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frame=yesframe-width=300frame-align=centerfrom=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Uttar Pradesh/Amethi.map}}|map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Amethi Lok Sabha constituency| established = 1967| party = Bharatiya Janata Party| mp = Smriti Irani2019 Indian general election>2019| state = Uttar PradeshTiloi Assembly constituency>Tiloi Salon Assembly constituency Jagdishpur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency>Jagdishpur Gauriganj Assembly constituency Amethi Assembly constituency>Amethi| reservation = None| incumbent_image = Smt. Smriti Irani in April 2023.jpg}}Amethi is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.NEWS,weblink Lok Sabha elections results 2014: Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, The Indian Express, 17 May 2014, 29 September 2014, This constituency covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967.NEWS,weblink Amethi: Gandhis to face first real fight, Hindustan Times, 4 May 2014, 29 September 2014, 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.NEWS,weblink Three attempts were made to kill Sanjay Gandhi: WikiLeaks, The Times of India, 11 April 2013, 29 September 2014, This forced a by election in 1981 which was won by his brother, Rajiv Gandhi.NEWS,weblink Assassination in India; Rajiv Gandhi: A Son Who Won, Lost and Tried a Comeback, The New York Times, 22 May 1991, 29 September 2014, Gandhi went on to represent this constituency until 1991, when he was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).NEWS,weblink LTTE's messages show why Rajiv Gandhi's murder should be re-probed (Part-1), Firstpost, Network 18, 20 February 2014, Sharma, Rajeev, 29 September 2014, WEB,weblink 1991: Bomb kills India's former leader Rajiv Gandhi, BBC News, 29 September 2014, NEWS,weblink Seven convicted over Rajiv Gandhi assassination set to be freed, The Guardian, 19 February 2014, 29 September 2014, 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.NEWS,weblink An Amethi first in 10 years for Sonia, The Telegraph (Calcutta), 19 April 2014, 29 September 2014, Her son, Rahul Gandhi, was elected in 2004.NEWS,weblink Does polls verdict signal decline of Gandhi dynasty?, The Hindustan Times, 17 May 2014, 29 September 2014, He was the fourth MP from the Nehru–Gandhi family since 1980 to represent the seat.NEWS,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140321165132weblink">weblink dead, 21 March 2014, Rahul Will Lose Heavily in Amethi: Kumar Vishwas, The New Indian Express, 18 March 2014, 29 September 2014, 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.NEWS,weblink NDTV, 24 May 2019, 21 January 2024, Election Results 2019: Smriti Irani Defeats Rahul Gandhi In Amethi, And Twitter Can't Even..., Sharma, Swati,

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.WEB, Assembly constituencies-Post delimitation,weblink Chief Electoral Office, Uttar Pradesh, 6 September 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130424212548weblink">weblink 24 April 2013, dead, {| class="wikitable sortable"!No!Name!District!Member!colspan="2"|Party|178Tiloi Assembly constituency>TiloiAmethi district>Amethi|Mayankeshwar Sharan SinghBharatiya Janata Party}}|181Salon Assembly constituency>Salon (SC) Raebareli district>Raebareli|Ashok KumarBharatiya Janata Party}}|184Jagdishpur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency>Jagdishpur (SC) Amethi|Suresh KumarBharatiya Janata Party}}|185Gauriganj Assembly constituency>Gauriganj|Rakesh Pratap SinghSamajwadi Party}}|186Amethi Assembly constituency>Amethi |Maharaj PrajapatiSamajwadi Party}}">

Members of Parliament {| class"wikitable sortable"

!Year!Member!colspan="2"|Party1967 Indian general election>1967 Vidya Dhar Bajpai Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}1971 Indian general election>19711977 Indian general election>1977| Ravindra Pratap Singh Janata Party}}1980 Indian general election>1980| Sanjay GandhiIndian National Congress|rowspan=7}}| 1981^ Rajiv Gandhi1984 Indian general election>19841989 Indian general election>19891991 Indian general election>1991| 1991^ Satish Sharma1996 Indian general election>19961998 Indian general election>1998| Sanjaya SinhBharatiya Janata Party}}1999 Indian general election>1999| Sonia GandhiIndian National Congress|rowspan=4}}2004 Indian general election>2004 Rahul Gandhi2009 Indian general election>20092014 Indian general election>20142019 Indian general election>2019| Smriti IraniBharatiya Janata Party}}^ by-poll

