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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
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'''Amethi''' is one of the 80 [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituencies in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/lok-sabha-elections-results-2014-uttar-pradesh/|title=Lok Sabha elections results 2014: Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=17 May 2014|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> This constituency covers the entire [[Amethi district]] and was created in 1967.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/state-of-the-states/amethi-headed-for-firsts-this-election-season-as-cong-feels-heat/article1-1215273.aspx|title=Amethi: Gandhis to face first real fight|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=4 May 2014|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> 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 the same year, Gandhi died in a plane crash.<ref name=sanjay>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Three-attempts-were-made-to-kill-Sanjay-Gandhi-WikiLeaks/articleshow/19485275.cms|title=Three attempts were made to kill Sanjay Gandhi: WikiLeaks|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=11 April 2013|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> This forced a [[By-election|by election]] in 1981 which was won by his brother, [[Rajiv Gandhi]].<ref name=rajiv1>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/22/obituaries/assassination-in-india-rajiv-gandhi-a-son-who-won-lost-and-tried-a-comeback.html|title=Assassination in India; Rajiv Gandhi: A Son Who Won, Lost and Tried a Comeback|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 May 1991|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> Gandhi went on to represent this constituency until 1991, when he was [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi|assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/lttes-messages-show-why-rajiv-gandhis-murder-should-be-re-probed-part-1-1398773.html|title=LTTE's messages show why Rajiv Gandhi's murder should be re-probed (Part-1)|work=[[Firstpost]]|publisher=[[Network 18]]|date=20 February 2014|last=Sharma|first=Rajeev|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/21/newsid_2504000/2504739.stm|title=1991: Bomb kills India's former leader Rajiv Gandhi|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=rajiv2>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/19/india-state-rules-rajiv-gandhi-assassination-plotters-freed|title=Seven convicted over Rajiv Gandhi assassination set to be freed|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=19 February 2014|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> The subsequent by election held the same year was won by [[Satish Sharma]] of the INC. Sharma was re-elected in 1996. [[Sanjaya Sinh]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) defeated Sharma in the 1998 election. The widow of Rajiv Gandhi, [[Sonia Gandhi]] represented this constituency from 1999 to 2004.<ref name=sonia>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140420/jsp/nation/story_18259171.jsp#.VCncg8n-REM|title=An Amethi first in 10 years for Sonia |work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]|date=19 April 2014|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> Her son, [[Rahul Gandhi]], was elected in 2004.<ref name=rahul>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/elections2014/election-beat/elections-2014-underscore-steep-political-decline-of-the-gandhi-family/article1-1220078.aspx|title=Does polls verdict signal decline of Gandhi dynasty?|work=[[The Hindustan Times]]|date=17 May 2014|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> He was the fourth MP from the [[Nehru–Gandhi family]] since 1980 to represent the seat.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/elections/Rahul-Will-Lose-Heavily-in-Amethi-Kumar-Vishwas/2014/03/18/article2115893.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321165132/http://www.newindianexpress.com/elections/Rahul-Will-Lose-Heavily-in-Amethi-Kumar-Vishwas/2014/03/18/article2115893.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2014|title=Rahul Will Lose Heavily in Amethi: Kumar Vishwas|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=18 March 2014|accessdate=29 September 2014}}</ref> Gandhi held the seat till the 2019 election when he was defeated by a margin of 55,000 votes by the BJP's [[Smriti Irani]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lok-sabha-election-results-2019-smriti-irani-defeats-rahul-gandhi-in-amethi-and-twitter-cant-even-2042320|work=NDTV|date=24 May 2019|accessdate=21 January 2024|title=Election Results 2019: Smriti Irani Defeats Rahul Gandhi In Amethi, And Twitter Can't Even...|last=Sharma|first=Swati}}</ref> Irani was defeated in 2024 by a margin of over 1.69 lakh votes by [[Kishori Lal Sharma]] of INC.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lok-sabha-election-results-2024-live-smriti-irani-uttar-pradesh-amethi-bjp-kishori-lal-congress-101717495904815.html|work=Hindustan Times|date=4 June 2014|accessdate=10 June 2024|title=Smriti Irani loses by 1,67,196 votes in UP's Amethi constituency against Congress' Kishori Lal}}</ref>
 
==Vidhan Sabha segments==
