Raebareli (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Rae Bareli is one of the 80
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(parliamentary) constituencies in the northern
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. It is considered a bastion of the
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Vidhan Sabha segments

Presently, Rae Bareli comprises five
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(legislative assembly) segments. These are:


Members of Lok Sabha


Election results


General Election 1957

* Winner 1/2 Feroze Gandhi (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


General Election 1971

* 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.


General Election 1977

This time the incumbent Prime minister Indira Gandhi lost to her opponent, the only such instance to date until 2019.


General Election 1980

* Indira Gandhi (Congress) : 2,23,903 * Vijayaraje Scindia (Janata Party) : 50,249 Gandhi was also elected from Medak. She retained her seat in Medak and resigned from Rae Bareli.


By-poll in 1980

* A.K.Nehru (Indira Congress) 176,456 * Janeshwar Mishra (Charan Singh's JNP(S)) : 69,166 * Details of some elections (1984 to 1991) missing from this page


General Election 1996


General Election 1998


General Election 1999


General Election 2004


By-election 2006


General Election 2009


General Election 2014


General Election 2019


See also

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Raebareli district Raebareli district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Raebareli is the district headquarters. This district is a part of Lucknow Division in Uttar Pradesh state. The total area of Raebareli district is 3,371 S ...
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{{Coord, 26.23, 81.25, display=title Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh Raebareli district