Amethi Lok Sabha constituency

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] Like its neighbouring constituency Rae Bareli, it is considered to be a bastion of the Indian National Congress. 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] Irani was defeated in 2024 by a margin of over 1.67 lakh votes by Kishori Lal Sharma of the Indian National Congress.^[12]

Most Successful parties from Amethi Lok Sabha

1. INC (14 Times) (82.35%)
2. BJP (2 Times) (11.76%)
3. Janata Party (1 time) (5.88%)

Amethi UP-37
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Amethi Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Tiloi Salon Jagdishpur Gauriganj Amethi
Established	1967
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Kishori Lal Sharma
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Vidhan Sabha 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.^[13]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
178	Tiloi	Amethi	Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party		Indian National Congress
181	Salon (SC)	Raebareli	Ashok Kori		Bharatiya Janata Party		Indian National Congress
184	Jagdishpur (SC)	Amethi	Suresh Pasi		Bharatiya Janata Party		Indian National Congress
185	Gauriganj		Rakesh Pratap Singh		Samajwadi Party		Indian National Congress
186	Amethi		Maharaji Prajapati		Samajwadi Party		Indian National Congress

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1967	Vidya Dhar Bajpai		Indian National Congress
1971
1977	Ravindra Pratap Singh		Janata Party
1980	Sanjay Gandhi		Indian National Congress
1981^	Rajiv Gandhi
1984
1989
1991
1991^	Satish Sharma
1996
1998	Sanjaya Sinh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Sonia Gandhi		Indian National Congress
2004	Rahul Gandhi
2009
2014
2019	Smriti Irani		Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Kishori Lal Sharma		Indian National Congress

Election results

General election 2024

Kishori Lal Sharma from the INC won in the 18th Lok Sabha defeating the Union Minister Smriti Irani^[14][15]

2024 Indian general election: Amethi^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kishori Lal Sharma	539,288	54.99	11.03
	BJP	Smriti Irani	3,72,032	37.94	11.70
	BSP	Nanhe Singh Chauhan	34,534	3.52	3.52
	NOTA	None of the above	9,383	0.96	0.54
Majority			1,67,196	16.52	10.67
Turnout			9,80,671	54.60	0.52
Registered electors			17,96,098
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.26

General election 2019

Smriti Irani from the BJP won in the Seventeenth Lok Sabha.^[17]

2019 Indian general election: Amethi

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]

2014 Indian general election: Amethi^[18][19]

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	New
	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.^[20]

2009 Indian general election: Amethi^[20]

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][21]

2004 Indian general election: Amethi^[21]

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 1999

Sonia Gandhi, the wife of Rajiv Gandhi, won the election and represented the constituency in the Thirteenth Lok Sabha.^[8]

1999 Indian general election: Amethi^[22]

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

General election 1998

Sanjaya Sinh of the BJP won the election and represented the constituency in the Twelfth Lok Sabha.^[23]

1998 Indian general election: Amethi^[23]

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 1996

Satish Sharma held the seat and represented the constituency in the Eleventh Lok Sabha.^[24]

1996 Indian general election: Amethi^[24]

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

By-election 1991

Satish Sharma of the INC won the election and represented the constituency in the Tenth Lok Sabha.^[25]

1991 By-election: Amethi^[25]

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 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]

1991 Indian general election: Amethi^[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

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.^[27]

1989 Indian general election: Amethi^[27]

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 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.^[28]

1984 Indian general election: Amethi^[28]

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

By-election 1981

Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay's brother, won the by-election and represented the constituency in the Seventh Lok Sabha.^[4][25]

1981 By-election: Amethi^[25]

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 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]

1980 Indian general election: Amethi^[29]

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

General election 1977

Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party represented the constituency in the Sixth Lok Sabha.^[30]

1977 Indian general election: Amethi^[30]

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 1971

Bajpai held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifth Lok Sabha.^[31]

1971 Indian general election: Amethi^[31]

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 1967

Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the INC won the first election in 1967 and became Amethi's first MP.^[32]

1967 Indian general election: Amethi^[32]

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	New
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

External links

• Amethi Lok Sabha Election Results - From 1971 to Today
• Amethi lok sabha constituency election 2019 results