Electoral history of Narendra Modi

This is a summary of the electoral history of Narendra Modi, who is the incumbent Prime Minister of India since 2014 and served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He currently represents Varanasi as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament.

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Electoral history of Narendra Modi

This is a summary of the electoral history of Narendra Modi, who is the incumbent Prime Minister of India since 2014 and served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He currently represents Varanasi as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament.

Modi addressing a rally in Bihar, prior to 2014 Indian general election

He contested his first election in February 2002 by-election to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Rajkot II constituency. Later that year in 2002 elections he contested from Maninagar and won. He was re-elected from Maninagar in (/wiki/2007GujaratLegislativeAssemblyelection) and (/wiki/2012GujaratLegislativeAssemblyelection) and represented the constituency till 2014 when he became the Prime Minister of India.

In (/wiki/2014Indiangeneralelection), Modi contested for the two Lok Sabha constituencies: Varanasi and Vadodara. He won in both constituencies, defeating Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi and Madhusudan Mistry of the Indian National Congress in Vadodara. To comply with the law that an elected representative cannot represent more than one constituency, he vacated the Vadodara seat. In (/wiki/2019Indiangeneralelection) he was again re-elected from Varanasi. In (/wiki/2024Indiangeneralelection) he was again re-elected from Varanasi for the third consecutive term.

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Electoral history of Narendra Modi

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>House</th><th>Constituency</th><th>Result</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2002</td><td>Gujarat Legislative Assembly</td><td>Rajkot II</td><td>Won</td><td></td><td>BJP</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>Maninagar</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Lok Sabha</td><td>Vadodara</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>Varanasi</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Won</td></tr></tbody></table>

Lok Sabha elections

General election 2024

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Narendra Modi</td><td>612,970</td><td>54.24</td><td>−9.38</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Ajay Rai</td><td>460,457</td><td>40.74</td><td>+26.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Athar Jamal Lari</td><td>33,766</td><td>2.99</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Yuga Thulasi Party</td><td>Kolisetty Shiva Kumar</td><td>5,750</td><td>0.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AD(K)</td><td>Gagan Prakash Yadav</td><td>3,634</td><td>0.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dinesh Kumar Yadav</td><td>2,917</td><td>0.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sanjay Kumar Tiwari</td><td>2,171</td><td>0.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>8,478</td><td>0.75</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>152,513</td><td>13.50</td><td>−31.72</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,130,143</td><td>56.57</td><td>−0.56</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>1,997,578</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-17.87</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2019

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Narendra Modi</td><td>674,664</td><td>63.62</td><td>+7.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Shalini Yadav</td><td>195,159</td><td>18.40</td><td>+14.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Ajay Rai</td><td>152,548</td><td>14.38</td><td>+7.04</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SBSP</td><td>Surendra Rajbhar</td><td>8,892</td><td>0.84</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Janhit Kisan Party</td><td>Anil Kumar Chaurasiya</td><td>2,758</td><td>0.26</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>4,037</td><td>0.38</td><td>+0.18</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>479,505</td><td>45.22</td><td>+9.15</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,060,829</td><td>57.13</td><td>−1.22</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+7.25</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

General election 2014

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Narendra Modi</td><td>581,022</td><td>56.37</td><td>+25.85</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Arvind Kejriwal</td><td>209,238</td><td>20.30</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Ajay Rai</td><td>75,614</td><td>7.34</td><td>−2.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Vijay Prakash Jaiswal</td><td>60,579</td><td>5.88</td><td>−22.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Kailash Chaurasiya</td><td>45,291</td><td>4.39</td><td>−14.22</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>2,051</td><td>0.20</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>371,784</td><td>36.07</td><td>+33.49</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,030,812</td><td>58.35</td><td>+15.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+25.85</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Narendra Modi</td><td>8,45,464</td><td>72.75</td><td>+15.35</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Madhusudan Mistry</td><td>2,75,336</td><td>23.69</td><td>−15.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Sunil Digambar Kulkarni</td><td>10,101</td><td>0.87</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Rohit Madhusudan Mohanbhai</td><td>5,782</td><td>0.50</td><td>−0.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Tapan Dasgupta</td><td>2,249</td><td>0.19</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Sahebkhan Asifkhan Pathan</td><td>2,101</td><td>0.18</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JD(U)</td><td>Ambalal Kanabhai Jadav</td><td>1,382</td><td>0.12</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Apna Desh Party</td><td>Mahemudkhan Razakkhan Pathan</td><td>1,109</td><td>0.10</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>18,053</td><td>1.55</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>5,70,128</td><td>49.06</td><td>+30.85</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>11,62,168</td><td>70.94</td><td>+21.82</td></tr><tr><td>Registered electors</td><td>15,90,810</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+15.42</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections

2012

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Narendra Modi</td><td>1,20,470</td><td>75.38</td><td>+5.85</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt</td><td>34,097</td><td>21.34</td><td>−4.77</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Pavanbhai Shravanbhai Makan</td><td>1,488</td><td>0.93</td><td>+0.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Siddharth Yasvantray Kashyap</td><td>1,251</td><td>0.78</td><td>−1.19</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>Vinod Brahmbhatt</td><td>1,098</td><td>0.69</td><td>+0.69</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>86,373</td><td>54.04</td><td>+10.62</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,59,807</td><td>70.07</td><td>+9.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+5.85</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2007

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Narendra Modi</td><td>1,39,568</td><td>69.53</td><td>−3.76</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Dinsha Patel</td><td>52,407</td><td>26.11</td><td>+1.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Renu Varunkumar Kavatra</td><td>3,955</td><td>1.97</td><td>+1.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Bhimjibhai Devabhai Prajapati</td><td>1,731</td><td>0.86</td><td>+0.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Amitkumar Lakshmanbhai Patanvadiya</td><td>1,045</td><td>0.52</td><td>+0.52</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>87,161</td><td>43.42</td><td>−5.19</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>2,00,725</td><td>60.93</td><td>+10.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>-3.76</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

December 2002

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Narendra Modi</td><td>1,13,589</td><td>73.29</td><td>+12.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Yatinbhai Oza</td><td>38,256</td><td>24.68</td><td>−7.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Harishbhai Ramchandra Sharma</td><td>1,946</td><td>1.26</td><td>+1.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>Satubha Kanubha Vaghela</td><td>1,190</td><td>0.77</td><td>−0.65</td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>75,333</td><td>48.61</td><td>+19.72</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,54,981</td><td>50.19</td><td>+8.62</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+12.15</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

February 2002

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Narendra Modi</td><td>45298</td><td>57.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Ashwinbhai Narbheshankar Mehta</td><td>30570</td><td>38.68</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Bharatbhai Bhikhalal Makwana</td><td>748</td><td>0.95</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>79028</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>