Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency

Rae Bareli is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is considered to be a bastion of the Indian National Congress. 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, 11% Brahmins, 11% Rajputs, 9% Yadavs.

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

Members of Lok Sabha
^By-Poll

General Election 1980
Gandhi was also elected from Medak. She retained her seat in Medak and resigned from Rae Bareli.
 * Indira Gandhi (Congress) : 2,23,903
 * Vijayaraje Scindia (Janata Party) : 50,249

By-poll in 1980

 * Arun Nehru INC : 176,456
 * Janeshwar Mishra JNP(S) :  69,166
 * Details of some elections (1984 to 1991) 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 (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