Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)
Amethi is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This constituency covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the Indian National Congress (INC) who was elected in 1967 and held his seat in the next election in 1971. In the 1977 election, Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party became its MP. Singh was defeated in 1980 by Sanjay Gandhi of the INC. Later in the same year, Gandhi died in a plane crash. This forced a by election in this constituency in 1981 which was won by his brother, Rajiv Gandhi. Gandhi went on to represent this constituency until 1991, when he was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The
Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)
Amethi is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This constituency covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the Indian National Congress (INC) who was elected in 1967 and held his seat in the next election in 1971. In the 1977 election, Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party became its MP. Singh was defeated in 1980 by Sanjay Gandhi of the INC. Later in the same year, Gandhi died in a plane crash. This forced a by election in this constituency in 1981 which was won by his brother, Rajiv Gandhi. Gandhi went on to represent this constituency until 1991, when he was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The
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734,255,075
AssemblyConstituencies
Tiloi, Salon, Jagdishpur, Gauriganj, and Amethi
Caption
Location of Amethi district in Uttar Pradesh
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ElectedByYear
Existence
party
Aam Aadmi Party
Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
Bahujan Samaj Party
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Bharatiya Janata Party
Bharatiya Kranti Dal
Doordarshi Party
percentage
state
votes
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point
26.16 81.81
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Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)
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