Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency

Rae Bareli is one of the 80 Lok Sabha 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.

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,16% Yadavs.
Presently, Rae Bareli comprises five Assembly segments. These are:

Members of Lok Sabha

^By-Poll

Election results

General Election 1998

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 missing from this page

General Election 1977

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

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 1957

Winner 1/2 Feroze Gandhi : 162,595 votes
- - - defeated Nand Kishore : 133,342
* AND
Baij Nath Kureel : 126,318 votes
- - - defeated Chhote Lal : 100,651

By-poll 1960

R.P. Singh : 104,840 votes
N.B. Singh : 62,809