Election results

General election 2024

Election on May 20, 2024{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general election: Amethi}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Smriti Irani|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Kishori Lal Sharma|party=Indian National Congress|votes=|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Nanhe Singh Chauhan|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box majority||votes=|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors={{formatnum: }}}}{hide}Election box hold with party link {{Election box end}}

General election 2019

Smriti Irani from the BJP won in the Seventeenth Lok Sabha.WEB, Amethi Lok Sabha Results,weblink NDTV, 23 May 2019, 23 May 2019, {{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general election: Amethi}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout||votes=9,42,956|percentage=54.08|change=+1.69}}{{Election box gain with party link| {{Election box end}}

General election 2014

Rahul Gandhi won a third term as MP in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Constituencywise-All Candidates, Election Commission of India,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140517135253weblink">weblink 17 May 2014, WEB,weblink Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014, Election Commission of India, 31 July 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140702210941weblink">weblink 2 July 2014, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Rahul Gandhi|votes=408,651|percentage=46.71|change=-25.07}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Smriti Irani|votes=300,748|percentage=34.38|change=+28.57}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dharmendra Pratap Singh|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=57,716|percentage=6.60|change=−7.94}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Kumar Vishvas|party=Aam Aadmi Party|votes=25,527|percentage=2.92|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=1,784|percentage=0.20|change=N/A}}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout||votes=8,74,872|percentage=52.39|change=+7.22}}{{Election box hold with party link| {{Election box end}}

General election 2009

Rahul Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifteenth Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Constituency Wise Detailed Results, 153, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140811090059weblink">weblink 11 August 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{hide}Election box hold with party link| {{Election box end}}

General election 2004

Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi's son, won the seat and represented the constituency in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=2004 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha, 309, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718190634weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{hide}Election box hold with party link| {{Election box end}}

General election 1967

Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the INC won the first election in 1967 and became Amethi's first MP.{{Election box begin | title=1967 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967 to the Fourth Lok Sabha, 168, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718185108weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{hide}Election box new seat win| {{Election box end}}

General election 1971

Bajpai held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifth Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=1971 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha, 181, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718175452weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{{Election box hold with party link| {{Election box end}}

General election 1977

Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party represented the constituency in the Sixth Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=1977 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha, 185, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718185438weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Janata Party|candidate=Ravindra Pratap Singh|votes=176,410|percentage=60.47|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Sanjay Gandhi|party=Indian National Congress|votes=100,566|percentage=34.47|change=−27.66}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Abdul Wahid|party=Independent (politician)|votes=8,450|percentage=2.90|change=N/A}}{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Badri Narain|party=Independent (politician)|votes=6,306|percentage=2.16|change=N/A}}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout||votes=302,826|percentage=48.59|change=+18.54}}{hide}Election box gain with party link| {{Election box end}}

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.{{Election box begin | title=1980 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha, 219, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718175926weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{{Election box gain with party link| {{Election box end}}

By-election 1981

Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay's brother, won the by-election and represented the constituency in the Seventh Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=1981 By-election: AmethiWEB,weblink Details of Lok Sabha By- Elections since 1952, Election Commission of India, 24 September 2014, Excel, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{hide}Election box turnout| {edih}{{Election box hold with party link| }}{{Election box end}}

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.{{Election box begin | title=1984 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1984 to the Eighth Lok Sabha, 215, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718184911weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{{Election box hold with party link| {{Election box end}}

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.{{Election box begin | title=1989 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha, 265, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718183934weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{{Election box hold with party link| {{Election box end}}

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.{{Election box begin | title=1991 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha, 280, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718183558weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{{Election box hold with party link| {{Election box end}}

By-election 1991

Satish Sharma of the INC won the election and represented the constituency in the Tenth Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=1991 By-election: Amethi}}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{hide}Election box turnout| {edih}{{Election box hold with party link| {{Election box end}}

General election 1996

Satish Sharma held the seat and represented the constituency in the Eleventh Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=1996 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha, 423, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718183504weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{hide}Election box hold with party link| {{Election box end}}

General election 1998

Sanjaya Sinh of the BJP won the election and represented the constituency in the Twelfth Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=1998 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha, 246, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718181833weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{hide}Election box gain with party link| {{Election box end}}

General election 1999

Sonia Gandhi, the wife of Rajiv Gandhi, won the election and represented the constituency in the Thirteenth Lok Sabha.{{Election box begin | title=1999 Indian general election: AmethiWEB,weblink Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha, 238, Election Commission of India, 30 April 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140718183222weblink">weblink 18 July 2014, }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box candidate with party link| }}{{Election box margin of victory| }}{{Election box turnout| }}{hide}Election box gain with party link| {{Election box end}}

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

References

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