Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency
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| Rae Bareli UP-36 | |
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| Lok Sabha constituency | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Assembly constituencies | Bachhrawan Harchandpur Rae Bareli Sareni Unchahar |
| Established | 1952–present |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| File:Rahul Gandhi.jpg | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Sonia Gandhi File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg Indian National Congress |
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
[edit | edit source]The constituency has an electorate of 9.59 lakhs in 2019 of which nearly 30% belongs to Scheduled Castes, 12% Muslims,16% Yadavs.[1]
Presently, Rae Bareli comprises five Assembly (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[2]
Members of Lok Sabha
[edit | edit source]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Feroze Gandhi | Indian National Congress[3] | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1960^ | R P Singh | ||
| 1962 | Baijnath Kureel | ||
| 1967 | Indira Gandhi | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 1977 | Raj Narain | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Indira Gandhi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980^ | Arun Nehru | ||
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | Sheila Kaul | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Ashok Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | Satish Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Sonia Gandhi | ||
| 2006^ | |||
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Rahul Gandhi | ||
^By-Poll
Election results
[edit | edit source]General Election 2024
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rahul Gandhi | 687,649 | 66.17 | Increase10.37 | |
| BJP | Dinesh Pratap Singh | 297,619 | 28.64 | Decrease9.72 | |
| BSP | Thakur Prasad Yadav | 21,624 | 2.08 | Increase2.08 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 7,872 | 0.76 | Decrease0.31 | |
| Majority | 390,030 | 37.61 | Increase20.17 | ||
| Turnout | 10,369,97 | 58.04 | Increase1.70 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 2019
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sonia Gandhi | 534,918 | 55.80 | −8.00 | |
| BJP | Dinesh Pratap Singh | 367,740 | 38.36 | +17.31 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 10,252 | 1.07 | +0.41 | |
| Majority | 167,178 | 17.44 | −25.39 | ||
| Turnout | 959,022 | 56.34 | +4.61 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | -8.00 | |||
General Election 2014
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sonia Gandhi | 526,434 | 63.80 | −8.43 | |
| BJP | Ajay Agarwal | 173,721 | 21.05 | +17.23 | |
| BSP | Pravesh Singh | 63,633 | 7.71 | −8.69 | |
| AAP | Archana Srivastava | 10,383 | 1.26 | N/A | |
| IND. | Shakil Ahamad | 7,914 | 0.96 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 5,409 | 0.66 | N/A | |
| Majority | 352,713 | 42.75 | −13.08 | ||
| Turnout | 825,142 | 51.73 | +3.40 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | -8.43 | |||
General Election 2009
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sonia Gandhi | 481,490 | 72.23 | −8.26 | |
| BSP | R. S. Kushwaha | 109,325 | 16.40 | N/A | |
| BJP | R. B. Singh | 25,444 | 3.82 | +0.49 | |
| AD(K) | Anil Kumar Maurya | 12,321 | 1.85 | N/A | |
| IND. | Hori Lal | 10,073 | 1.51 | N/A | |
| Majority | 372,165 | 55.83 | −15.00 | ||
| Turnout | 666,648 | 48.33 | +5.03 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | -8.26 | |||
General Election 2004
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sonia Gandhi | 378,107 | 58.75 | ||
| SP | Ashok Kumar Singh | 128,342 | 19.94 | ||
| BSP | Rajesh Yadav | 57,543 | 8.94 | ||
| BJP | Girish Narayan Panday | 31,290 | 4.86 | ||
| Independent | Hori Lal | 15,160 | 2.36 | ||
| AD(K) | Indra Pal Singh | 9,969 | 1.55 | ||
| Majority | 249,765 | 38.81 | |||
| Turnout | 643,560 | 48.42 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
By-election 1999
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sonia Gandhi | 474,891 | 80.49 | ||
| SP | Raj Kumar | 57,003 | 9.66 | ||
| BJP | Vinay Katiyar | 19,657 | 3.33 | ||
| RJP | Deepa | 8,336 | 1.41 | ||
| Independent | Sunder Lal | 6,780 | 1.15 | ||
| Majority | 4,17,888 | 70.83 | |||
| Turnout | 5,90,033 | 43.30 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1999
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Capt. Satish Sharma | 224,202 | 32.76 | ||
| SP | Gajadhar Singh | 150,653 | 22.01 | ||
| BSP | Anand Prakash Lodhi | 137,775 | 20.13 | ||
| BJP | Arun Kumar Nehru | 136,217 | 19.90 | ||
| AD(K) | Babu Lal Kushwaha | 8,058 | 1.18 | ||
| Independent | Arshad Ali Khan | 7,466 | 1.09 | ||
| Majority | 73,549 | 10.75 | |||
| Turnout | 684,461 | 58.27 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
General Election 1998
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashok Singh | 237,204 | 36.15 | ||
| SP | Surendra Bahadur Singh | 196,482 | 29.94 | ||
| BSP | Ramesh Kumar Maurya | 130,342 | 19.86 | ||
| INC | Deepa Kaul | 49,615 | 7.56 | ||
| Independent | Ram Kishore | 18,787 | 2.86 | ||
| JD | Ram Harsh Verma | 12,106 | 1.85 | ||
| Majority | 40,722 | 6.21 | |||
| Turnout | 656,147 | 56.04 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1996
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashok Singh | 163,390 | 33.93 | ||
| JD | Ashok Singh | 129,503 | 26.90 | ||
| BSP | Babulal Lodhi | 119,422 | 24.80 | ||
| INC | Vikram Kaul | 25,457 | 5.29 | ||
| Independent | Ravendra Bahadur Singh | 8,752 | 1.82 | ||
| Majority | 33,887 | 7.03 | |||
| Turnout | 481,482 | 41.38 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General Election 1980
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Indira Gandhi | 223,903 | 58.27% | ||
| JP | Vijayaraje Scindia | 50,249 | 12.58% | ||
| JP(S) | Mahipal Singh | 48,353 | 13.08% | ||
| Majority | 173,654 | 45.19% | |||
| Turnout | 384,249 | 56.68% | |||
| Registered electors | 699,064 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
Gandhi was also elected from Medak. She retained her seat in Medak and resigned from Rae Bareli.
By-poll in 1980
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Raj Narain | 177,719 | 53.51 | New | |
| INC | Indira Gandhi | 122,517 | 36.89 | Decrease29.46 | |
| Independent | P. Nallathampy Terah | 9,311 | 2.80 | ||
| Independent | Kamal Ahamad Khan | 7,467 | 2.25 | ||
| Independent | Krishna Prasad | 4,083 | 1.23 | ||
| Majority | 55,202 | 16.62 | |||
| Turnout | 332,122 | 52.48 | |||
| JP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
This time the incumbent Prime minister Indira Gandhi lost to her opponent, the only such instance to date.
General Election 1971
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Indira Gandhi | 183,309 | 66.35% | ||
| SSP | Raj Narain | 71,499 | 25.88% | ||
| Independent | Swami Adwaita Nand | 16,627 | 6.02% | ||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | Rameshwar Dutta Manav | 4,839 | 1.75% | ||
| Majority | 111,810 | 39.26% | |||
| Turnout | 284,752 | 55.22% | |||
| Registered electors | 515,711 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- R.P. Singh (INC) : 104,840 votes
- N.B. Singh (JS) : 62,809
See also
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