Abdul Kalam : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name Abdul Kalam contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2017 for Vidhan Sabha from Gaura

LOST against Prabhat Kumar Verma

with 22% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Prabhat Kumar Verma	BJP	72,455
Ram Pratap Singh	SP	42,600
Abdul Kalam	BSP	38,667
Vikram Singh	IND	8,013
Tarunendra Chandra Patel	INC	2,746
Vaibhav Pandey	RLD	1,514
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,435
Israr Ahmad Nanku	CPI	1,159
Virender	IND	786
Vijay Pratap	IND	783
Sarvesh Kumar Singh	IND	727
Girish Narayan Pande	SABHP	710
Tilak Ram	BMUP	522
Sakir Ali	IND	451
Ram Avatar	IND	451
Rajesh Kumar	IND	361

2012 for Vidhan Sabha from Khalilabad

LOST against Moh. Ayub

with 13% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Moh. Ayub	PECP	55,841
Mashhoor Alam	BSP	50,449
Digvijaya Narayan	BJP	43,552
Abdul Kalam	SP	27,795
Alok Alias Sonu Yadav	INC	8,843
Krishan Chandra Pandey	JD(U)	3,362
Shyam Karan Singh	IND	2,923
Esrar	IND	1,969
Ravindra	RLM	1,779
Manoj Kumar	AITC	1,754
Ashok Kumar	LD	1,342
Sudharsn	IND	1,272
Shabbir Husain	NCP	1,149
Abhay Kumar Srivastava	ARVP	1,084
Moh.Haroon	AIMF	972
Ghar Bharan	IND	852
Adya Sharan	SSD	638
Anju	IND	625
Jyoti Singh	BSP(K)	607

2012 for Vidhan Sabha from Gaura

LOST against Kunwar Anand Singh

with 22% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kunwar Anand Singh	SP	42,773
Abdul Kalam Malik	INC	35,678
Ram Pratap Singh	BJP	33,140
Prabhat Kumar Verma	BSP	32,478
Chandra Pratap Patel	AD	8,254
Priyadarshini Singh	RLM	1,908
Hari Prasad	IND	1,863
Tara Prasad Choudhari	QED	1,590
Ram Pratap	IND	1,362
Rakesh Kumar Mishra	IND	1,237
Harshvardhan Pandey	NCP	1,118
Rajendra Prasad	LD	973
Manoj Kumar Verma	IND	567
Jitendra Kumar	IND	498
Anoop	IND	423

2007 for Vidhan Sabha from Mendhwal

WON against Mashhoor Alam

with 30% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdul Kalam	SP	35,947
Mashhoor Alam	BSP	29,374
Ved Prakash	BJP	24,823
Anil	IND	11,878
Mohammad Ishaq	JM	3,105
Abu Mohammad	IND	2,800
Ram Charitra	INC	2,791
Ashfaq Ahmad	IND	2,391
Chandra Bhan	BKD	1,367
Gore Lal	IND	1,090
Asghar Ali	NLHP	866
Mangal	IND	827
Naseem Ahmad	IND	741
Doodh Nath	SBSP	666
Anwar Ahmad	IND	665
Vijay Kumar	RLD	604
Ram Lakhan	LD	492
Munesar	IND	357
Ram Narayan	BEP	307
Javed Hussain	RSBP	256

2002 for Vidhan Sabha from Mendhwal

WON against Lal Chandra Nishad

with 31% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdul Kalam	SP	40,143
Lal Chandra Nishad	BSP	29,086
Chandra Shekhar	BJP	24,184
Ranjay Urf Sona Tiwari	IND	9,748
Mohd. Nazim Khan	INC	9,471
Afsar U. Ahamad	NCP	2,469
Jamil Ahamad	IND	2,253
Mohd. Nadeem	NLP	2,163
Japiullah	IND	1,977
Ram Suresh	RTKP	1,676
Mohd. Mobin	IND	1,653
Ram Awadh	IND	1,604
Ram Paras Nishad	AD	726
Genda Devi	LD	627
Chandra Prakash	IND	410
Indra Narayan	IND	397
Aslam Khan	IND	244
Abdullah	IND	231

2002 for Vidhan Sabha from Varanasi North

WON against Ravindra Jaiswal

with 53% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdul Kalam	SP	56,805
Ravindra Jaiswal	BJP	37,268
Abdul Aziz Ansari	INC	6,729
Rajendra Prasad Kushwaha	BSP	4,227
Ram Narayan	IND	962
Prem Chand (P.C. Gupta) (Yuvraj)	NCP	927
Kishun Lal Seth	RTKP	634
Dinesh Kumar Srivastava	IND	238
Ganga Sahay Pandey	ABLTC	190
Rana Shah Jaiswal	ABBP	140

