Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)
Amethi Lok Sabha constituency is in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It covers the entire Amethi district and was created in 1967. The seat has almost always been held by the Indian National Congress (INC), save for a half-dozen years in the late 1970s and late 1990s. Rahul Gandhi held the seat for the longest period, from 2004 to 2019, and the seat had also been held by his mother, father, and uncle. Its first member of parliament (MP) was Vidya Dhar Bajpai of INC, who was reelected 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. He died in a plane crash later that year, and a 1981 by-election was won by his brother, Rajiv Gandhi. Gandhi represented the constituency until 1991, when he was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The by-election held that year was won by Satish Sharma of the INC, who was reelected in 1996. Sanjay Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated Sharma in the 1998 election. The wife of Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia  Gandhi, then represented the constituency from 1999 to 2004. She was succeeded by her son Rahul Gandhi. Amethi has thus been represented by four members of the Nehru–Gandhi family. However, this safe congress bastion was breached by Smriti Irani of BJP in 2019 general elections. Vidhan Sabha segments. Presently, Amethi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Tiloi, Salon, Jagdishpur, Gauriganj and Amethi. This constituency is surrounded by Bara Banki and Faizabad in the north, Rae Bareli to the west, Sultanpur to the east and Pratapgarh to the south. Members of Lok Sabha. Keys: Election results . General election 1967. Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the INC won the first election in 1967 and became Amethi's first MP. General election 1971. Bajpai held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifth Lok Sabha. General election 1977. Ravindra Pratap Singh of the Janata Party represented the constituency in the Sixth Lok Sabha. General election 1980. Sanjay Gandhi of the INC won the election, but he died in a plane crash later in the year forcing a by-election in 1981. By-election 1981. Rajiv Gandhi, Sanjay's brother, won the by-election and represented the constituency in  the Seventh Lok Sabha. General election 1984. Rajiv Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Eighth Lok Sabha. He was challenged by his sister-in-law Maneka Gandhi. General election 1989. Rajiv Gandhi won a third term in the election and represented the constituency in the Ninth Lok Sabha. He was challenged by Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. General election 1991. Rajiv Gandhi won the election, but he was assassinated on 21 May 1991 a few days after the polling in Amethi and even before other rounds of polling were completed. 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. By-election 1991. Satish Sharma of the INC won the election and represented the constituency in the Ninth Lok Sabha. General election 1996. Satish Sharma held the seat and represented the constituency in the Tenth Lok Sabha. General election 1998. Sanjay Singh of the BJP won the election and represented the constituency in the Eleventh Lok Sabha. General election 1999. Sonia Gandhi, the wife of Rajiv Gandhi, won the election and represented the constituency  in the Thirteenth Lok Sabha. General election 2004. Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi's son, won the seat and represented the constituency in the Fourteenth Lok Sabha. General election 2009. Rahul Gandhi held the seat and represented the constituency in the Fifteenth Lok Sabha. General election 2014. Rahul Gandhi won a third term as MP in the Sixteenth Lok Sabha. General election 2019. Smriti Irani from the BJP won in the Seventeenth Lok Sabha.