Amethi, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Smriti Irani (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 55,120 votes over Rahul Gandhi. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1967	V. D. Bajpai	Indian National Congress	63,231	35.8%	G. Prasad (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)	3,665 (2.1 pts)
1971	Vidya Dhar Bajpai	Indian National Congress	96,312	62.1%	Gokul Prasad Pathak (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)	74,977 (48.4 pts)
1977	Ravindra Pratap Singh	Bharatiya Lok Dal	176,410	60.5%	Sanjay Gandhi (Indian National Congress)	75,844 (26.0 pts)
1980	Sanjay Gandhi	Congress (I)	186,990	57.1%	Ravindra Pratap Singh (Janata Party)	128,545 (39.3 pts)
1984	Rajiv Gandhi	Indian National Congress	365,041	83.7%	Maneka Gandhi (Independent)	314,878 (72.2 pts)
1989	Rajiv Gandhi	Indian National Congress	271,407	67.4%	Raj Mohan Gandhi (Janata Dal)	202,138 (50.2 pts)
1991	Rajiv Gandhi	Indian National Congress	187,138	53.2%	Ravindra Pratap (Bharatiya Janata Party)	112,085 (31.9 pts)
1996	Satish Sharma	Indian National Congress	157,868	38.8%	Raja Mohan Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)	40,143 (9.9 pts)
1998	Sanjay Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	205,025	35.1%	Captain Satish Sharma (Indian National Congress)	23,270 (4.0 pts)
1999	Sonia Gandhi	Indian National Congress	418,960	67.1%	Dr.Sanjai Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)	300,012 (48.1 pts)
2004	Rahul Gandhi	Indian National Congress	390,179	66.2%	Chandra Parkash Mishra Matiyari (Bahujan Samaj Party)	290,853 (49.3 pts)
2009	Rahul Gandhi	Indian National Congress	464,195	71.8%	Asheesh Shukla (Bahujan Samaj Party)	370,198 (57.2 pts)
2014	Rahul Gandhi	Indian National Congress	408,651	46.7%	Smriti Zubin Irani (Bharatiya Janata Party)	107,903 (12.3 pts)
2019	Smriti Irani	Bharatiya Janata Party	468,514	49.9%	Rahul Gandhi (Indian National Congress)	55,120 (5.9 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
V. D. Bajpai	Indian National Congress	63,231	35.8%
G. Prasad	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	59,566	33.7%
A. Wahid	Independent	22,333	12.6%
A. P. Pandey	Samyukta Socialist Party	17,213	9.7%
R. H. Singh	Swatantra Party	9,883	5.6%
V. Jhunjhunwala	Independent	4,334	2.5%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Vidya Dhar Bajpai	Indian National Congress	96,312	62.1%
Gokul Prasad Pathak	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	21,335	13.8%
Wast Nabvi	Congress (O)	19,051	12.3%
Kailash Nath Singh	BKD	11,787	7.6%
Basudev Shashtri	RRP	6,541	4.2%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ravindra Pratap Singh	Bharatiya Lok Dal	176,410	60.5%
Sanjay Gandhi	Indian National Congress	100,566	34.5%
Abdul Wahid	Independent	8,450	2.9%
Badri Narain	Independent	6,306	2.2%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sanjay Gandhi	Congress (I)	186,990	57.1%
Ravindra Pratap Singh	Janata Party	58,445	17.9%
Mohd. Isa	Janata Party (Secular)	41,734	12.7%
Mahavir Prasad	Independent	12,295	3.8%
Satya Narain Jaiswal	Independent	7,339	2.2%
Ram Dulare Yadav	Independent	5,320	1.6%