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==Election results==
===General election 2024===
[[Kishori Lal Sharma]] from the [[Indian National Congress|INC]] won in the [[18th Lok Sabha]]<ref>{{Citecite web |last=Kaur |first=Simran |date=2024-06-04 |title=AmethiGeneral Election Resultsto 2024Parliamentary Constituencies: KishoriTrends Lal& Sharma'sResults HugeJune-2024 VictoryParliamentary OverConstituency Smriti37 Irani- {{!}}Amethi Congress(Uttar ResurgencePradesh) |url=https://y20indiaresults.eci.gov.in/amethi-election-results-2024-kishori-lal-sharmas-huge-victory-over-smriti-irani-congress-resurgencePcResultGenJune2024/ |access-date=2024-06-06ConstituencywiseS2437.htm |website=Y20Election Commission of India |languageaccess-date=en9 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite webnews |title=GeneralAmethi ElectionConstituency toLok ParliamentarySabha Election ConstituenciesResult: TrendsCandidates &Profiles, ResultsMap, June-2024Total ParliamentaryVotes, ConstituencyPast 37Results -{{!}} AmethiTimes (Uttarof Pradesh)India |url=https://resultstimesofindia.eciindiatimes.gov.incom/PcResultGenJune2024elections/ConstituencywiseS2437.htmlok-sabha-constituencies/uttar-pradesh/amethi |websitework=ElectionThe CommissionTimes of India |access-date=914 June 2024}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=[[Next Indian general election|2024 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Kishori Lal Sharma]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=5,39,288|percentage=54.99|change={{increase}}11.03}}
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{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1999===
[[Sonia Gandhi]], the wife of Rajiv Gandhi, won the election and represented the constituency in the [[Thirteenth Lok Sabha]].<ref name=sonia/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha|page=238|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
 
 
===General election 1967===
Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the INC won the first election in 1967 and became Amethi's first MP.<ref name=VDB/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[1967 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=VDB>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1967 to the Fourth Lok Sabha|page=168|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[VidyaSonia Dhar BajpaiGandhi]]
|votes = 63418,231960
|percentage = 3567.8112
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidateparty = GokulBharatiya PrasadJanata PathakParty
|candidate = [[Sanjaya Sinh]]
|party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
|votes = 59118,566948
|percentage = 3319.7406
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = A.Paras WahidNath Maurya
|party = IndependentBahujan (politician)Samaj Party
|votes = 2233,333658
|percentage = 129.6543
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = A.Mohammad P. PandeyIsrar
|party = SamyuktaIndependent Socialist Party(politician)
|votes = 177,213098
|percentage = 92.7579
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = R. H. Singh
|party = Swatantra Party
|votes = 9,883
|percentage = 5.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 3300,665012
|percentage = 248.0706
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 188638,666178
|percentage = 3757.3446
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box newgain seatwith winparty link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
}}
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 19711998===
Bajpai[[Sanjaya Sinh]] of the BJP heldwon the seatelection and represented the constituency in the [[FifthTwelfth Lok Sabha]].<ref name=VDB2singh/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[19711998 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=VDB2singh>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971LS_1998/Vol_I_LS71Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 19711998 to the FifthTwelfth Lok Sabha|page=181246| publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071817545220140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971LS_1998/Vol_I_LS71Vol_I_LS_98.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = IndianBharatiya NationalJanata CongressParty
|candidate = Vidya[[Sanjaya Dhar BajpaiSinh]]
|votes = 96205,312025
|percentage = 6235.1308
|change = {{increase}}26.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidateparty = GokulIndian PrasadNational PathakCongress
|candidate = [[Satish Sharma]]
|party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
|votes = 21181,335755
|percentage = 1331.7610
|change = {{decrease}}19.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = WastMohd. NabviNaim
|party = IndianBahujan NationalSamaj Congress (Organisation)Party
|votes = 19151,051096
|percentage = 1225.2985
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Kailash Nath Singh
|party = Bharatiya Kranti Dal
|votes = 11,787
|percentage = 7.60
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Basudev Shastri
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
|votes = 6,541
|percentage = 4.22
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 7423,977270
|percentage = 483.3798
|change = {{increase}}46.30
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 160597,395556
|percentage = 3053.0573
|change = {{decrease}}7.29
