Rae Bareli Lok Sabha Election 2024: Rae Bareli is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. The state has 80 parliamentary seats. The Rae Bareli seat comprises five Assembly segments including Bachhrawan, Harchandpur, Rae Bareli, Sareni and Unchahar. The constituency is a general seat and not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are the main parties in the constituency. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi won the Rae Bareli seat five times in a row in 2004, 2006 (bypoll), 2009, 2014 and 2019.
Rae Bareli Constituency Demographic Profile
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 17,02,248 voters in the Rae Bareli constituency during the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Out of this, 8,96,132 voters were male and 8,06,066 were female voters. 50 voters belonged to the third gender. 3,235 were postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Rae Bareli in 2019 was 4,346 (4,154 were men and 192 were women).
In 2014, the total number of voters in the Rae Bareli constituency was 15,94,954. Out of this, 8,57,875 voters were male and 7,37,017 were female voters. 62 voters in this constituency belonged to the 'others' category. There were 12 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Rae Bareli in 2014 was 1,363 (920 were men and 443 were women).
Rae Bareli Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Poll Date
The Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in the fifth phase on May 20 along with the other 13 constituencies of the state. Overall, voters in 49 constituencies of 8 states and Union Territories across the country will use their franchise in the fifth phase.
Rae Bareli Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Result Date
The result for Rae Bareli will be declared on June 4 along with the other 542 parliamentary constituencies of the country.
Rae Bareli Uttar Pradesh Constituency Lok Sabha Election 2024 Candidates
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Dinesh Pratap Singh and Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Thakur Prasad Yadav are the main candidates in the Rae Bareli constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
Rae Bareli 2019 and 2014 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi won the seat for the fifth time (including a bypoll) in a row with a margin of 1,67,178 votes. She was polled 5,34,918 votes with a vote share of 55.78%. She defeated BJP leader Dinesh Pratap Singh who got 3,67,740 votes (38.35%). The total number of valid votes polled was 9,58,556.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi won the seat for the fourth time including a bypoll. She was polled 5,26,434 votes with a vote share of 63.80%. BJP candidate Ajay Agrawal got 1,73,721 votes (21.05%) and was the runner-up. Gandhi defeated Agrawal by a margin of 3,52,713 votes. The total number of valid votes polled in this constituency was 8,25,136. BSP candidate Pravesh Singh came third with 63,633 votes (7.71%) and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Archana Srivastava was in the fourth position with 10,383 votes (1.26%).
Rae Bareli Past Winners
- Sonia Gandhi (Congress): 2009
- Sonia Gandhi (Congress): 2006 bypoll
- Sonia Gandhi (Congress): 2004
- Captain Satish Sharma (Congress): 1999
- Ashok Singh (BJP): 1998
- Ashok Singh (BJP): 1996
- Sheila Kaul (Congress): 1991
- Sheila Kaul (Congress): 1989
- Arun Kumar Nehru (Congress): 1984
- Arun Kumar Nehru (Congress): 1980 bypoll
- Indira Gandhi (Congress): 1980
- Raj Narain (BLD): 1977
NOTA (None of the Above)
In 2019, 10,252 voters (1.07%) opted for NOTA in the Rae Bareli constituency. In 2014, 5,409 voters (0.66%) opted for NOTA in the Rae Bareli constituency.
Rae Bareli Voter Turnout
The total number of valid votes polled during the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections was 9,58,556 or 56.31%.
In 2014, the total number of valid votes in this Lok Sabha seat was 8,25,136 or 51.74%.
Rae Bareli Poll Dates
In 2019, the voting took place on May 6 in the Rae Bareli constituency.
In 2014, the voting was held on April 30 in Rae Bareli.
Rae Bareli Result Dates
In 2019, the result was announced on May 23.
In 2014, the result was announced on May 16.
Number of Polling Stations
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, there were 1,883 polling stations in the Rae Bareli constituency.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, there were 1,659 polling stations in the Rae Bareli constituency.
