Created in 1967, the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency cover four State constituencies — Amethi, Tili, Jagdishpur, Gauriganj, and Tiloi. Since its inception to 2019, Congress has almost always won in Amethi— barring two instances. In the 1977 elections the Janata Party’s Ravindra Pratap Singh trounced Gandhi scion Sanjay Gandhi, who was facing ire due to actions during the Indira Gandhi-imposed Emergency, and in 1998, BJP’s Satish Sharma defeated incumbent Congress MP Satish Sharma. The Gandhis who have represented Amethi are Sanjay Gandhi (1980), Rajiv Gandhi (1981,1984, 1989, 1991), Sonia Gandhi (1998), Rahul Gandhi (2004, 2009, 2014). In 2019, BJP’s Smriti Irani emerged victorious over Mr. Gandhi, defeating him by a margin of 55,120 votes – ending the clan’s iron hold over Amethi. Previously, BJP’s Sanjaya Sinha had eeked out a slim victory over Congress’ Satish Sharma in 1998 by a margin of 23,270 votes. But no Gandhi had been on the poll ballot then.
BJP won 1 times and INC won 2 times since 2009 elections.
| 2019 | BJP 49.71% | INC 43.86% |
| 2014 | INC 46.72% | BJP 34.39% |
| 2009 | INC 71.78% | BSP 14.54% |
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