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Amethi Lok Sabha Elections

Amethi is a Lok Sabha constituency which covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967.

The seat has almost always been held by the Indian National Congress, save for a half-dozen years in the late 1970s and late 1990s. Rahul Gandhi held the seat for the longest period, from 2004 to present, most recently re-elected in 2014, and the seat had also been held by his mother, father, and uncle.

The Amethi Lok Sabha Constituency has a total of five assembly segments - Tiloi, Salon, Jagdishpur, Gauriganj and Amethi. This constituency is surrounded by Bara Banki and Faizabad in the north, Rae Bareli to the west, Sultanpur to the east and Pratapgarh to the south.

The election here will be conducted on May 6, 2019, as per the Phase V schedule announced by the Election Commission of India.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Munda received 408,651 votes and defeated BJP candidate Smriti Irani who got 300,748 votes.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Rahul Gandhi is seeking a fourth term from the seat. He will take on Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani, who is once again contesting as a BJP candidate from the seat.

The Lok Sabha elections 2019 will be held between April 11 and May 19 and the counting of votes will take on May 23. The polling is scheduled to happen in 51 Lok Sabha constituencies of seven states during the third phase.

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Candidates	Party	Status	Votes
Smriti Irani	BJP	Won	468514
Rahul Gandhi	INC	Lost	413394
Dhurv Lal	IND	Lost	7816
Afajal Varis	BMP	Lost	6183
Ram Sajiwan	IND	Lost	5616
Dinesh Kumar	IND	Lost	4301
Nota	Nota	Lost	3940
Bhagwandeen	IND	Lost	3860
Gopal Prasad	IND	Lost	3177
Ram Sidh Yadav	MNSP	Lost	3055
Lal Babu	IND	Lost	2318
Harun Rasheed	IND	Lost	2085
Shiv Nandan Singh	BHSKP	Lost	1948
Prem Shankar	MAP	Lost	1729
Shatrunjai Pratap Singh	LGBP	Lost	1716
Hemant Kumar	IND	Lost	1580
Gopal Swaroop Gandhi	KMBS	Lost	1574
Mo. Hasan Lahari	IND	Lost	1224
Ram Milan	RSAD	Lost	1144
Pankaj Ramkumar Sing	ARSP	Lost	1057
Vipin Yadav	IND	Lost	1039
Bas Deo Maurya	CPI	Lost	988
Durgesh Singh	BPHP	Lost	958
Nathu Ram	JP (S)	Lost	847
Suresh Kumar Shukla	IND	Lost	779
Saritha S. Nair	IND	Lost	569
Dr. U.P. Shivananda	IND	Lost	547
Shiv Kumar	IND	Lost	495

Amethi News

Barefoot Smriti Irani walks for 14 km with Ekta Kapoor to Siddhivinayak temple

Irani defeated Congress president Rahul Gandhi by over fifty-five thousand votes in the high profile Amethi Lok Sabha seat.

May 28, 2019, 18:06 PM IST

'Local political rivalry' behind Smriti Irani's close aide Surendra Singh's murder, says police

The UP Police investigating the murder of BJP supporter Surendra Singh in Amethi has said that his killing is the result of a 'local political vendetta.'

May 27, 2019, 18:41 PM IST