Electoral history of Rahul Gandhi
This is a summary of the electoral history of Rahul Gandhi, who is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, since June 2024.
In the 2004 general election, Gandhi contested from Amethi and won, securing 390,179 votes with a vote share of 66.18 per cent. He contested again in the 2009 general election from Amethi, winning with 464,195 votes and a vote share of 71.78 per cent. In the 2014, 2014 general election, he retained his seat in Amethi, winning with 408,651 votes and a vote share of 46.71 per cent. In the 2019 Indian general election, he lost from Amethi, securing 413,394 votes with a vote share of 43.86 per cent. He won from Wayanad in the same election, garnering 706,367 votes with a vote share of 64.67 per cent. In the 2024 general election, Gandhi contested from Wayanad and Rae Bareli and won both garnering 364,422 votes with a vote share of 59.69 per cent and 390,030 votes with a vote share of 66.17 per cent respectively.{{Cite news |date=4 June 2024 |title=Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Wayanad or Raebareli? Rahul Gandhi says 'if it was in my control...' |url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-results-2024-wayanad-or-raebareli-rahul-gandhi-says-if-it-was-in-my-control-11717517181397.html |access-date=5 June 2024 |work=Mint}} Top leadership of Congress decided that Gandhi will retain Rae Bareli in the 18th Lok Sabha and Priyanka Gandhi was announced as the Congress candidate for Wayanad bypoll.{{Cite news |title=Rahul Gandhi to retain Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat; Priyanka Gandhi to contest from Wayanad |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/rahul-gandhi-to-retain-rae-bareli-lok-sabha-seat-priyanka-gandhi-to-contest-from-wayanad/article68300631.ece |work=The Hindu |issn=0971-751X |date=17 June 2024 |access-date=17 June 2024}}
Summary
= Lok Sabha elections =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Constituency ! colspan="2" |Party !Votes !% !Result |
|---|
| 2004
| rowspan=3| Amethi | {{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=7}} |390,179 |66.18% |{{Won}} |
| 2009
|464,195 |71.78% |{{Won}} |
| 2014
|408,651 |46.71% |{{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" |2019
| Wayanad |706,367 |64.67% |{{Won}} |
| Amethi
|413,394 |43.86% |{{Lost}} |
| rowspan="2" |2024
| Wayanad |647,445 |59.69% |{{Won}} |
| Rae Bareli
|687,649 |66.17% |{{Won}} |
Detailed results
= General election 2004 =
Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi's son, won the seat and represented the constituency in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha.
{{Election box begin | title=2004 Indian general election: Amethi{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha|page=309|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718190634/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rahul Gandhi
|votes = 390,179
|percentage = 66.18
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Chandra Parkash Mishra
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 99,326
|percentage = 16.85
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ram Vilas Vedanti
|votes = 55,438
|percentage = 9.40
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sri Ram
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 12,320
|percentage = 2.09
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Udai Raj Maurya
|party = Apna Dal
|votes = 11,280
|percentage = 1.91
|change =
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{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 290,853
|percentage = 49.33
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 589,596
|percentage = 44.50
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=General election 2009=
Rahul Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifteenth Lok Sabha.
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general election: Amethi{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|title=Constituency Wise Detailed Results |page=153|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2014}} }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Rahul Gandhi
|votes = 464,195
|percentage = 71.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Asheesh Shukla
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 93,997
|percentage = 14.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pradeep Kumar Singh
|votes = 37,570
|percentage = 5.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Bhuwal
|party = JPS
|votes = 10,396
|percentage = 1.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Swami Nath
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 9,642
|percentage = 1.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 370,198
|percentage = 57.24
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 646,650
|percentage = 45.16
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=General election 2014=
Rahul Gandhi won a third term as MP in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha.