Chodhari Mohd. Halim Biriwala	Independent	3,311	1.0%
Munna Jaiswal	Independent	3,048	0.9%
Tarkeshwar Prasad	Independent	2,743	0.8%
Babu Lal Yadav	Independent	2,464	0.8%
Abdul Majid	Independent	1,969	0.6%
Paras Nath Gupta	Independent	1,755	0.5%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rajiv Gandhi	Indian National Congress	365,041	83.7%
Maneka Gandhi	Independent	50,163	11.5%
Atam Prakash	Independent	2,975	0.7%
Kunwar Brijesh Singh	DDP	2,002	0.5%
Mahendra Kumar	Independent	1,768	0.4%
Naseeb	Independent	1,417	0.3%
Mahadeo	Independent	1,356	0.3%
Jhallar	Independent	1,220	0.3%
Ram Chander	Independent	894	0.2%
Bansh Gopal	Independent	816	0.2%
Kalika Din	Independent	697	0.2%
Mohd. Yaqub	Independent	684	0.2%
Dharti Pakar Madan Lal	Independent	595	0.1%
Angad Sharan	Independent	581	0.1%
P. Nalla Thampithera	Independent	539	0.1%
Bhathoohi	Independent	482	0.1%
Sant Ram	Independent	465	0.1%
Ram Das	Independent	462	0.1%
Ali Singhani Bhagwan Singh	Independent	437	0.1%
S.R. Puri Kishankindha Puri Swamiji	Independent	413	0.1%
Mangal	Independent	409	0.1%
Lal Bahadur	Independent	360	0.1%
Uma Shanker	Independent	347	0.1%
Tahsildar Singh	Independent	346	0.1%
Onkar Nath Arya Bandematram	Independent	331	0.1%
Shivanna	Independent	308	0.1%
Mangroo Ram	Independent	294	0.1%
Shamim Ahmad	Independent	244	0.1%
Ajai Chaturvedi	Independent	221	0.1%
Yogendra Nath	Independent	200	0.0%
Bhagwati Pd. Dixit	Independent	196	0.0%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rajiv Gandhi	Indian National Congress	271,407	67.4%
Raj Mohan Gandhi	Janata Dal	69,269	17.2%
Kanshi Ram	Bahujan Samaj Party	25,400	6.3%
Ayal Singhani Bhagwan Das	Independent	3,440	0.9%
Mayankar Paraveen Shanker	Independent	3,202	0.8%
Anand Kumar Singh	DDP	2,937	0.7%
Prabhakar Rao Chauhan	Independent	2,156	0.5%
Bhawani Pher	Independent	1,242	0.3%
Dharti Pakar Madan Lal	Independent	1,095	0.3%
Rajender Prasad	Independent	1,071	0.3%
Atam Prakash	Independent	1,014	0.3%
Bela Ram Chavhan	Independent	997	0.2%
Yogendra Nath	Independent	971	0.2%
Raj Dhari	Independent	947	0.2%
Bhagwati Prasad	Independent	931	0.2%
Nagarmal Bajauria	Independent	919	0.2%
Naseeb	Independent	914	0.2%
Lal Chand	Independent	810	0.2%
Kasturi Lal	Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh	803	0.2%
Kaka Joginder Singh Alias Dharti Pakar	Independent	799	0.2%
Rajendra Singh	Independent	788	0.2%
Hausila	Independent	747	0.2%
Budhan Ram	Independent	689	0.2%
Ramesh Paramhans	Independent	682	0.2%
Raja Ram S/O Dulare	Independent	678	0.2%
Ahmad	Independent	663	0.2%
Jagdanand Jha	Independent	613	0.2%
Raj Rani	Independent	587	0.1%
Kamred Islam Ullah	Independent	565	0.1%
Bansh Gopal	Independent	542	0.1%
Parma Nand	Independent	491	0.1%
Ram Chandra Singh	Independent	448	0.1%
Ayodhiya	Independent	410	0.1%
Raja Ram S/O Brij Mohan	Independent	402	0.1%
Ram Baran	Independent	400	0.1%
Narian Dass	Independent	397	0.1%
Tej Pal	Independent	376	0.1%
Veerappa Gaunder	Independent	359	0.1%
Raja Ram S/O Ram Harakh	Independent	357	0.1%
Lal Behari	Independent	349	0.1%
Lallan	Independent	316	0.1%
Krishan Kumar	Independent	296	0.1%
