Amethi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)
Amethi Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India
Amethi is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1] This constituency covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967.[2] Its first member of parliament (MP) was Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the Indian National Congress (INC) who was elected in 1967 and held his seat in the next election in 1971. In the 1977 election, Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party became its MP. Singh was defeated in 1980 by Sanjay Gandhi of the INC. Later the same year, Gandhi died in a plane crash.[3] This forced a by election in 1981 which was won by his brother, Rajiv Gandhi.[4] Gandhi went on to represent this constituency until 1991, when he was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).[5][6][7] The subsequent by election held the same year was won by Satish Sharma of the INC. Sharma was re-elected in 1996. Sanjaya Sinh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated Sharma in the 1998 election. The widow of Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi represented this constituency from 1999 to 2004.[8] Her son, Rahul Gandhi, was elected in 2004.[9] He was the fourth MP from the Nehru–Gandhi family since 1980 to represent the seat.[10] Gandhi held the seat till the 2019 election when he was defeated by a margin of 55,000 votes by the BJP's Smriti Irani.[11]
| Amethi | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
Map of Amethi | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Assembly constituencies | Tiloi Salon Jagdishpur Gauriganj Amethi |
| Established | 1967 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 17th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
On 6 March 2024, Rahul Gandhi announced that he would be contesting the seat again for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.[12]
Presently, Amethi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Tiloi, Salon, Jagdishpur, Gauriganj and Amethi. This constituency is surrounded by Bara Banki and Faizabad in the north, Rae Bareli to the west, Sultanpur to the east and Pratapgarh to the south.[13]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 | Tiloi | Amethi | Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 181 | Salon (SC) | Raebareli | Ashok Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 184 | Jagdishpur (SC) | Amethi | Suresh Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 185 | Gauriganj | Rakesh Pratap Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 186 | Amethi | Maharaj Prajapati | Samajwadi Party | ||
^ by-poll
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Smriti Irani | ||||
| INC | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
General election 2019
Smriti Irani from the BJP won in the Seventeenth Lok Sabha.[14]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Smriti Irani | 468,514 | 49.71 | +15.33 | |
| INC | Rahul Gandhi | 413,394 | 43.84 | -2.85 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,940 | 0.42 | +0.22 | |
| Margin of victory | 55,120 | 5.85 | -6.48 | ||
| Turnout | 9,42,956 | 54.08 | +1.69 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | +3.00 | |||
General election 2014
Rahul Gandhi won a third term as MP in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rahul Gandhi | 408,651 | 46.71 | -25.07 | |
| BJP | Smriti Irani | 300,748 | 34.38 | +28.57 | |
| BSP | Dharmendra Pratap Singh | 57,716 | 6.60 | −7.94 | |
| AAP | Dr. Kumar Vishvas | 25,527 | 2.92 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,784 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 1,07,903 | 12.33 | −32.83 | ||
| Turnout | 8,74,872 | 52.39 | +7.22 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | −26.82 | |||
General election 2009
Rahul Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifteenth Lok Sabha.[17]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rahul Gandhi | 464,195 | 71.78 | ||
| BSP | Asheesh Shukla | 93,997 | 14.54 | ||
| BJP | Pradeep Kumar Singh | 37,570 | 5.81 | ||
| JPS | Bhuwal | 10,396 | 1.61 | ||
| Independent | Swami Nath | 9,642 | 1.49 | ||
| Margin of victory | 370,198 | 57.24 | |||
| Turnout | 646,650 | 45.16 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2004
Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi's son, won the seat and represented the constituency in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha.[9][18]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rahul Gandhi | 390,179 | 66.18 | ||
| BSP | Chandra Parkash Mishra | 99,326 | 16.85 | ||
| BJP | Ram Vilas Vedanti | 55,438 | 9.40 | ||
| Independent | Sri Ram | 12,320 | 2.09 | ||
| AD | Udai Raj Maurya | 11,280 | 1.91 | ||
| Margin of victory | 290,853 | 49.33 | |||
| Turnout | 589,596 | 44.50 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1967
Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the INC won the first election in 1967 and became Amethi's first MP.[19]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vidya Dhar Bajpai | 63,231 | 35.81 | ||
| ABJS | Gokul Prasad Pathak | 59,566 | 33.74 | ||
| Independent | A. Wahid | 22,333 | 12.65 | ||
| SSP | A. P. Pandey | 17,213 | 9.75 | ||
| SWA | R. H. Singh | 9,883 | 5.60 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,665 | 2.07 | |||
| Turnout | 188,666 | 37.34 | |||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
General election 1971
Bajpai held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifth Lok Sabha.[20]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vidya Dhar Bajpai | 96,312 | 62.13 | +26.32 | |
| ABJS | Gokul Prasad Pathak | 21,335 | 13.76 | −19.98 | |
| INC(O) | Wast Nabvi | 19,051 | 12.29 | N/A | |
