Editing Atal Bihari Vajpayee (section)

== Positions held ==
{{further|Electoral history of Atal Bihari Vajpayee}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year || Position || Place || Party || Remark
|-
| 1951
| Founding-Member
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
|-
|1957–1962
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[Balrampur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| [[2nd Lok Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| 1st Term
|-
| 1957–1977
| Leader
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh Parliamentary Party
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
|-
| 1962–1968
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| [[Rajya Sabha]]
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| 1st Term (Resigned on 25 February 1967) Elected to Lok Sabha
|-
| 1966–1967
| Chairman
| Committee on Government Assurances
| [[Rajya Sabha]]
|
|-
| 1967
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[Balrampur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| [[4th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| 2nd Term
|-
| 1967–70
| Chairman,
| Public Accounts Committee
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
|-
|1968–1973
| President
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
|-
| 1971
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| [[5th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|3rd Term
|-
| 1977
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| [[6th Lok Sabha]] (4th term)
|[[Janata Party]]
|(4th term)
|-
| 1977–1979
| Union Cabinet Minister,
| External Affairs
|[[Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 1977–1980
| Founding Member
| [[Janata Party]]
| [[Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 1980
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| [[7th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|(5th term)
|-
| 1980–1986
| President,
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 1980–1984, 1986 and 1993–1996
| Leader
| Parliamentary Party
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 1986
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| [[Rajya Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 2nd Term
|-
| 1988–1989
| Member,
| General Purposes Committee
|[[Rajya Sabha]]
|
|-
| 1988–1990
| Member,
| House Committee
Member, Business Advisory Committee
|[[Rajya Sabha]]
|
|-
| 1990–1991
| Chairman,
| Committee on Petitions
|[[Rajya Sabha]]
|
|-
| 1991
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| [[10th Lok Sabha]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| (6th term)
|-
|1991–1993
|Chairman,
|Public Accounts Committee
| [[Lok Sabha]]
|
|-
|1993–1996
|Chairman,
|Committee on External Affairs
|[[Lok Sabha]]
|
|-
| 1993–1996
| Leader of Opposition,
| [[Lok Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 1996
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| [[11th Lok Sabha]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 7th Term
|-
| 16 May 1996 – 31 May 1996
| Prime Minister of India; and in charge of other subjects not allocated to any other Cabinet Minister
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 1996–1997
| Leader of Opposition,
| [[Lok Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 1997–1998
| Chairman,
| Committee on External Affairs
| [[Lok Sabha]]
|
|-
| 1998
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| [[12th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 8th Term
|-
| 1998–1999
| Prime Minister of India; Minister of External Affairs; and also incharge of Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| [[13th Lok Sabha]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 9th Term
|-
| 1999
| Leader,
| Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 13 Oct.1999- May 2004
| Prime Minister of India and also in charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| 2004
| [[Member of Parliament India|MP]], [[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 10th Term
|-
| 2004
| Chairman,
| Parliamentary Party
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] &
[[National Democratic Alliance (India)]]
|
|-
|}