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This article contains a detailed summary of the electoral history of Rajnath Singh, who is currently serving as the Minister of Defence of India from 2019 and a member of Lok Sabha from Lucknow since May 2014. He has previously served as Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Home Affairs in First Modi ministry. He has also served twice as national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Summary

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Lok Sabha elections

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Year Constituency Party Votes %age Result
2009 Ghaziabad BJP 3,59,637 43.34 Won
2014 Lucknow 5,61,106 54.27 Won
2019 6,33,026 56.70 Won
2024 6,12,709 53.89 Won

Legislative Assembly elections

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Year Constituency State Party Votes %age Result
1977 Mirzapur Uttar Pradesh JP 35,110 56.37 Won
1980 BJP 26,866 22.92 Lost
1985 20,645 35.66 Lost
1993 Mohana 58,572 38.28 Lost
2001 (by-election) Haidergarh 70,231 50.15 Won
2002 70,993 52.65 Won

Rajya Sabha elections

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Election House Constituency Term in office Party
1994 Rajya Sabha Uttar Pradesh 1994-2000 Bharatiya Janata Party
2000 Uttar Pradesh 2000-2001 Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Uttar Pradesh 2002-2008 Bharatiya Janata Party

Legislative Council elections

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Year Constituency State Term in office Party
1988 elected by MLA's Uttar Pradesh 1988-1994 BJP

Detailed results

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Lok Sabha

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2024 general elections[1]

2024 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 612,709 53.89 −2.81
SP Ravidas Mehrotra 4,77,550 42.00 +16.41
BSP Mohd Sarwar Malik 30,192 2.66 +2.66
NOTA None of the Above 7,350 0.65 −0.01
Majority 1,35,159 11.89 −19.22
Turnout 11,36,892 52.34 −2.38
BJP hold Swing


2019 general elections[2]

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 general elections[3]

2014 Indian general elections: Lucknow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 561,106 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 Jaaved Jaffrey 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 General election

2009 Indian general elections: Ghaziabad[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 359,637 43.34
INC Surendra Prakash Goyal 268,956 32.41
BSP Amarpal Sharma 180,285 21.73
Majority 90,681 10.93
Turnout 829,823 45.30
BJP win (new seat)

Legislative Assembly

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2002 Legislative elections

2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Haidergarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 70,993 52.65 +2.5
SP Arvind Singh 45,357 33.64 +12.31
BSP Hari Ram Singh 8,740 6.48 −13.98
INC Vishwanath Chaturvedi 2,378 1.76 +0.58
Majority 25,636 19.01
Turnout 1,34,846 63.39
BJP hold Swing


2001 by-elections[5]

2001 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections: Haidergarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajnath Singh 70,221 50.15 +25.09
SP Rampal Verma 29,867 21.33 −11.71
BSP Mata Prasad Chaudhary 28,650 20.46 new
INC Sarvesh Vajpai 1,649 1.17 −35.09
Majority 40,354 28.82
Turnout 1,40,030 67.02 +4.66
BJP gain from INC Swing


1993 Legislative elections

1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Mohana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Rajendra Prasad 66,540 43.49 new
BJP Rajnath Singh 58,572 38.28 +8.52
INC Vinod Kumar 18,683 12.21 −3.32
JD Masood Afzal 2,378 1.76 −8.28
Majority 7,968 5.21
Turnout 1,52,999 55.59
SP gain from BJP Swing


1985 Legislative elections

1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Mirzapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Asraf Imam 24,834 42.9 +2.41
BJP Rajnath Singh 20,645 35.66 +12.73
LKD Shiv Shankar 5,293 9.14 new
JP Ramdhani 549 0.95 +0.24
Majority 4,189 7.24
Turnout 57,891 42.16 −9.88
INC hold Swing


1980 Legislative elections

1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Mirzapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Azahar Imam 26,866 40.49 +4.6
BJP Rajnath Singh 15,206 22.92 new
JP(S) Asha Ram 11,770 17.17 new
INC(U) Mata Prasad 6,409 9.66 new
Majority 11,660 17.57
Turnout 66,354 52.04 −2.2
INC gain from JP Swing


1977 Legislative elections

1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Mirzapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Rajnath Singh 35,110 56.37 new
INC Azahar Imam 22,355 35.89 +6.11
Independent Dina Nath 1912 3.07 new
Majority 12,755 20.48
Turnout 62,248 54.6 −4.33
INC hold Swing

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lucknow Lok Sabha Election 2024: Lucknow Election Candidates List, Election Date, Chunav Results, Vote Share News in Hindi | लखनऊ लोकसभा चुनाव परिणाम 2024 - AajTak". आज तक (in Hindi). Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  2. ^ "Lucknow Lok Sabha results 2019: Rajnath Singh wins with over 6.3 lakh votes". India Today. 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  3. ^ "Lucknow Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result: Candidates Profiles, Map, Total Votes, Past Results | Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
  4. ^ "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Rajnath Singh wins Haidergarh Assembly seat". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
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