Lok Sabha Elections 2024: This has happened only twice in the history of Congress, when no person from the Gandhi-Nehru family has contested the Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh. Rajiv Gandhi contested elections from Amethi in 1991, but was assassinated in the meantime. After his assassination the results came in, in which he won. After his murder, Captain Satish Sharma was made to contest elections from Amethi and he won. Captain Satish Sharma won the elections in 1991 and 1996, but in 1998 he lost to BJP candidate Sanjay Singh. In 1999, Sonia Gandhi contested elections from Amethi and after this Rahul Gandhi became MP from this seat.
Amethi
In 1980, for the first time a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family contested elections from Amethi. For the first time in 1980, Sanjay Gandhi contested elections from here and won. After his death, Rajiv Gandhi won the Lok Sabha elections from this seat for three consecutive times. He won the elections of 1984, 1989 and 1991. After his murder, Congress party made Captain Satish Sharma contest elections from here. Captain Satish Sharma contested and won elections in 1991 and 1996. After that in 1998, Captain Satish Sharma lost the election to Sanjay Sharma of BJP. Sonia Gandhi contested elections from here in 1999 and after that in 2004, 2009 and 2014, Rahul Gandhi contested and won elections from Amethi, but lost in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Smriti Irani from BJP won from here.
Rae Bareli
Firoz Gandhi won the Lok Sabha elections from this seat from 1952-1962. Between 1962 and 1967, RP Singh of Congress won elections from here. From 1967 to 1977, Indira Gandhi contested elections from here and won. Between 1977 and 1980, Raj Narayan won elections from Rae Bareli from the Janata Party. After this, from 1980 to 1996, Sheela Kaul, who was Indira Gandhi’s maternal aunt, won from here. BJP’s Ashok Singh won elections from here in 1996 and 1998. In 1999, Captain Satish Sharma contested elections from here and in 2004, Sonia Gandhi contested elections from here. Sonia Gandhi won elections from here in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019.
Phulpur
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru contested elections from here between 1952 and 1962. After this, his sister Pandit Vijay Lakshmi was the Lok Sabha MP from here in 1964 and 1967. In 1971, VP Singh became Congress MP from here. After 1984, Congress party could not win elections from here. In 2019, Keshari Dev Patel of BJP won this seat. Now it has to be seen whether Congress will refrain from fielding any member of the Gandhi-Nehru family in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from UP, the state which has given the highest number of PMs to the country, or will continue its tradition.
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