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing = {{increase}}26.32
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1977===
[[Ravindra Pratap Singh]] of the [[Janata Party]] represented the constituency in the [[Sixth Lok Sabha]].<ref name=RPS/>
 
{{Election box begin | title=[[1977 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=RPS>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha|page=185|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
 
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Janata Party|candidate=[[Ravindra Pratap Singh]]|votes=176,410|percentage=60.47|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Sanjay Gandhi]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=100,566|percentage=34.47|change=&minus;27.66}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Abdul Wahid|party=Independent (politician)|votes=8,450|percentage=2.90|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Badri Narain|party=Independent (politician)|votes=6,306|percentage=2.16|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 75,844
|percentage = 26.00
|change = &minus;22.37
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=302,826|percentage=48.59|change=+18.54}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 19801996===
[[SanjaySatish Gandhi]]Sharma ofheld the INCseat wonand represented the election. He died in a plane crash laterconstituency in the year,[[Eleventh forcingLok a by-election in 1981Sabha]].<ref name=sanjaySS2/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[19801996 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=SS2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_80Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 19801996 to the SeventhEleventh Lok Sabha|page=219423|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071817592620140718183504/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_80Vol_I_LS_96.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[SanjaySatish GandhiSharma]]
|votes = 186157,990868
|percentage = 5738.1181
|change = +26&minus;15.6407
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ravindra Pratap Singh]]
|partycandidate = JanataRaja PartyMohan Singh
|votes = 58117,445725
|percentage = 1728.8594
|change = &minus;42+4.6295
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidateparty = Mohd.Samajwadi IsaParty
|partycandidate = JanataChoudary PartyMohd. (Secular)Isa
|votes = 4179,734285
|percentage = 1219.7549
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = MahavirKarnandan PrasadSingh Akela
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 1213,295277
|percentage = 3.7626
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Satya Narain Jaiswal
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 7,339
|percentage = 2.24
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 12840,545143
|percentage = 399.2697
|change = +13.26
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 338426,531913
|percentage = 5038.1071
|change = +1.51
}}
{{Election box gainhold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Janata Party
|swing = +5.33
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
====By-election 19811991====
[[RajivSatish GandhiSharma]], Sanjay'sof brother,the INC won the by-election and represented the constituency in the [[SeventhTenth Lok Sabha]].<ref name=rajiv1/><ref name=bye/>
{{Election box begin | title=19811991 By-election: [[Amethi]]<ref name=bye>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls|title=Details of Lok Sabha By- Elections since 1952|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=24 September 2014|format=Excel}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[RajivSatish GandhiSharma]]
|votes = 258178,884996
|percentage = 8453.1888
|change = +270.0765
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sharad Yadav]]
|partycandidate =M. LokM. DalSingh
|votes = 2179,188687
|percentage = 623.8999
|change = ''N/A''+2.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = R. Singh
|votes = 47,033
|percentage = 14.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 23799,696309
|percentage = 77.29.89
|change = +38&minus;1.0399
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 307332,523195
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing loser = +27.07
|swing = +0.65
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 19841989===
Rajiv Gandhi heldwon a third term in the seatelection and represented the constituency in the [[EighthNinth Lok Sabha]]. He was challenged by his[[Rajmohan sister-in-lawGandhi]], grandson of [[ManekaMahatma Gandhi]].<ref name=RG2RG3/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[19841989 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=RG2RG3>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_84Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 19841989 to the EighthNinth Lok Sabha|page=215265|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071818491120140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_84Vol_I_LS_89.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|votes = 365271,041407
|percentage = 83.67.43
|change = &minus;016.5124
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[ManekaRajmohan Gandhi]]
|party = IndependentJanata (politician)Dal
|votes = 5069,163269
|percentage = 1117.5021
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Kanshi Ram]]
