Draft:Amethi 2024 Lok Sabha election


Amethi 2024 Lok Sabha election

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Introduction

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Amethi is one of the 80 Lok sabha.[1] seat ( seat of the lower house of the parlianment ) from the Uttar Pradesh state in heart of india. This constituency was created in 1967. It consist of 5[2] vidhan sabha seat- Amethi, Gauriganj, Tiloi, Salon and jagdishpur. Amethi in the 2024 Lok sabha seat in considered as high profile seat because it is considered a bastion of indian national congress.

MPs from Amethi

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Year Member Party
1967 Vidya Dhar Bajpai INC
1971 Vidya Dhar Bajpai INC
1977 Ravindra Pratap SIngh Janata Party
1980 Sanjay Gandhi INC
1981, 1984, 1989 and 1991 Rajiv Gandhi INC
1991 and 1996 Satish Sharma INC
1998 Sanjay Sinh Bhartiya Janata Party
1999 Sonia Gandhi INC
2004, 2009 and 2014 Rahul Gandhi INC
2019 Smriti irani BJP

Indian National Congress has won the election in the Amethi 13 times. BJP has won the election twice and Janata Party has won once. The current member of parlianment from Amethi Lok sabha consitituency is Smriti Irani who is also an union minister of India.

2024 competition
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There are three main contenders for the seat. BJP has chosen Smriti irani as their contender for this seat in their first list which was released on [3]2nd March 2024. BSP has nominated Nanhe Singh Chauhan for this election. INC on the last day of nomination has given a chance to Kishori Lal Sharma, a loyalist for the Gandhi Family[4]

Contestant Political team
Smriti Irani BJP
KL Sharma INC
Nanhe Singh Chauhan BSP

References

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  1. ^ "Profile - The Union - Legislature - Know India: National Portal of India". knowindia.india.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  2. ^ "Amethi Lok Sabha constituency", Wikipedia, 2024-05-10, retrieved 2024-05-10
  3. ^ BJP candidate list, Amethi candidate declaration. "smriti candidate from BJP for Amethi lok sabha constituency".
  4. ^ "Indian National Congress". Indian National Congress. Retrieved 2024-05-10.