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Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India

Summary

Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India

FieldValue
typeLS
nameRae Bareli UP-36
map_image
map_captionInteractive Map Outlining Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency
established1952–present
party[[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg20px]] Indian National Congress
mpRahul GandhiLeader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
incumbent_imageRahul Gandhi.jpg
latest_election_year2024
preceded_bySonia Gandhi
[[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg20px]] Indian National Congress
stateUttar Pradesh
assembly_consBachhrawan
Harchandpur
Rae Bareli
reservationNone

Harchandpur Rae Bareli

Sareni Unchahar 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. The first Member of Parliament was Baijnath Kureel. 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.

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,16% Yadavs.

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

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead
177Bachhrawan (SC)RaebareliShyam Sunder Bharti
179HarchandpurRahul Lodhi Rajput
180Rae BareliAditi Singh
182SareniDevendra Pratap Singh
183UnchaharManoj Kumar Pandey

Members of Lok Sabha

YearMemberParty
1952Feroze Gandhi
1957
1960^R P Singh
1962Baijnath Kureel
1967Indira Gandhi
1971
1977Raj Narain
1980Indira Gandhi
1980^Arun Nehru
1984
1989Sheila Kaul
1991
1996Ashok Singh
1998
1999Satish Sharma
2004Sonia Gandhi
2006^
2009
2014
2019
2024Rahul Gandhi

^By-Poll

Election results

General Election 2024

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General Election 2019

General Election 2014

General Election 2009

By-election 2006

General Election 2004

General Election 1999

General Election 1998

General Election 1996

General Election 1980

|reg. electors = 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

|reg. electors =

  • 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
        • 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

Notes

References

  1. Kumar, Mayank. (2024-05-17). "Priyanka leads Congress bid to protect its Rae Bareli bastion, eyeing a bigger victory margin with SP on its side". The Hindu.
  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. (4 June 2024). "Rahul Gandhi wins Rae Bareli LS seat by over 3.9 lakh votes".
  5. (4 June 2024). "2024 Raebareli Loksabha Election Result". Election Commission of India.
  6. "Rae Bareli Lok Sabha". Elections.in.
  7. (11 May 2006). "Sonia strides to victory with record margin". Rediff.
  8. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha". [[Election Commission of India]].
  9. "1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
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