Nazir Ahmad	Independent	247	0.1%
Swami Dayal	Independent	240	0.1%
Ved Narain Tripathi	Independent	200	0.0%
Harish Chandra Sharma	Independent	176	0.0%
Sheo Prasad Agarwal	Independent	158	0.0%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rajiv Gandhi	Indian National Congress	187,138	53.2%
Ravindra Pratap	Bharatiya Janata Party	75,053	21.3%
Naeem	Janata Dal	54,680	15.6%
Vans Raj	Independent	1,991	0.6%
Sukh Deo	Independent	1,908	0.5%
Ratan	Independent	1,760	0.5%
Awadh Behari Dass	Independent	1,694	0.5%
Tug Nath	Independent	1,570	0.4%
Anjum Zafri	Independent	1,484	0.4%
Deepak Rai	Independent	1,415	0.4%
Mohd. Ayub	Independent	1,395	0.4%
Ramesh Param Hans	Independent	1,333	0.4%
Ashok Kumar	Independent	1,295	0.4%
Islam Uljah	Independent	1,169	0.3%
Abhimanu Kumar Tewari	Independent	1,102	0.3%
Babu Lal	Independent	1,053	0.3%
A. Gaffar	Independent	1,040	0.3%
Chhitai	Independent	1,008	0.3%
Kutta Dharti Pakar Madanlal	Independent	875	0.2%
Shri Ram	Independent	754	0.2%
Ram Sunder S/O Girdhari	Independent	748	0.2%
Ram Samujh Singh	DDP	742	0.2%
Nagarmal Bajoria	Independent	724	0.2%
Bamil Husain	Independent	715	0.2%
K.C. Shivanna	Independent	713	0.2%
Raja Ram	Independent	702	0.2%
Krishna Dutt	Independent	657	0.2%
Ved Narayan Tripathi	Independent	657	0.2%
Kedar Nath	Independent	650	0.2%
Govind	Independent	637	0.2%
Ram Tilak	Independent	628	0.2%
Rajendera Singh	Independent	550	0.2%
Ahmed Qadir	Independent	545	0.2%
Hotte Pakcha Rangaswami Alias S.R. Puri	Independent	533	0.2%
Sahbuddin	Independent	522	0.1%
Ram Sunder S/O Ram Prasad	Independent	509	0.1%
Ayodhya Prasad Tripathi	Independent	439	0.1%
Gajnafar Agha	Independent	422	0.1%
Sita Ram Sahu	Independent	202	0.1%
Javed Farroq	Independent	200	0.1%
V.T.R. Veerappa Gaunder	Independent	175	0.0%
Ram Narain Sashtri	Independent	161	0.0%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Satish Sharma	Indian National Congress	157,868	38.8%
Raja Mohan Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	117,725	28.9%
Choudary Mohd. Isa	Bahujan Samaj Party	79,285	19.5%
Karnandan Singh Akela	Independent	13,277	3.3%
Ram Pratap Singh	Independent	4,947	1.2%
Vishweswar Patel	AD	2,996	0.7%
Ram Bux	Independent	2,912	0.7%
Ram Tilak	Independent	2,533	0.6%
Rahmat Ali	Independent	2,510	0.6%
Ram Prakash	Independent	1,945	0.5%
Shivnarayan Mishra	AIIC(T)	1,606	0.4%
Brijlal	Independent	1,409	0.3%
Ram Asre	Independent	1,328	0.3%
Garima Shah	Independent	1,009	0.2%
Dujendra Pratap	Independent	968	0.2%
Afjal Khan	Independent	947	0.2%
Triveni Prasad	Independent	814	0.2%
Mohd. Basheer	Independent	762	0.2%
Ravindra Nath Mishra	Independent	742	0.2%
Ram Bahadur Singh	Independent	703	0.2%
Vasdev	Independent	678	0.2%
Jaiprakash	Independent	673	0.2%
Housila Prasad	Independent	667	0.2%
Shiv Prasad	Independent	599	0.1%
Mohd. Mukhtar Khan	Independent	571	0.1%
Ayodhya Prasad	Independent	559	0.1%
Shivharakh	Independent	539	0.1%
Ijasrat Rasool	Independent	503	0.1%
Naseem	Independent	445	0.1%
Shilendra Mishra	Independent	445	0.1%
Dadan Bahadur	Independent	421	0.1%
Krishna Kumar	Independent	412	0.1%
Ram Prasad	Independent	367	0.1%
Ram Milan	Independent	361	0.1%