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 25,400
|percentage = 6.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 314202,878138
|percentage = 7250.1722
|change = &minus;521.1295
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 446425,289746
|percentage = 6046.2578
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = &minus;016.5024
}}
{{Election box end}}
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{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 19911984===
Rajiv Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the [[Eighth Lok Sabha]]. He was challenged by his sister-in-law [[Maneka Gandhi]].<ref name=RG2/>
Rajiv Gandhi won the election, but he was [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi|assassinated]] on 21 May 1991 a few days after the polling in Amethi and even before other rounds of polling were completed. The election process was postponed for a few days and votes were eventually counted in June 1991. He was declared winner after his death, but a bye-election had to be called.<ref name=rajiv2/><ref name=RG4/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[19911984 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=RG4RG2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991LS_1984/VOL_I_91Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 19911984 to the TenthEighth Lok Sabha|page=280215|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071818355820140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991LS_1984/VOL_I_91Vol_I_LS_84.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|votes = 187365,138041
|percentage = 5383.2367
|change = &minus;140.2051
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Maneka Gandhi]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ravindra Pratap
|votes = 7550,053163
|percentage = 2111.3550
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Naeem
|party = Janata Dal
|votes = 54,680
|percentage = 15.55
|change = &minus;1.66
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 112314,085878
|percentage = 3172.8817
|change = &minus;185.3412
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 376446,202289
|percentage = 4060.9725
|change = &minus;5.81
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loserswing = &minus;0.50
|swing = &minus;14.20
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
====By-election 19911981====
[[SatishRajiv SharmaGandhi]], ofSanjay's the INCbrother, won the by-election and represented the constituency in the [[TenthSeventh Lok Sabha]].<ref name=rajiv1/><ref name=bye/>
{{Election box begin | title=19911981 By-election: [[Amethi]]<ref name=bye>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls|title=Details of Lok Sabha By- Elections since 1952|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=24 September 2014|format=Excel}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[SatishRajiv SharmaGandhi]]
|votes = 178258,996884
|percentage = 5384.8818
|change = +027.6507
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Sharad Yadav]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidateparty =M. M.Lok SinghDal
|votes = 7921,687188
|percentage = 236.9989
|change = +2.64''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = R. Singh
|votes = 47,033
|percentage = 14.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 99237,309696
|percentage = 2977.8929
|change = &minus;1+38.9903
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 332307,195523
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loserswing = +27.07
}}
|swing = +0.65
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 19961980===
Satish[[Sanjay SharmaGandhi]] heldof the seatINC and representedwon the constituencyelection. He died in a plane crash later in the [[Eleventhyear, Lokforcing Sabha]]a by-election in 1981.<ref name=SS2sanjay/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[19961980 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=SS2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_96Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 19961980 to the EleventhSeventh Lok Sabha|page=423219|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071818350420140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_96Vol_I_LS_80.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[SatishSanjay SharmaGandhi]]
|votes = 157186,868990
|percentage = 3857.8111
|change = &minus;15+26.0764
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Ravindra Pratap Singh]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidateparty = RajaJanata Mohan SinghParty
|votes = 11758,725445
|percentage = 2817.9485
|change = +4&minus;42.9562
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|partycandidate = SamajwadiMohd. PartyIsa
|candidateparty = ChoudaryJanata Mohd.Party Isa(Secular)
|votes = 7941,285734
|percentage = 1912.4975
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = KarnandanMahavir Singh AkelaPrasad
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 1312,277295
|percentage = 3.2676
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Satya Narain Jaiswal
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 7,339
|percentage = 2.24
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 40128,143545
|percentage = 939.9726
|change = +13.26
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 426338,913531
