Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency
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 | |
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Incumbent | |
Party | ![]() |
Alliance | ![]() |
Elected year | 2024 |
Preceded by | Sonia Gandhi![]() |
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
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]
No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
177 | Bachhrawan (SC) | Raebareli | Shyam Sunder | Samajwadi Party | Indian National Congress | ||
179 | Harchandpur | Rahul Rajput | Samajwadi Party | Indian National Congress | |||
180 | Rae Bareli | Aditi Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Indian National Congress | |||
182 | Sareni | Devendra Pratap Singh | Samajwadi Party | Indian National Congress | |||
183 | Unchahar | Manoj Pandey | Bharatiya Janata Party | Indian National Congress |
Members of Lok Sabha
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
General Election 2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Rahul Gandhi | 687,649 | 66.17 | ![]() | |
BJP | Dinesh Pratap Singh | 297,619 | 28.64 | ![]() | |
BSP | Thakur Prasad Yadav | 21,624 | 2.08 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 7,872 | 0.76 | ![]() | |
Majority | 390,030 | 37.61 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 10,369,97 | 58.04 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing |
General Election 2019
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
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
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 | 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
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 | Indra Pal Singh | 9,969 | 1.55 | ||
Majority | 249,765 | 38.81 | |||
Turnout | 643,560 | 48.42 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
By-election 2006
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
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 | 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
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
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
- 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP | Raj Narain | 177,719 | 53.51 | New | |
INC | Indira Gandhi | 122,517 | 36.89 | ![]() | |
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
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
- 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
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-36-Rae Bareli". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
- ^ "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2024 Raebareli Loksabha Election Result". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Rae Bareli Lok Sabha". Elections.in. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Sonia strides to victory with record margin". Rediff. 11 May 2006.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".