Hussain Musa	Independent	346	0.1%
Rajendra Singh	Independent	339	0.1%
Ajay Kumar	Independent	311	0.1%
Jamil Ahmed Khan	Independent	286	0.1%
Ramesur	Independent	265	0.1%
Om Prakash	Independent	256	0.1%
Hari Narayan	Independent	247	0.1%
Rajaram	Independent	240	0.1%
Kashi Parasad	Independent	235	0.1%
Sahoori	Independent	227	0.1%
Chandra Bhan Singh	Independent	201	0.0%
Tungnath	Independent	176	0.0%
Ram Abhilakh	Independent	144	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sanjay Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	205,025	35.1%
Captain Satish Sharma	Indian National Congress	181,755	31.1%
Mohd. Naim	Bahujan Samaj Party	151,096	25.9%
Shiv Prasad	Samajwadi Party	29,888	5.1%
Chote Lal Maurya	AD	3,946	0.7%
Harivansh Bahadur	Independent	2,558	0.4%
Ram Kishor Singh	Independent	2,148	0.4%
Rajendra	Independent	1,962	0.3%
Jhagru	Independent	1,845	0.3%
Ram Yash	Independent	1,464	0.3%
Muthura	Independent	1,259	0.2%
Krishna Datt	Independent	997	0.2%
Raghvendra Pratap Singh	Independent	565	0.1%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sonia Gandhi	Indian National Congress	418,960	67.1%
Dr.Sanjai Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	118,948	19.1%
Paras Nath Maurya	Bahujan Samaj Party	33,658	5.4%
Kamarujjama Fauzi	Samajwadi Party	16,678	2.7%
Mo. Israr	Independent	7,098	1.1%
Sanjai	Independent	4,600	0.7%
Ashwini	Independent	2,690	0.4%
Ram Tirath	Independent	2,526	0.4%
Ravindra Pratap	Independent	1,805	0.3%
Mabood	AD	1,761	0.3%
Karan Prasad	Independent	1,757	0.3%
Krishna Kumar Mishra	Independent	1,640	0.3%
Mo. Sabir	Independent	1,485	0.2%
Ram Kumar	ASP	1,441	0.2%
Akhilesh	Independent	1,092	0.2%
Mathura	Independent	962	0.2%
Shailendra Kumar	Independent	921	0.1%
Raghvendra Pratap Singh	Independent	906	0.1%
Mo. Tahir	AJBP	833	0.1%
Hari Shanker Jain	Independent	810	0.1%
Karuna Shanker	Independent	783	0.1%
Ram Newal Alis Ram Navel	Independent	723	0.1%
Shambhoo Dayal	Independent	722	0.1%
Udai Raj	Independent	469	0.1%
Tej Bahadur Singh\	Independent	361	0.1%
Hari Krishna Lal	Independent	294	0.0%
Hari Bansh Bahadur	Independent	249	0.0%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rahul Gandhi	Indian National Congress	390,179	66.2%
Chandra Parkash Mishra Matiyari	Bahujan Samaj Party	99,326	16.8%
Ram Vilashdas Vedanti	Bharatiya Janata Party	55,438	9.4%
Shri Ram	Independent	12,320	2.1%
Udai Raj Maurya Satyapathi Ji	AD	11,280	1.9%
Shashilesh	Independent	4,859	0.8%
Shyam Lal	Independent	3,837	0.7%
Mohd Sabir Khan	RSBP	3,229	0.5%
Ram Dulare	Independent	2,615	0.4%
Radhay Shyam	Independent	2,539	0.4%
Rajesh Kumar Rawqt	Independent	2,124	0.4%
Jiya Lal	Independent	1,850	0.3%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rahul Gandhi	Indian National Congress	464,195	71.8%
Asheesh Shukla	Bahujan Samaj Party	93,997	14.5%
Pradeep Kumar Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	37,570	5.8%
Bhuwal	JPS	10,396	1.6%
Swami Nath	Independent	9,642	1.5%
Ramesh Chandra	Independent	6,670	1.0%
Meet Singh	Independent	4,413	0.7%
Mohd.Hasan Lahari	BRPP	3,789	0.6%
Ram Shanker	Independent	3,498	0.5%
Dilip	Independent	2,366	0.4%
Mihilal	Independent	2,283	0.4%