| Bharatiya Kranti Dal | Kailash Nath Singh | 11,787 | 7.60 | N/A | |
| RRP | Basudev Shastri | 6,541 | 4.22 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 74,977 | 48.37 | +46.30 | ||
| Turnout | 160,395 | 30.05 | −7.29 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | +26.32 | |||
General election 1977
Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party represented the constituency in the Sixth Lok Sabha.[21]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Ravindra Pratap Singh | 176,410 | 60.47 | N/A | |
| INC | Sanjay Gandhi | 100,566 | 34.47 | −27.66 | |
| Independent | Abdul Wahid | 8,450 | 2.90 | N/A | |
| Independent | Badri Narain | 6,306 | 2.16 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 75,844 | 26.00 | −22.37 | ||
| Turnout | 302,826 | 48.59 | +18.54 | ||
| JP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election 1980
Sanjay Gandhi of the INC won the election. He died in a plane crash later in the year, forcing a by-election in 1981.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sanjay Gandhi | 186,990 | 57.11 | +26.64 | |
| JP | Ravindra Pratap Singh | 58,445 | 17.85 | −42.62 | |
| JP(S) | Mohd. Isa | 41,734 | 12.75 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mahavir Prasad | 12,295 | 3.76 | N/A | |
| Independent | Satya Narain Jaiswal | 7,339 | 2.24 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 128,545 | 39.26 | +13.26 | ||
| Turnout | 338,531 | 50.10 | +1.51 | ||
| INC gain from JP | Swing | +5.33 | |||
By-election 1981
Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay's brother, won the by-election and represented the constituency in the Seventh Lok Sabha.[4][23]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajiv Gandhi | 258,884 | 84.18 | +27.07 | |
| LKD | Sharad Yadav | 21,188 | 6.89 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 237,696 | 77.29 | +38.03 | ||
| Turnout | 307,523 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | +27.07 | |||
General election 1984
Rajiv Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Eighth Lok Sabha. He was challenged by his sister-in-law Maneka Gandhi.[24]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajiv Gandhi | 365,041 | 83.67 | −0.51 | |
| Independent | Maneka Gandhi | 50,163 | 11.50 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 314,878 | 72.17 | −5.12 | ||
| Turnout | 446,289 | 60.25 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | −0.50 | |||
General election 1989
Rajiv Gandhi won a third term in the election and represented the constituency in the Ninth Lok Sabha. He was challenged by Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.[25]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajiv Gandhi | 271,407 | 67.43 | −16.24 | |
| JD | Rajmohan Gandhi | 69,269 | 17.21 | ||
| BSP | Kanshi Ram | 25,400 | 6.31 | ||
| Margin of victory | 202,138 | 50.22 | −21.95 | ||
| Turnout | 425,746 | 46.78 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | −16.24 | |||
General election 1991
Rajiv Gandhi won the election, but he was assassinated on 21 May 1991 a few days after the polling in Amethi and even before other rounds of polling were completed. The election process was postponed for a few days and votes were eventually counted in June 1991. He was declared winner after his death, but a bye-election had to be called.[7][26]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajiv Gandhi | 187,138 | 53.23 | −14.20 | |
| BJP | Ravindra Pratap | 75,053 | 21.35 | ||
| JD | Naeem | 54,680 | 15.55 | −1.66 | |
| Margin of victory | 112,085 | 31.88 | −18.34 | ||
| Turnout | 376,202 | 40.97 | −5.81 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | −14.20 | |||
By-election 1991
Satish Sharma of the INC won the election and represented the constituency in the Tenth Lok Sabha.[23]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Satish Sharma | 178,996 | 53.88 | +0.65 | |
| BJP | M. M. Singh | 79,687 | 23.99 | +2.64 | |
| Independent | R. Singh | 47,033 | 14.16 | ||
| Margin of victory | 99,309 | 29.89 | −1.99 | ||
| Turnout | 332,195 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | +0.65 | |||
General election 1996
Satish Sharma held the seat and represented the constituency in the Eleventh Lok Sabha.[27]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Satish Sharma | 157,868 | 38.81 | −15.07 | |
| BJP | Raja Mohan Singh | 117,725 | 28.94 | +4.95 | |
| SP | Choudary Mohd. Isa | 79,285 | 19.49 | ||
| Independent | Karnandan Singh Akela | 13,277 | 3.26 | ||
| Margin of victory | 40,143 | 9.97 | |||
| Turnout | 426,913 | 38.71 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 1998
Sanjaya Sinh of the BJP won the election and represented the constituency in the Twelfth Lok Sabha.[28]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sanjaya Sinh | 205,025 | 35.08 | ||
| INC | Satish Sharma | 181,755 | 31.10 | ||
| BSP | Mohd. Naim | 151,096 | 25.85 | ||
| Margin of victory | 23,270 | 3.98 | |||
| Turnout | 597,556 | 53.73 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election 1999
Sonia Gandhi, the wife of Rajiv Gandhi, won the election and represented the constituency in the Thirteenth Lok Sabha.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sonia Gandhi | 418,960 | 67.12 | ||
| BJP | Sanjaya Sinh | 118,948 | 19.06 | ||
| BSP | Paras Nath Maurya | 33,658 | 9.43 | ||
| Independent | Mohammad Israr | 7,098 | 2.79 | ||
| Margin of victory | 300,012 | 48.06 | |||
| Turnout | 638,178 | 57.46 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
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| Lok Sabha | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Constituency represented by the prime minister 1984-1989 |
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