Hold Your Breath. In Amethi, It’s a Neck and Neck Fight Between Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani
As Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani battle it out in Amethi, the results could be the biggest shocker in Lok Sabha 2019.
File Image of Congress President Rahul Gandhi. (PTI)
Amethi Lok Sabha Results 2019: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is fighting a tough battle in Amethi, his constituency in Uttar Pradesh since 2004. The constituency is witnessing a see-saw battle between Gandhi scion and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Smriti Irani.
In a close contest, Irani is leading by only 6,000 votes. So far, Gandhi has received 28,377 votes, while the Union minister has won 34, 667 votes.
Amethi, largely a rural constituency around 130 km from UP capital Lucknow, features one of the most watched battles in this national election. Smriti Irani campaigned aggressively in Amethi, where she had contested and lost to Rahul Gandhi in 2014 but had managed to reduce his winning margin to one lakh. She kept visiting the constituency regularly and launched central schemes there. She also caused Rahul Gandhi of neglecting his constituency.
During his election campaign, the Congress president visited Amethi six times. His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also campaigned in Amethi.
A Congress stronghold Amethi has remained with the Gandhi family for decades. The Congress has not lost the seat in the last three decades, except in 1998.
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In a close contest, Irani is leading by only 6,000 votes. So far, Gandhi has received 28,377 votes, while the Union minister has won 34, 667 votes.
Amethi, largely a rural constituency around 130 km from UP capital Lucknow, features one of the most watched battles in this national election. Smriti Irani campaigned aggressively in Amethi, where she had contested and lost to Rahul Gandhi in 2014 but had managed to reduce his winning margin to one lakh. She kept visiting the constituency regularly and launched central schemes there. She also caused Rahul Gandhi of neglecting his constituency.
During his election campaign, the Congress president visited Amethi six times. His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also campaigned in Amethi.
A Congress stronghold Amethi has remained with the Gandhi family for decades. The Congress has not lost the seat in the last three decades, except in 1998.
(Get detailed and live results of each and every seat in the Lok Sabha elections and state Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim to know which candidate/party is leading or trailing and to know who has won and who has lost and by what margin. Our one-of-its-kind Election Analytics Centre lets you don a psephologist’s hat and turn into an election expert. Know interesting facts and trivia about the elections and see our informative graphics. Elections = News18)