|percentage = 3850.7110
|change = +1.51
}}
{{Election box holdgain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Janata Party
|swing = +5.33
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 1977===
[[Ravindra Pratap Singh]] of the [[Janata Party]] represented the constituency in the [[Sixth Lok Sabha]].<ref name=RPS/>
 
{{Election box begin | title=[[1977 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=RPS>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha|page=185|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
 
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Janata Party|candidate=[[Ravindra Pratap Singh]]|votes=176,410|percentage=60.47|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Sanjay Gandhi]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=100,566|percentage=34.47|change=&minus;27.66}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Abdul Wahid|party=Independent (politician)|votes=8,450|percentage=2.90|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Badri Narain|party=Independent (politician)|votes=6,306|percentage=2.16|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 75,844
|percentage = 26.00
|change = &minus;22.37
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=302,826|percentage=48.59|change=+18.54}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 19981971===
[[Sanjaya Sinh]] of the BJPBajpai wonheld the electionseat and represented the constituency in the [[TwelfthFifth Lok Sabha]].<ref name=singhVDB2/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[19981971 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=singhVDB2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998LS_1971/Vol_I_LS_98Vol_I_LS71.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 19981971 to the TwelfthFifth Lok Sabha|page=246181| publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071818183320140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998LS_1971/Vol_I_LS_98Vol_I_LS71.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = BharatiyaIndian JanataNational PartyCongress
|candidate = [[SanjayaVidya Sinh]]Dhar Bajpai
|votes = 20596,025312
|percentage = 3562.0813
|change = {{increase}}26.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|partycandidate = IndianGokul NationalPrasad CongressPathak
|party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
|candidate = [[Satish Sharma]]
|votes = 18121,755335
|percentage = 3113.1076
|change = {{decrease}}19.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mohd.Wast NaimNabvi
|party = BahujanIndian SamajNational PartyCongress (Organisation)
|votes = 15119,096051
|percentage = 2512.8529
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Kailash Nath Singh
|party = Bharatiya Kranti Dal
|votes = 11,787
|percentage = 7.60
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Basudev Shastri
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
|votes = 6,541
|percentage = 4.22
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 2374,270977
|percentage = 348.9837
|change = {{increase}}46.30
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 597160,556395
|percentage = 5330.7305
|change = {{decrease}}7.29
}}
{{Election box gainhold with party link|
|winner = BharatiyaIndian JanataNational PartyCongress
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{increase}}26.32
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===General election 19991967===
[[SoniaVidya Gandhi]],Dhar the wifeBajpaiofRajivthe Gandhi,INC won the first election andin represented1967 theand constituency in thebecame [[ThirteenthAmethi's Lokfirst Sabha]]MP.<ref name=soniaVDB/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[19991967 Indian general election]]: [[Amethi]]<ref name=VDB>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_99Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 19991967 to the ThirteenthFourth Lok Sabha|page=238168|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014071818322220140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_99Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref> }}
 
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[SoniaVidya GandhiDhar Bajpai]]
|votes = 41863,960231
|percentage = 6735.1281
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|partycandidate = BharatiyaGokul JanataPrasad PartyPathak
|party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
|candidate = [[Sanjaya Sinh]]
|votes = 11859,948566
|percentage = 1933.0674
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = ParasA. Nath MauryaWahid
|party = BahujanIndependent Samaj Party(politician)
|votes = 3322,658333
|percentage = 912.4365
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = MohammadA. IsrarP. Pandey
|party = IndependentSamyukta (politician)Socialist Party
|votes = 717,098213
|percentage = 29.7975
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = R. H. Singh
|party = Swatantra Party
|votes = 9,883
|percentage = 5.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 3003,012665
|percentage = 482.0607
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 638188,178666
|percentage = 5737.4634
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box gainnew withseat party linkwin|
|winner = Indian National Congress
}}
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 

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