This is the electoral history of Chaudhary Charan Singh. Charan Singh served as the prime minister of India from July 1979 to August 1979 and deputy prime minister of India from January 1979 to July 1979. He served as union minister of home affairs from March 1977 to July 1978 and union minister of finance from 1979 to 1980. He was also a two term chief minister of Uttar Pradesh between 1967 and 1970.

Singh began his political journey in the 1930s as part of the 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, 1957, 1962, 1967. He held several cabinet ministerial positions in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Singh left the Congress party in 1967 and formed the Bharatiya Kranti Dal (BKD). His party gained significant traction, and he became the 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 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in 1970 with the support of the Congress.

During the Emergency (1975–77), Singh was imprisoned for opposing Indira Gandhi's authoritarian rule. After the Emergency, he played a key role in forming the Janata Party, which won the 1977 general elections. He became the deputy prime minister and home minister in Desai government. After internal conflicts within the Janata Party, Singh was backed by Indira Gandhi's Congress (I) to become the 5th 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.

In 1980, Singh founded the Lok Dal, which emerged as a strong farmer-based party. He contested the 1980 and 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 state assembly elections while three were Lok Sabha elections and he won all these nine elections.

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 + Year Constituency Party Votes % Result Opponent Margin 1952 Baghpat West 18,298 Raghubir Singh 8420 1957Kotana 27,075 Vijaipal Singh 624 1962 33,912 Shyam Lal 26,641 1967Chhaprauli 59,199 S. Singh 52,1881969 62,419Munshi Ram47,940197454,348Pritam Singh26,533

Lok Sabha elections + Year Constituency Party Votes % Result Opponent Margin 1977 Baghpat 286,301 Ram Chandra Vikal 121,538 1980 323,077 Ram Chandra Vikal 165,121 1984 253,463 Mahesh Chand 85,674

Lok Sabha elections

General election 1984

General election 1980

General election 1977

Uttar Pradesh Legislative assembly elections

1974 + 1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections: Chhaprauli Party Candidate Votes % Result Bharatiya Kranti Dal Charan Singh 54,348 63.44 Indian National Congress Pritam Singh 27,815 32.47 INDJasvir Singh1,3691.6INDDasa Ram1,1011.29INDKubadi6200.72INDBhoopal4100.48

1969 + 1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections: Chhaprauli Party Candidate Votes % Result Bharatiya Kranti Dal Charan Singh 62,419 78.78 Indian National Congress Munshi Ram 14,479 18.27 INDBanwari Lal1,7692.23INDSuraj Mal5620.71

1967 + 1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections: Chhaprauli Party Candidate Votes % Result Indian National Congress Charan Singh 59,199 85.35 IND S. Singh 7,011 10.10 INDN. Singh1,6352.36INDJai Prakash1,5082.17

1962 + 1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections: Kotana Party Candidate Votes % Result Indian National Congress Charan Singh 33,912 69.65 IND Shyam Lal 7,271 14.93 INDAnup Singh4,4009.04INDVijendra2,5695.28INDSukhbir5351.10

1957

+ 1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections: Kotana Party Candidate Votes % Result Indian National Congress Charan Singh 27,075 50.58 IND Vijaipal Singh 26,451 49.41

1952 + 1952 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections: Baghpat West Party Candidate Votes % Result Indian National Congress Charan Singh 18,298 45.75 IND Raghubir Singh 9,878 24.70 KMPPPritam Singh 8,31420.79BJSOnkar Datt3,4988.75

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