Amethi is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This constituency covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967. Like its neighbouring constituency Rae Bareli, it is considered to be a bastion of the Indian National Congress. 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. This forced a by election in 1981 which was won by his brother, Rajiv Gandhi. 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 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. Her son, Rahul Gandhi, was elected in 2004. He was the fourth MP from the Nehru–Gandhi family 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. Irani was defeated in 2024 by a margin of over 1.67 lakh votes by Kishori Lal Sharma of the Indian National Congress.

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.

NoNameDistrictMemberParty2024 Lead178TiloiAmethiMayankeshwar Sharan Singh181Salon (SC) RaebareliAshok Kori184Jagdishpur (SC) AmethiSuresh Pasi185GauriganjRakesh Pratap Singh IND186Amethi Maharaji Prajapati

Members of Parliament YearMemberParty 1967 Vidya Dhar Bajpai 1971 1977 Ravindra Pratap Singh 1980 Sanjay Gandhi 1981^ Rajiv Gandhi 1984 1989 1991 1991^ Satish Sharma 1996 1998 Sanjaya Sinh 1999 Sonia Gandhi 2004 Rahul Gandhi 2009 2014 2019 Smriti Irani 2024 Kishori Lal Sharma

Election results

2024 Kishori Lal Sharma from the INC won in the 18th Lok Sabha defeating the Union Minister Smriti Irani

2019

2014

2009

2004 Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi's son, won the seat and represented the constituency in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha.

1999 Sonia Gandhi, the wife of Rajiv Gandhi, won the election and represented the constituency in the Thirteenth Lok Sabha.

1998 Sanjaya Sinh of the BJP won the election and represented the constituency in the Twelfth Lok Sabha.

1996

1991 by-election Satish Sharma of the INC won the election and represented the constituency in the Tenth Lok Sabha.

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.

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.

1984 Rajiv Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Eighth Lok Sabha. He defeated his sister-in-law Maneka Gandhi by a margin of 314,878 votes or 72.17%, the highest till now for a sitting prime minister.

1981 by-election Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay's brother, won the by-election and represented the constituency in the Seventh Lok Sabha.

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.

1977

1971

1967

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