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general election: Amethi{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2437.htm?ac=37|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|publisher=Election Commission of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135253/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2437.htm?ac=37|archive-date=17 May 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm|title=Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=31 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702210941/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm|archive-date=2 July 2014}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Rahul Gandhi|votes=408,651|percentage=46.71|change={{decrease}}25.07}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Smriti Irani|votes=300,748|percentage=34.38|change={{increase}}28.57}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dharmendra Pratap Singh|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=57,716|percentage=6.60|change={{decrease}}7.94}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dr. Kumar Vishvas|party=Aam Aadmi Party|votes=25,527|percentage=2.92|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=1,784|percentage=0.20|change=N/A}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 1,07,903
|percentage = 12.33
|change = {{decrease}}32.83
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,74,872|percentage=52.39|change={{increase}}7.22}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{decrease}}26.82
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General election 2019=
== [[Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency|Wayanad]] ==
{{Election box begin|title= 2019 Indian general election: Wayanad{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/1551-general-election-2019-including-vellore-pc/ |title=General Election 2019 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 22 October 2021}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Rahul Gandhi |party=Indian National Congress |votes=7,06,367 |percentage=64.94 |change={{increase}}23.73 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=P. P. Suneer|party=Communist Party of India|votes=274,597|percentage=25.24|change={{decrease}}13.68}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Thushar Vellappally|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|votes=78,816|percentage=7.25|change= N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Babu Mani|party=Social Democratic Party of India|votes=5,426|percentage=0.50|change={{decrease}}1.07}}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=4,31,770 |percentage=39.69 |change=37.41 }}
{{Election box turnout|votes=10,87,783|percentage=80.37|change=6.77}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 13,59,679 |change =8.82 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= 23.73 }}
{{Election box end}}
== [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]] ==
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general election: Amethi{{cite web |title=Amethi Lok Sabha Results |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-lok-sabha-election-results-2019/amethi |website=NDTV |access-date=23 May 2019 |date=23 May 2019}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate=Smriti Irani
|votes=4,68,514
|percentage=49.71
|change={{increase}}15.33
}}
{{
Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Indian National Congress
|candidate=Rahul Gandhi
|votes=413,394
|percentage=43.84
|change={{decrease}}2.85
}}
{{
Election box candidate with party link|
|party=None of the above
|candidate=None of the Above
|votes=3,940
|percentage=0.42
|change={{increase}}0.22
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 55,120
|percentage = 5.85
|change ={{decrease}}6.48
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,42,956|percentage=54.08|change=+1.69}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{increase}}3.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
= General election 2024 =
== [[Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency|Wayanad]] ==
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general election: Wayanad}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Rahul Gandhi|party=Indian National Congress|votes=647,445|percentage=59.69|change={{decrease}}5.25}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Annie Raja|party=Communist Party of India|votes=2,83,023|percentage=26.09|change={{increase}}0.85}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=K. Surendran|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=1,41,045|percentage=13.00|change={{increase}}6.75}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=6,999|percentage=0.65|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=3,64,422|percentage=33.59|change={{decrease}}7.09}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=10,86,459|percentage=74.19|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing = {{decrease}} 5.25
}}
{{Election box end}}
Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.{{Cite web |title=Wayanad Lok Sabha Election results 2024 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-constituencies/kerala/wayanad}}
== [[Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency|Rae Bareli]] ==
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general election: Rae Bareli{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |title=Rahul Gandhi wins Rae Bareli LS seat by over 3.9 lakh votes |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/rahul-gandhi-wins-rae-bareli-lok-sabha-seat-uttar-pradesh-election-results/article68251586.ece |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604164946/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/rahul-gandhi-wins-rae-bareli-lok-sabha-seat-uttar-pradesh-election-results/article68251586.ece |archive-date=4 June 2024 |language=en-IN}}{{cite news |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Raebareli Loksabha Election Result |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2436.htm |access-date=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604165157/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2436.htm |archive-date=4 June 2024}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Rahul Gandhi|votes=687,649|percentage=66.17|change={{increase}}10.37 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Dinesh Pratap Singh|votes=297,619|percentage=28.64|change={{decrease}}9.72 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Thakur Prasad Yadav|votes=21,624|percentage=2.08|change={{up}}2.08}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=7,872|percentage=0.76|change={{down}}0.31}}
{{Election box majority||votes=390,030|percentage=37.61|change={{up}}20.17}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=10,369,97|percentage=
58.04|change={{increase}}1.70}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}