Electoral history of Rahul Gandhi

This is a summary of the electoral history of Rahul Gandhi, who is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, since June 2024.

In the 2004 general election, Gandhi contested from Amethi and won, securing 390,179 votes with a vote share of 66.18 per cent. He contested again in the 2009 general election from Amethi, winning with 464,195 votes and a vote share of 71.78 per cent. In the 2014, 2014 general election, he retained his seat in Amethi, winning with 408,651 votes and a vote share of 46.71 per cent. In the 2019 Indian general election, he lost from Amethi, securing 413,394 votes with a vote share of 43.86 per cent. He won from Wayanad in the same election, garnering 706,367 votes with a vote share of 64.67 per cent. In the 2024 general election, Gandhi contested from Wayanad and Rae Bareli and won both garnering 364,422 votes with a vote share of 59.69 per cent and 390,030 votes with a vote share of 66.17 per cent respectively.[1] Top leadership of Congress decided that Gandhi will retain Rae Bareli in the 18th Lok Sabha and Priyanka Gandhi was announced as the Congress candidate for Wayanad bypoll.[2]

Summary

Lok Sabha elections

Year Constituency Party Votes % Result
2004 Amethi INC 390,179 66.18% Won
2009 464,195 71.78% Won
2014 408,651 46.71% Won
2019 Wayanad 706,367 64.67% Won
Amethi 413,394 43.86% Lost
2024 Wayanad 647,445 59.69% Won
Rae Bareli 687,649 66.17% Won

Detailed results

General election 2004

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

2004 Indian general election: Amethi[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 390,179 66.18
BSP Chandra Parkash Mishra 99,326 16.85
BJP Ram Vilas Vedanti 55,438 9.40
Independent Sri Ram 12,320 2.09
AD(K) Udai Raj Maurya 11,280 1.91
Margin of victory 290,853 49.33
Turnout 589,596 44.50
INC hold Swing

General election 2009

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

2009 Indian general election: Amethi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 464,195 71.78
BSP Asheesh Shukla 93,997 14.54
BJP Pradeep Kumar Singh 37,570 5.81
JPS Bhuwal 10,396 1.61
Independent Swami Nath 9,642 1.49
Margin of victory 370,198 57.24
Turnout 646,650 45.16
INC hold Swing

General election 2014

Rahul Gandhi won a third term as MP in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha.

2014 Indian general election: Amethi[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 408,651 46.71 25.07
BJP Smriti Irani 300,748 34.38 28.57
BSP Dharmendra Pratap Singh 57,716 6.60 7.94
AAP Dr. Kumar Vishvas 25,527 2.92 New
NOTA None of the Above 1,784 0.20 N/A
Margin of victory 1,07,903 12.33 32.83
Turnout 8,74,872 52.39 7.22
INC hold Swing 26.82

General election 2019

Wayanad

2019 Indian general election: Wayanad[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 706,367 64.94 23.73
CPI P. P. Suneer 274,597 25.24 13.68
BDJS Thushar Vellappally 78,816 7.25 N/A
SDPI Babu Mani 5,426 0.50 1.07
Margin of victory 4,31,770 39.69 37.41
Turnout 10,87,783 80.37 6.77
Registered electors 13,59,679 8.82
INC hold Swing 23.73

Amethi

2019 Indian general election: Amethi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Smriti Irani 468,514 49.71 15.33
INC Rahul Gandhi 413,394 43.84 2.85
NOTA None of the Above 3,940 0.42 0.22
Margin of victory 55,120 5.85 6.48
Turnout 9,42,956 54.08 +1.69
BJP gain from INC Swing 3.00

General election 2024

Wayanad

2024 Indian general election: Wayanad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 647,445 59.69 5.25
CPI Annie Raja 2,83,023 26.09 0.85
BJP K. Surendran 1,41,045 13.00 6.75
NOTA None of the above 6,999 0.65
Majority 3,64,422 33.59 7.09
Turnout 10,86,459 74.19
INC hold Swing 5.25

Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.[9]

Rae Bareli

2024 Indian general election: Rae Bareli[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 687,649 66.17 10.37
BJP Dinesh Pratap Singh 297,619 28.64 9.72
BSP Thakur Prasad Yadav 21,624 2.08 2.08
NOTA None of the above 7,872 0.76 0.31
Majority 390,030 37.61 20.17
Turnout 10,369,97 58.04 1.70
INC hold Swing

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Rahul Gandhi to retain Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat; Priyanka Gandhi to contest from Wayanad". The Hindu. 17 June 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 309. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 153. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  7. ^ "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Amethi Lok Sabha Results". NDTV. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Wayanad Lok Sabha Election results 2024".
  10. ^ The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Rahul Gandhi wins Rae Bareli LS seat by over 3.9 lakh votes". Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  11. ^ "2024 Raebareli Loksabha Election Result". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
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