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. The first Member of Parliament was Baijnath Kureel. 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.
It is currently represented by Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
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,12.5% Yadavs,Brahman 12%,Rajput 9%.
Presently, Rae Bareli comprises five Assembly (legislative assembly) segments. These are:
NoNameDistrictMember Party2024 Lead177Bachhrawan (SC) RaebareliShyam Sunder Bharti179HarchandpurRahul Lodhi Rajput180Rae BareliAditi Singh182SareniDevendra Pratap Singh183UnchaharManoj Kumar Pandey
Members of Lok Sabha YearMemberParty 1952Feroze Gandhi 1957 1960^ R P Singh 1962 Baijnath Kureel 1967 Indira Gandhi 1971 1977 Raj Narain 1980 Indira Gandhi 1980^ Arun Nehru 1984 1989 Sheila Kaul 1991 1996 Ashok Singh 1998 1999 Satish Sharma 2004 Sonia Gandhi 2006^ 2009 2014 20192024Rahul Gandhi
^By-Poll
Election results
2024
2019
2014
2009
2006 by-election The 2006 Rae Bareli by-election was necessitated after Congress President Sonia Gandhi resigned from the Lok Sabha amid the "office of profit" controversy. She re-contested the by-election on 8 May 2006 and was re-elected by a margin of over four lakh votes.
2004
1999
1998
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980 by-election This by-election was necessitated by the resignation of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who had contested and won the Lok Sabha elections from both Raebareli and Medak. She retained the Medak seat and resigned from the Raebareli seat, necessitating the by-election.
1980 Indira Gandhi was also elected from Medak (Andhra Pradesh, present day Telangana). She retained her seat in Medak and resigned from Rae Bareli.
1977 This time the incumbent Prime minister Indira Gandhi lost to her opponent, the only such instance to date.
1971 Indira Gandhi's election was annulled by the Allahabad High Court in June 1975 on a technicality, but the Supreme Court of India overturned the decision following an amendment to the constitution.
1967
1962
1960 by-election
1957
1952
See also Amethi Lok Sabha constituency Raebareli district List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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