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Varanasi North

WON against Amar Nath Yadav

with 52% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdul Kalam	SP	67,349
Amar Nath Yadav	BJP	55,539
Moti Lal Seth	BSP	5,182
Mridul	IND	456
Usha Devi	BHJS	402
Gauri Shankar	ABJS	218
Ashok Kumar	IND	101

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Mendhwal

WON against Chandra Shekhar Singh

with 36% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdul Kalam	SP	44,590
Chandra Shekhar Singh	BJP	32,064
Mohd. Nazim Khan	INC	20,618
Chandra Shekhar	IND	19,945
Akbal	IND	3,369
Amamuddin	NLP	1,270
Nityanand	BHJS	1,169
Sugriv Das	IND	1,061
Ghanshyam	JP	417
Soman	IND	182
Vishwanath Yadav	IND	165
Ashok Kumar	IND	159
Ram Swaroop	IND	145
Fakhrul Hasan	IND	90

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Siswa

LOST against Shivendra Singh Urf Shiv Babu

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shivendra Singh Urf Shiv Babu	BSP	50,041
Kedar Prasad	BJP	30,746
Avnindra Nath Dwivedi Urf Mahant Dubey	IND	21,066
Jagdish Lal	JD	20,775
Imtiyaz Ahmad	NLP	9,374
Abdul Kalam	IND	2,847
Jai Prakash Chaudhary Urf Pappu Babu	AD	2,021
Banwari Lal Sahu	IND	1,402
Sharda Prasad Jaiswal	IND	1,275
Subash	SJP(R)	742
Lorik	IND	570
Purnvasi	IND	419
Jai Prakash	IND	226
Sanat Kumar	IND	49

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Phulpur

LOST against Ramakant

with 19% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ramakant	ICJ	12,507
Abdul Kalam	INC	11,673
Ranjit	LKD	8,181
Narendra Kumar	BJP	3,969
Ram Kishun	IND	3,617
Rajaram	IND	3,290
Rambali	IND	2,585
Emteaj Beg	CPI	1,682
Amrej	IND	1,660
Pratap	IND	1,540
Rampa Lat	IND	1,441
Subash Chandra Chauhan	IND	986
Banarsi	IND	854
Durgaprasad Chaurasia	IND	850
Ram Charittar	JNP	753
Dalsingar	IND	615
Radhey Shyam	IND	613
Parwez	IND	456
Lalsa	IND	372
Arun Kumar	IND	363
Azaz	IND	311
Moti	IND	278
Suryabhan S/O Ramji	IND	269
Shambhu Nath	IND	266
Mahatam	DDP	265
Ramnarain	IND	257
Shyam Sunder	IND	201
Balram Prasad	IND	198
Kishun	IND	184
Ashok Kumar Singh Urf Udham Singh	IND	155
Paramhans Yadav	IND	126
Suryabhan	IND	82
Ved Narain Tripathi	IND	66
Harikrishna Urf Chhathu	IND	33

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Sikandrabad

LOST against Yash Pal Singh

with 21% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Yash Pal Singh	INC	18,776
Lakhraj Singh	BJP	14,223
Abdul Kalam	INC(U)	13,649
Pratap Singh	JNP(SC)	12,601
Om Prakash	IND	1,424
Katar	IND	1,421
Mahabir Singh	JNP(SR)	1,070
Dharam Pal Singh Bhatti	IND	639
Shiam Lal	IND	554
Momraj Singh	IND	384
Har Swarop	IND	230
Saran Lal	IND	219
Jogendra	IND	182

1977 for Lok Sabha from Bulandshahr

LOST against Mahmood Hassan Khan

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mahmood Hassan Khan	BLD	292,611
Kr. Surendra Pal Singh	INC	81,598
Gur Bachan Singh Gaur	IND	9,148
Om Prakash Sharma	IND	8,968
Ganga Ram Sagar	IND	5,571
Mobarik Hasan	IND	2,356
Abdul Kalam	IND	2,317

1974 for Vidhan Sabha from Sikandrabad

LOST against Virendra Sarup Bhatnagar

with 8% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Virendra Sarup Bhatnagar	INC	25,764
Pratap Singh	BKD	15,177
Banarasi Das	NCO	13,485
Abdul Kalam	RPK	6,161
Darshan Lal Vohra	BJS	2,760
Manzoor	IND	2,501
Suraj Pal	IND	1,913
Raghu Raj	IND	1,373
Kewal Singh	IND	1,100
Desh Raj	IND	1,031
Rajbir	IND	857
Sindhwa Alias Singh Pal	SSD	341
Abdul Gafoor	IND	264
Buraf Chand	IND	149