Rae Bareli is one of the 80

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(parliamentary) constituencies in the northern

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n state of

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. It is considered to be a bastion of the

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. First Member of Parliament was Baijnath Kureel. From 1967 to 1977, the seat was held by former Prime Minister

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, and from 2004 until her appointment to the

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in 2024, by

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Demographics and assembly segments

The constituency has an electorate of 9.59 lakhs in 2019 of which nearly 30% belongs to Scheduled Castes, 12% Muslims,16% Yadavs. Presently, Rae Bareli comprises five Assembly (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

Members of Lok Sabha

^By-Poll

Election results

General Election 2024

General Election 2019

General Election 2014

General Election 2009

General Election 2004

By-election 2006

General Election 1999

General Election 1998

General Election 1996

General Election 1980

Gandhi was also elected from Medak. She retained her seat in Medak and resigned from Rae Bareli.

By-poll in 1980

Arun Nehru Arun Kumar Nehru (24 April 1944 – 25 July 2013) was an Indian politician and columnist. He was member of the 9th Lok Sabha from Bilhaur as a Janata Dal leader. Earlier, he was member of the 7th and 8th Lok Sabhas from Rae Bareli on a ...

INC : 176,456 *

Janeshwar Mishra Janeshwar Mishra (5 August 1933 – 22 January 2010) was a politician from Samajwadi Party. He was a member of the Parliament of India and also represented Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was ...

JNP(S) : 69,166 * Details of some elections (1984 to 1991) missing from this page

General Election 1977

This time the incumbent Prime minister

lost to her opponent, the only such instance to date.

General Election 1971

* Gandhi's election was annulled by the Allahabad High Court in June 1975 on a technicality, but the

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overturned the decision following an amendment to the constitution.

General Election 1957

* Winner 1/2

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(INC) : 162,595 votes * - - - defeated Nand Kishore (IND) : 133,342 ** AND * Baij Nath Kureel (INC) : 126,318 votes * - - - defeated Chhote Lal (Jana Sangh) : 100,651

By-poll 1960

* R.P. Singh (INC) : 104,840 votes * N.B. Singh (JS) : 62,809

Notes

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