr. Dau Ji Gupta 56,887 7.62
INC Ranjeet Singh 38,636 5.17
Independent Kumari Katori Devi 1,099 0.15
Majority 2,16,263 28.96
Turnout 7,46,669 49.35
BJP hold Swing

1996 results[edit]

1996 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 3,94,865 52.25
SP Raj Babbar 2,76,194 36.55
BSP Ved Prakash Grover 42,993 5.69
INC Om Pathak 19,042 2.42
Independent Ramdev 3,639 0.48
Majority 1,18,671 15.70
Turnout 7,55,746 50.78
BJP hold Swing

1991 results[edit]

1991 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1,94,886 50.90
INC Ranjeet Singh 77,583 20.26
JP Heeru Saxena 59,385 15.51
JD Mandhata Singh 22,357 5.84
BSP Balbir Singh Saluja 13,728 3.59
Majority 1,17,303 30.64
Turnout 3,82,877 32.23
BJP gain from JD Swing 16.82

1989 results[edit]

1989 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Mandhata Singh 1,10,433 34.08
INC Dau Ji 95,137 29.36
Independent Balraj Madhok 73,839 22.78
BSP Jagmohan Singh Verma 20,393 6.29
Majority 15,614 4.72
Turnout 3,24,073 28.65
JD gain from INC Swing

1984 results[edit]

1984 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sheila Kaul 1,69,260 55.67
[[Lok Dal|Template:Lok Dal/meta/shortname]] Mohammad Yunus Saleem 47,140 15.50
BJP Lal Ji Tandon 36,973 12.16
JP D. P. Bora 15,783 6.29
Majority 1,22,120 40.17
Turnout 3,04,058 40.30
INC hold Swing

1980 results[edit]

1980 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|Template:Indian National Congress (Indira)/meta/shortname]] Sheila Kaul 1,23,231 47.65
JP Mahmood Butt 92,849 35.90
[[Indian National Congress (Urs)|Template:Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/shortname]] Triloki Singh 17,163 6.64
Majority 30,382 11.75
Turnout 2,58,620 37.63
Indian National Congress (Indira) gain from Bharatiya Lok Dal Swing

1977 results[edit]

1977 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
[[Bharatiya Lok Dal|Template:Bharatiya Lok Dal/meta/shortname]] Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 2,42,362 72.99
INC Sheila Kaul 77,017 23.19
Independent Sarju Prasad 5,534 1.67
Majority 1,65,345 49.80
Turnout 3,32,049 53.52
Bharatiya Lok Dal gain from INC Swing

1971 results[edit]

1971 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sheila Kaul 1,71,019 71.61
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]] Purushottam Das Kapoor 51,818 21.70
BKD D. P. Bora 12,039 5.04
Majority 1,19,201 49.91
Turnout 2,38,808 46.49
INC gain from Independent Swing

1967 results[edit]

1967 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anand Narain Mulla 92,535 36.55
INC V. R. Mohan 71,563 28.27
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]] R. C. Sharma 60,291 23.81
Majority 20,972 8.28
Turnout 2,53,175 27.63
Independent gain from INC Swing

1962 results[edit]

1962 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. K. Dhaon 1,16,637 50.45
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]] Atal Bihari Vajpayee 86,620 37.47
Independent Jagdish Ghandi 14,774 6.39
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Socialist Party|Template:Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] M. A. Haleem 6,928 3.00
ABHM Radhey Shyam 4,356 1.88
Majority 30,017 12.98
Turnout 2,38,485 58.49
INC hold Swing

1957 results[edit]

1957 Indian general election: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pulin Behari Banerji 69,519 40.75
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]] Atal Bihari Vajpayee 57,034 33.44
CPI Fazal Abbas Kazmi 28,542 16.73
Majority 12,485 7.31
Turnout 1,70,579 45.12
INC hold Swing

1955 bypoll results[edit]

By Election, 1952: Lucknow Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sheorajvati Nehru 49,324 41.83
PSP Tirloki Singh 34,578 29.33
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]] Atal Bihari Vajpayee 33,986 28.82
Majority 14,746 12.50
Turnout 1,17,888 33.35
INC hold Swing

1951-52 results[edit]

General Election, 1951: Lucknow Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1,02,764 69.17
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]] Har Govind Dayal 35,112 23.63
ABRRP Gaya Prasad Shukla 6,021 4.05
Independent Nathu Ram 4,672 3.14
Majority 67,652 45.54
Turnout 1,48,569 42.03

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Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Nandyal
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1996
Vacant
until 1998
(Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha)
Title next held by
Lucknow
Vacant
since 1996
(Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha)
Title last held by
Lucknow
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1998-2004
Vacant
until 2014
(Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha)
Title next held by
Varanasi

Coordinates: 26°51′N 80°56′E / 26.85°N 80.94°E / 26.85; 80.94