Amethi is one of the 80

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(lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the Indian state of

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. This constituency covers the entire

Amethi district Amethi is one of the 75 districts of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh. It covers an area of 2,329.11 km2. Gauriganj is the administrative headqua ...

and was created in 1967. Like its neighbouring constituency

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, it is considered to be a bastion of the

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. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the

(INC) who was elected in 1967 and held his seat in the next election in 1971. In the 1977 election,

Ravindra Pratap Singh Ravindra Pratap Singh (7 July 1938) was an Indian politician associated with Jana Sangh, Janata Party, and BJP. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh defeating Sanjay Gandhi in the 197 ...

of the

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became its MP. Singh was defeated in 1980 by

Sanjay Gandhi Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Lok Sabha and was the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi. During his lifetime, he was widely expected to succeed his mother as head ...

of the INC. Later the same year, Gandhi died in a plane crash. This forced a

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in 1981 which was won by his brother,

Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian statesman and pilot who served as the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the Assassination of Indira Gandhi, assassination of his mother, then–prime ...

. Gandhi went on to represent this constituency until 1991, when he was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The subsequent by election held the same year was won by

Satish Sharma Satish C. Sharma (11 October 1947 – 17 February 2021) was an Indian politician. He represented the Indian National Congress party, and was a former member of the Union Cabinet in the Government of India. Sharma's political career was boosted ...

of the INC. Sharma was re-elected in 1996.

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of the

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(BJP) defeated Sharma in the 1998 election. The widow of Rajiv Gandhi,

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represented this constituency from 1999 to 2004. Her son,

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, was elected in 2004. He was the fourth MP from the

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since 1980 to represent the seat. 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 Smriti Zubin Irani ( Malhotra; born 23 March 1976) is an Indian politician, former actress, fashion model, and television producer. An eminent member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Smriti Irani has held various significant roles within t ...

. Irani was defeated in 2024 by a margin of over 1.67 lakh votes by

Kishori Lal Sharma Kishori Lal Sharma (born 15 December 1960) is an Indian politician and social worker who has been elected as Member of Parliament from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 Indian General elections. He is a member of Indian National Congre ...

of the

Vidhan Sabha segments

Presently, Amethi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five

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(legislative assembly) segments:

Tiloi Tiloi is a town and tehsil headquarters in Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Located near Mohanganj on the Jais-Inhauna road, Tiloi is notable as the historical seat of a major taluqdari estate held by the Kanhpurias. As of 2011, its po ...

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Gauriganj Gauriganj is a city, municipal corporation, tehsil and administrative headquarters of Amethi district in Ayodhya division, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated about 126 km from the state capital Lucknow. Before July 2010, it was part of ...

and

Amethi Amethi is a city situated in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Gauriganj is the administrative headquarters of the Amethi district. This district is a part of Ayodhya division in the Awadh region of the state. Amethi was 72nd district of ...

. This constituency is surrounded by Bara Banki and

Faizabad Faizabad (Hindustani pronunciation: ɛːzaːbaːd is a city located in Ayodhya district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on the southern bank of the River Saryu about 6.5 km from Ayodhya City, the district headquarter, ...

in the north,

to the west, Sultanpur to the east and Pratapgarh to the south.

Members of Parliament

Election results

General election 2024

from the INC won in the

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defeating the

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General election 2019

Smriti Irani from the

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won in the Seventeenth Lok Sabha.

General election 2014

Rahul Gandhi won a third term as MP in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha.

General election 2009

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

General election 2004

, Sonia Gandhi's son, won the seat and represented the constituency in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha.

General election 1999

, the wife of Rajiv Gandhi, won the election and represented the constituency in the Thirteenth Lok Sabha.

General election 1998

of the BJP won the election and represented the constituency in the Twelfth Lok Sabha.

General election 1996

Satish Sharma held the seat and represented the constituency in the Eleventh Lok Sabha.

By-election 1991

of the INC won the election and represented the constituency in the

Tenth Lok Sabha The 10th Lok Sabha, (20 June 1991 – 10 May 1996) elected during 1991 Indian general election held during May–June 1991. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India, four sitting members from Rajya Sabha, ...

General election 1991

Rajiv Gandhi won the election, but he was

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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.

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 Rajmohan Gandhi (born 7 August 1935) is an Indian biographer, historian, politician and research professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US. His paternal grandfather is Maha ...

, grandson of

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

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 Maneka Gandhi (also spelled Menaka; ''née'' Anand) (born 26 August 1956) is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She served as a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, and is a member ...

By-election 1981

, Sanjay's brother, won the by-election and represented the constituency in the Seventh Lok Sabha.

General election 1980

of the INC won the election. He died in a plane crash later in the year, forcing a by-election in 1981.

General election 1977

of the

represented the constituency in the Sixth Lok Sabha.

General election 1971

Bajpai held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifth Lok Sabha.

General election 1967

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

External links

Amethi Lok Sabha Election Results - From 1971 to Today

References

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Vidhan Sabha segments

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By-election 1991

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General election 1967

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