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Amethi Lok Sabha constituency
Indian electoral constituency
Location of Amethi district in Uttar Pradesh
Constituency details
CountryIndia

Amethi is a Lok Sabha constituency which covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967.[2] The seat has almost always been held by the Indian National Congress (INC), save for a half-dozen years in the late 1970s and late 1990s. Rahul Gandhi held the seat for the longest period, from 2004 to 2019, and the seat had also been held by his mother, father, and uncle.[3]

Its first member of parliament (MP) was Vidya Dhar Bajpai of INC, who was reelected 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. He died in a plane crash later that year,[4] and a 1981 by-election was won by his brother, Rajiv Gandhi.[5] Gandhi represented the constituency until 1991, when he was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).[6][7][8] The by-election held that year was won by Satish Sharma of the INC, who was reelected in 1996. Sanjay Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated Sharma in the 1998 election. The widow of Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, then represented the constituency from 1999 to 2004.[9] She was succeeded by her son Rahul Gandhi.[10] Amethi has thus been represented by four members of the Nehru–Gandhi family.[3]

Assembly segments

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.[1]

Members of Parliament

Rajiv Gandhi, the 7th Prime Minister of India represented Amethi from 1981 to 1991.[11]
Lok Sabha Duration Member of Parliament Party
Fourth 1967–71 Vidya Dhar Bajpai Indian National Congress
Fifth 1971–77 Vidya Dhar Bajpai Indian National Congress
Sixth 1977–80 Ravindra Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
Seventh 1980a Sanjay Gandhi Indian National Congress (I)
1981–84 Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress (I)
Eighth 1984–89 Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress
Ninth 1989–91 Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress
Tenth 1991a Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Congress
1991–96 Satish Sharma Indian National Congress
Eleventh 1996–98 Satish Sharma Indian National Congress
Twelfth 1998–99 Sanjay Sinh Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth 1999–2004 Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress
Fourteenth 2004–09 Rahul Gandhi Indian National Congress
Fifteenth 2009–14 Rahul Gandhi Indian National Congress
Sixteenth 2014–2019 Rahul Gandhi Indian National Congress
^a – died in office[4][8]

Election results

General election 1967

Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the INC won the first election in 1967 and became Amethi's first MP.[12]

Indian general election, 1967: Amethi[12]
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.[13]

Indian general election, 1971: Amethi[13]
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.[14]

Indian general election, 1977: Amethi[14]
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, but he died in a plane crash later in the year forcing a by-election in 1981.[4]

Indian general election, 1980: Amethi[15]
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.[5][16]

1981 By-election: Amethi[16]
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.[17]

Indian general election, 1984: Amethi[17]
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.[18]

Indian general election, 1989: Amethi[18]
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 later in the same year forcing a by-election.[8][19]

Indian general election, 1991: Amethi[19]
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 Ninth Lok Sabha.[16]

1991 By-election: Amethi[16]
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 Tenth Lok Sabha.[20]

Indian general election, 1996: Amethi[20]
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

Sanjay Singh of the BJP won the election and represented the constituency in the Eleventh Lok Sabha.[21]

Indian general election, 1998: Amethi[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Sanjay Sinh 205,025 35.08
INC Satish Sharma 181,755 31.10
BSP Mohd. Naim 151,096 25.85
SP Shiv Prasad 29,888 5.11
Margin of victory 23,270 3.98
Turnout 597,556 53.73
BJP gain from INC Swing

General election 1999

Sonia Gandhi, the widow of Rajiv Gandhi, won the election and represented the constituency in the Thirteenth Lok Sabha.[9]

Indian general election, 1999: Amethi[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 418,960 67.12
BJP Dr. Sanjay Sinh 118,948 19.06
BSP Paras Nath Maurya 33,658 9.43
SP Kamarujjama Fauzi 16,678 6.81
Independent Mohammad Israr 7,098 2.79
Margin of victory 300,012 48.06
Turnout 638,178 57.46
INC gain from BJP Swing

General election 2004

Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi's son, won the seat and represented the constituency in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha.[10][23]

Indian general election, 2004: Amethi[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 3,90,179 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 2,90,853 49.33
Turnout 5,89,596 44.50
INC hold Swing

General election 2009

Rahul Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifteenth Lok Sabha.[24]

Indian general election, 2009: Amethi[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 4,64,195 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 3,70,198 57.24
Turnout 6,46,650 45.16
INC hold Swing

General election 2014

Rahul Gandhi won a third term as MP and currently represents the constituency in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha.[10]

Indian general election, 2014: Amethi[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 4,08,651 46.71 −25.07
BJP Smriti Zubin Irani 3,00,748 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 8,74,625 52.38 +7.22
INC hold Swing −26.82

General election 2019

Indian general election, 2019: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi
BJP Smriti Zubin Irani
Independent Amit kumar
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout 9,40,947 54.05 +1.67
Swing

See also

References

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