Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh

Rae Bareli is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is considered to be a bastion of the Indian National Congress. From 1967 to 1977, the seat was held by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and from 2004 until her appointment to the Rajya Sabha in 2024, by Sonia Gandhi.

Most Successful parties from Raebareli Lok Sabha

  INC (18 Times) (85.71%)

  BJP (2 Times) (9.52%)

  Janata Party (1 time) (4.76%)

Demographics and assembly segments

The constituency has an electorate of 9.59 lakhs in 2019 of which nearly 30% belongs to Scheduled Castes, 12% Muslims, 11% Brahmins, 11% Rajputs, 9% Yadavs.^[1]

Presently, Rae Bareli comprises five Assembly (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[2]

Members of Lok Sabha

^By-Poll

Election results

General Election 2024

General Election 2019

General Election 2014

General Election 2009

General Election 2004

By-election 2006

General Election 1999

General Election 1998

General Election 1996

General Election 1980

• Indira Gandhi (Congress) : 2,23,903
• Vijayaraje Scindia (Janata Party) : 50,249

Gandhi was also elected from Medak. She retained her seat in Medak and resigned from Rae Bareli.

By-poll in 1980

• Arun Nehru INC : 176,456
• Janeshwar Mishra JNP(S) : 69,166
• Details of some elections (1984 to 1991) missing from this page

General Election 1977

This time the incumbent Prime minister Indira Gandhi lost to her opponent, the only such instance to date.

General Election 1971

• Gandhi's election was annulled by the Allahabad High Court in June 1975 on a technicality, but the Supreme Court of India overturned the decision following an amendment to the constitution.

General Election 1957

• Winner 1/2 Feroze Gandhi (INC) : 162,595 votes ^[9]
• - - - defeated Nand Kishore (IND) : 133,342
  • AND
• Baij Nath Kureel (INC) : 126,318 votes
• - - - defeated Chhote Lal (Jana Sangh) : 100,651

By-poll 1960

• R.P. Singh (INC) : 104,840 votes
• N.B. Singh (JS) : 62,809

See also

• Amethi Lok Sabha constituency
• Raebareli district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. Kumar, Mayank (17 May 2024). "Priyanka leads Congress bid to protect its Rae Bareli bastion, eyeing a bigger victory margin with SP on its side". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
2. "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-36-Rae Bareli". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
3. "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
4. The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Rahul Gandhi wins Rae Bareli LS seat by over 3.9 lakh votes". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
5. "2024 Raebareli Loksabha Election Result". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
6. "Rae Bareli Lok Sabha". Elections.in. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
7. "Sonia strides to victory with record margin". Rediff. 11 May 2006.
8. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
9. "1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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