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Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Existence
  
1967–present

Elected Year
  
2014

Party
  
Indian National Congress

Male electors
  
890,595

Current MP
  
Rahul Gandhi

Member of parliament
  
Rahul Gandhi

State
  
Uttar Pradesh

Female electors
  
779,248

Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)

Most Successful Party
  
Indian National Congress (13 times)

Assembly Constituencies
  
Tiloi, Salon, Jagdishpur, Gauriganj, and Amethi

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Jagdishpur, Salon, Amethi, Tiloi, Gauriganj

Amethi is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This constituency covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967. 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 in the same year, Gandhi died in a plane crash. This forced a by election in this constituency 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 in the same year was won by Satish Sharma of the INC. Sharma was also elected as the MP in the next election in 1996. Sanjay Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated Sharma in the 1998 election. The widow of Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, represented this constituency from 1999–2004. As of the latest elections in 2014, her son Rahul Gandhi is the MP of this constituency, a seat he has held since 2004. As of 2014, Amethi has been represented by four members of the Nehru–Gandhi family since 1980.

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Assembly segments

Presently, Amethi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

  1. Tiloi
  2. Salon
  3. Jagdishpur
  4. Gauriganj
  5. Amethi

The constituency is surrounded by Bara Banki and Faizabad in the north, Rae Bareli to the west, Sultanpur to the east and Pratapgarh in the south.

General election 1967

Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the INC won the first election in 1967 and became its first MP.

General election 1971

Bajpai held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifth Lok Sabha.

General election 1977

Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party represented the constituency in the Sixth Lok Sabha.

General election 1980

Sanjay Gandhi of the INC won the election but he died in a plane crash later in the same year forcing a by election in 1981.

By election 1981

Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay's brother and also of the INC won the by election and represented the constituency in the Seventh Lok Sabha.

General election 1984

Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Eighth Lok Sabha.

General election 1989

Gandhi won a third term as MP and represented this constituency in the Ninth Lok Sabha.

General election 1991

Gandhi won the election but he was assassinated later in the same year forcing a by election.

By election 1991

Satish Sharma of the INC won the election and represented the constituency in the Ninth Lok Sabha.

General election 1996

Sharma held the seat and represented the constituency in the Tenth Lok Sabha.

General election 1998

Sanjay Singh of the BJP won the election and represented the constituency in the Eleventh Lok Sabha.

General election 1999

The widow of Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi won the seat and represented the constituency in the Thirteenth Lok Sabha.

General election 2004

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

General election 2009

Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifteenth Lok Sabha.

General election 2014

Gandhi won a third term as MP and currently represents the constituency in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha.

References

Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia