| Type: | LS |
| Rae Bareli | |
| Established: | 1952–present |
| Mp: | Rahul Gandhi |
| Incumbent Image: | Rahul Gandhi 2022.jpg |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| Preceded By: | Sonia Gandhi |
| State: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Assembly Cons: | Bachhrawan Harchandpur Rae Bareli Sareni Unchahar |
| Reservation: | None |
Rae Bareli is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is considered to be a bastion of the Indian National Congress. From 1967 to 1977, the seat was held by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and from 2004 until her appointment to the Rajya Sabha in 2024, by Sonia Gandhi.
The constituency has an electorate of 9.59 lakhs in 2019 of which nearly 30% belongs to Scheduled Castes, 12% Muslims, 11% Brahmins, 11% Rajputs, 9% Yadavs.[1]
Presently, Rae Bareli comprises five Assembly (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[2]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Bachhrawan (SC) | Raebareli | Shyam Sunder | ||||
| 179 | Harchandpur | Rahul Rajput | |||||
| 180 | Rae Bareli | Aditi Singh | |||||
| 182 | Sareni | Devendra Pratap Singh | |||||
| 183 | Unchahar | Manoj Pandey | |||||
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Feroze Gandhi | [3] | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1960^ | R P Singh | ||
| 1962 | Baijnath Kureel | ||
| 1967 | |||
| 1971 | |||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indira Gandhi | ||
| 1980^ | Arun Nehru | ||
| 1984 | |||
| 1989 | Sheila Kaul | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Ashok Singh | ||
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | Satish Sharma | ||
| 2004 | Sonia Gandhi | ||
| 2006^ | |||
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | |||
Gandhi was also elected from Medak. She retained her seat in Medak and resigned from Rae Bareli.
This time the incumbent Prime minister Indira Gandhi lost to her opponent, the only such instance to date.