Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency

Rae Bareli is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is considered to be a bastion of the Indian National Congress. From 1967 to 1977, the seat was held by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and from 2004 until her appointment to the Rajya Sabha in 2024, by Sonia Gandhi.

Most Successful parties from Raebareli Lok Sabha

  INC (17 Times) (85%)
  BJP (2 Times) (10%)
  Janata Party (1 time) (5%)

Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesBachhrawan
Harchandpur
Rae Bareli
Sareni
Unchahar
Established1952–present
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Vacant[1]
PartyTBA

Assembly segments

Presently, Rae Bareli comprises five Assembly (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[2]

No Name District Member Party
177 Bachhrawan (SC) Raebareli Shyam Sunder Samajwadi Party
179 Harchandpur Rahul Rajput Samajwadi Party
180 Rae Bareli Aditi Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
182 Sareni Devendra Pratap Singh Samajwadi Party
183 Unchahar Manoj Pandey Samajwadi Party

Members of Lok Sabha
Year Member Party
1952 Feroze Gandhi Indian National Congress[3]
1957
1960^ R P Singh
1962 Baijnath Kureel
1967 Indira Gandhi
1971
1977 Raj Narain Janata Party
1980 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress
1980^ Arun Nehru
1984
1989 Sheila Kaul
1991
1996 Ashok Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999 Satish Sharma Indian National Congress
2004 Sonia Gandhi
2006^
2009
2014
2019

^By-Poll

Election results

General Election 2024
2024 Indian general election: Raebareli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi
BJP Dinesh Pratap Singh
BSP Thakur Prasad Yadav
AD(K) Hafiz Mohammad Mobeen
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

General Election 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Rae Bareli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 534,918 55.80 -8.00
BJP Dinesh Pratap Singh 367,740 38.36 +17.31
NOTA None of the Above 10,252 1.07 +0.41
Majority 167,178 17.44 -25.39
Turnout 959,022 56.34 +4.61
INC hold Swing -8.00

General Election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Rae Bareli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 526,434 63.80 -8.43
BJP Ajay Agarwal 173,721 21.05 +17.23
BSP Pravesh Singh 63,633 7.71 -8.69
AAP Archana Srivastava 10,383 1.26 N/A
IND. Shakil Ahamad 7,914 0.96 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 5,409 0.66 N/A
Majority 352,713 42.75 -13.08
Turnout 825,142 51.73 +3.40
INC hold Swing -8.43

General Election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Rae Bareli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 481,490 72.23 +8.26
BSP R. S. Kushwaha 109,325 16.40 N/A
BJP R. B. Singh 25,444 3.82 +0.49
AD Anil Kumar Maurya 12,321 1.85 N/A
IND. Hori Lal 10,073 1.51 N/A
Majority 372,165 55.83 -15.00
Turnout 666,648 48.33 +5.03
INC hold Swing -8.26

General Election 2004
2004 Indian general elections: Rae Bareli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 378,107 58.75
SP Ashok Kumar Singh 128,342 19.94
BSP Rajesh Yadav 57,543 8.94
BJP Girish Narayan Panday 31,290 4.86
Independent Hori Lal 15,160 2.36
AD Indra Pal Singh 9,969 1.55
Majority 249,765 38.81
Turnout 643,560 48.42
INC hold Swing

By-election 2006
By-election, 2006: Rae Bareli[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sonia Gandhi 474,891 80.49
SP Raj Kumar 57,003 9.66
BJP Vinay Katiyar 19,657 3.33
RJP Deepa 8,336 1.41
Independent Sunder Lal 6,780 1.15
Majority 4,17,888 70.83
Turnout 5,90,033 43.30
INC hold Swing

General Election 1999
1999 Indian general election: Rae Bareli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Capt. Satish Sharma 224,202 32.76
SP Gajadhar Singh 150,653 22.01
BSP Anand Prakash Lodhi 137,775 20.13
BJP Arun Kumar Nehru 136,217 19.90
AD Babu Lal Kushwaha 8,058 1.18
Independent Arshad Ali Khan 7,466 1.09
Majority 73,549 10.75
Turnout 684,461 58.27
INC gain from BJP Swing

General Election 1998
1998 Indian general election: Rae Bareli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ashok Singh 237,204 36.15
SP Surendra Bahadur Singh 196,482 29.94
BSP Ramesh Kumar Maurya 130,342 19.86
INC Deepa Kaul 49,615 7.56
Independent Ram Kishore 18,787 2.86
JD Ram Harsh Verma 12,106 1.85
Majority 40,722 6.21
Turnout 656,147 56.04
BJP hold Swing

General Election 1996
1996 Indian general election: Rae Bareli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ashok Singh 163,390 33.93
JD Ashok Singh 129,503 26.90
BSP Babulal Lodhi 119,422 24.80
INC Vikram Kaul 25,457 5.29
Independent Ravendra Bahadur Singh 8,752 1.82
Majority 33,887 7.03
Turnout 481,482 41.38
BJP gain from INC Swing

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 INC : 176,456
  • Janeshwar Mishra JNP(S) : 69,166
  • Details of some elections (1984 to 1991) missing from this page

General Election 1977
1977 Indian general election: Rae Bareli
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Raj Narain 177,719 53.51
INC Indira Gandhi 122,517 36.89
Independent P. Nallathampy Terah 9,311 2.80
Independent Kamal Ahamad Khan 7,467 2.25
Independent Krishna Prasad 4,083 1.23
Majority 55,202 16.62
Turnout 332,122 52.48
JP gain from INC Swing

This time the incumbent Prime minister Indira Gandhi lost to her opponent, the only such instance to date.

General Election 1971
1971 Indian general election: Rae Bareli[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Indira Gandhi 183,309 66.35%
SSP Raj Narain 71,499 25.88%
Independent Swami Adwaita Nand 16,627 6.02%
Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Rameshwar Dutta Manav 4,839 1.75%
Majority 111,810 39.26%
Turnout 284,752 55.22%
Registered electors 515,711
INC hold Swing

General Election 1957
  • Winner 1/2 Feroze Gandhi (INC) : 162,595 votes [7]
  • - - - 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

See also

Notes
  1. "After Sonia Gandhi's Rajya Sabha Shift, Buzz Around Her Raebareli Seat". NDTV. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-36-Rae Bareli". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  3. "1951 India General (1st Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  4. "Rae Bareli Lok Sabha". Elections.in. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  5. "Sonia strides to victory with record margin". Rediff. 11 May 2006.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Elections, 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  7. "1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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