Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency

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Lok Sabha constituency
Raebareli 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
Established1952–present
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Rahul Gandhi.png
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year 2024

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.

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Most Successful parties from Raebareli Lok Sabha

   INC (17 Times) (85%)
   BJP (2 Times) (10%)

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]

NoNameDistrictMemberParty
177 Bachhrawan (SC) Raebareli Shyam Sunder Samajwadi Party
179 Harchandpur Rahul Rajput Samajwadi Party
180 Rae Bareli Aditi Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
182 Sareni Devendra Pratap Singh Samajwadi Party
183 Unchahar Manoj Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Lok Sabha

YearMemberParty
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

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Raebareli [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 687,649 66.17 Increase2.svg10.37%
BJP Dinesh Pratap Singh 2,97,61928.64Decrease2.svg9.72%
BSP Thakur Prasad Yadav21,6242.08
AD(K) Hafiz Mohammad Mobeen2,1740.21
NOTA None of the above7,8720.76
Majority3,90,03037.61
Turnout 10,36,99758.04Increase2.svg1.7
INC hold Swing

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Rae Bareli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 534,918 55.80 -8.00
BJP Dinesh Pratap Singh 367,74038.36+17.31
NOTA None of the Above 10,2521.07+0.41
Majority167,17817.44-25.39
Turnout 959,02256.34+4.61
INC hold Swing -8.00

General Election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Rae Bareli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 526,434 63.80 -8.43
BJP Ajay Agarwal 173,72121.05+17.23
BSP Pravesh Singh63,6337.71-8.69
AAP Archana Srivastava10,3831.26N/A
IND. Shakil Ahamad7,9140.96N/A
NOTA None of the Above 5,4090.66N/A
Majority352,71342.75-13.08
Turnout 825,14251.73+3.40
INC hold Swing -8.43

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Rae Bareli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 481,490 72.23 +8.26
BSP R. S. Kushwaha 109,32516.40N/A
BJP R. B. Singh25,4443.82+0.49
AD Anil Kumar Maurya12,3211.85N/A
IND. Hori Lal10,0731.51N/A
Majority372,16555.83-15.00
Turnout 666,64848.33+5.03
INC hold Swing -8.26

General Election 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Rae Bareli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 378,107 58.75
SP Ashok Kumar Singh 128,34219.94
BSP Rajesh Yadav57,5438.94
BJP Girish Narayan Panday31,2904.86
Independent Hori Lal15,1602.36
AD Indra Pal Singh9,9691.55
Majority249,76538.81
Turnout 643,56048.42
INC hold Swing

By-election 2006

By-election, 2006: Rae Bareli [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 474,891 80.49
SP Raj Kumar57,0039.66
BJP Vinay Katiyar 19,6573.33
RJP Deepa8,3361.41
Independent Sunder Lal6,7801.15
Majority4,17,88870.83
Turnout 5,90,03343.30
INC hold Swing

General Election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Rae Bareli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Capt. Satish Sharma 224,202 32.76
SP Gajadhar Singh150,65322.01
BSP Anand Prakash Lodhi137,77520.13
BJP Arun Kumar Nehru 136,21719.90
AD Babu Lal Kushwaha8,0581.18
Independent Arshad Ali Khan7,4661.09
Majority73,54910.75
Turnout 684,46158.27
INC gain from BJP Swing

General Election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Rae Bareli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ashok Singh 237,204 36.15
SP Surendra Bahadur Singh196,48229.94
BSP Ramesh Kumar Maurya130,34219.86
INC Deepa Kaul 49,6157.56
Independent Ram Kishore18,7872.86
JD Ram Harsh Verma12,1061.85
Majority40,7226.21
Turnout 656,14756.04
BJP hold Swing

General Election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Rae Bareli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ashok Singh 163,390 33.93
JD Ashok Singh129,50326.90
BSP Babulal Lodhi119,42224.80
INC Vikram Kaul25,4575.29
Independent Ravendra Bahadur Singh8,7521.82
Majority33,8877.03
Turnout 481,48241.38
BJP gain from INC Swing

General Election 1980

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

By-poll in 1980

General Election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Rae Bareli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP Raj Narain 177,719 53.51 New
INC Indira Gandhi 122,51736.89Decrease2.svg29.46
Independent P. Nallathampy Terah9,3112.80
Independent Kamal Ahamad Khan7,4672.25
Independent Krishna Prasad4,0831.23
Majority55,20216.62
Turnout 332,12252.48
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

1971 Indian general election: Rae Bareli [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Indira Gandhi 183,309 66.35%
SSP Raj Narain 71,49925.88%
Independent Swami Adwaita Nand16,6276.02%
Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)Rameshwar Dutta Manav4,8391.75%
Majority111,81039.26%
Turnout 284,75255.22%
Registered electors 515,711
INC hold Swing

General Election 1957

By-poll 1960

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

See also

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. Election Commision of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Raebareli Loksabha Election Result". 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".
    Lok Sabha
    Vacant
    since 1966
    (Prime Minister in Rajya Sabha)
    Title last held by
    Sabarkantha
    Constituency represented by the prime minister
    1967–1977
    Succeeded by

    26°14′N81°15′E / 26.23°N 81.25°E / 26.23; 81.25

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