Sunita	MAP	1,816	0.3%
Omkar	Independent	1,705	0.3%
Aavid Hussain	Independent	1,501	0.2%
Kapil Deo	Independent	1,419	0.2%
Suryabhan Maurya	RASD	1,390	0.2%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rahul Gandhi	Indian National Congress	408,651	46.7%
Smriti Zubin Irani	Bharatiya Janata Party	300,748	34.4%
Dharmendra Pratap Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party	57,716	6.6%
Dr. Kumar Vishvas	Aam Aadmi Party	25,527	2.9%
Vedpal Shasatri	VIP	6,464	0.7%
Ramesh Chandra	Independent	6,422	0.7%
Swaminath	Independent	5,537	0.6%
Gopal Swaroop Gandhi	KMBS	5,467	0.6%
Tulsiram	Independent	4,884	0.6%
Mohd Hasan Lahri	QED	4,457	0.5%
Chhaya Singh	All India Trinamool Congress	4,109	0.5%
Umakant	Independent	3,305	0.4%
Lal Bahadur	Independent	2,845	0.3%
Mithilesh Kumari	Independent	2,726	0.3%
Vasdeo	CPI(ML)RS	2,546	0.3%
Girija Baks	Independent	2,454	0.3%
Ram Sajiwan	Independent	2,384	0.3%
Dwarika Prasad	Independent	2,345	0.3%
Shiv Kumar	Independent	2,289	0.3%
Jitendra Singh	Independent	2,201	0.3%
Ramsiddh Yadav	MSP	2,189	0.3%
C L Maurya	Praja Socialist Party	1,871	0.2%
None Of The Above	Independent	1,784	0.2%
Radhe Mohan	SSRD	1,753	0.2%
Babu Lal	BMP	1,617	0.2%
Ram Asrey	RMP	1,572	0.2%
Zahida Begam	PP	1,387	0.2%
Gangesh Kumar Gupta	Independent	1,307	0.1%
Bhagwan Deen	Independent	1,299	0.1%
Naresh Singh Bhadauriya	Independent	1,255	0.1%
Sonam Kinnar	Independent	1,252	0.1%
Ram Newaj	PMSP	1,140	0.1%
Ravi Kumar	MBCOI	1,064	0.1%
Jagat Singh Chaudhary	Independent	1,043	0.1%
Sanjay Kumar	Independent	1,015	0.1%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Smriti Irani	Bharatiya Janata Party	468,514	49.9%
Rahul Gandhi	Indian National Congress	413,394	44.0%
Dhurv Lal	Independent	7,816	0.8%
Afajal Varis	BMP	6,183	0.7%
Ram Sajiwan	Independent	5,616	0.6%
Dinesh Kumar	Independent	4,301	0.5%
Bhagwandeen	Independent	3,860	0.4%
Gopal Prasad	Independent	3,177	0.3%
Ram Sidh Yadav	MSP	3,055	0.3%
Lal Babu	Independent	2,318	0.2%
Harun Rasheed	Independent	2,085	0.2%
Shiv Nandan Singh	BSKP	1,948	0.2%
Prem Shankar	MAP	1,729	0.2%
Shatrunjai Pratap Singh	LGP	1,716	0.2%
Hemant Kumar	Independent	1,580	0.2%
Gopal Swaroop Gandhi	KMBS	1,574	0.2%
Mo. Hasan Lahari	Independent	1,224	0.1%
Ram Milan	RAD	1,144	0.1%
Pankaj Ramkumar Sing	ARP	1,057	0.1%
Vipin Yadav	Independent	1,039	0.1%
Bas Deo Maurya	CPI(ML)RS	988	0.1%
Durgesh Singh	BPP	958	0.1%
Nathu Ram	JP(S)	847	0.1%
Suresh Kumar Shukla	Independent	779	0.1%
Saritha S. Nair	Independent	569	0.1%
Dr. U.P. Shivananda	Independent	547	0.1%
Shiv Kumar	Independent	495	0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

Trend

Amethi has been contested at 14 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Smriti Irani (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 with 468,514 votes (49.9%), a margin of 55,120 votes over Rahul Gandhi.

Which parties have won Amethi since 1967?

Since 1967, Amethi has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Amethi?

The closest result on record for Amethi was 1967, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Jana Sangh by just 3,665 votes (2.1 percentage points).