Lok Sabha elections 2024: Elections are intriguing – particularly when it’s between members of the identical household. In the 1984 Lok Sabha elections, it was Rajiv Gandhi vs his sister-in-law Maneka Gandhi from Amethi constituency — a Gandhi household bastion.
While Rajiv Gandhi contested on a Congress ticket, Maneka Gandhi was in opposition to the previous Prime Minister as an impartial. While Rajiv Gandhi obtained 3,65,041 votes with 83.67 per cent, Maneka obtained simply 11.50 per cent vote share and garnered 50,163 votes.
Sanjay Gandhi was the primary to contest elections from Amethi which he misplaced in 1977 following an anti-Emergency wave. It was additionally the primary time that a Gandhi member of the family misplaced from this constituency. Interestingly, in 1980, for the primary time, it was once more Sanjay Gandhi, the primary from the Nehru-Gandhi household, who gained elections from Amethi. After his dying, Rajiv Gandhi gained the Lok Sabha elections from this seat three consecutive occasions – 1984, 1989 and 1991.
Third era Gandhis
Rahul Gandhi, who was elected 3 times consecutively from the constituency in 2004, 2009 and 2014, misplaced in 2019 by over 55,000 votes. If Congress’ native leaders and turncoats’ opinions are to be taken into consideration, the obvious lack of curiosity of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi in 2019 went in enormous favour of BJP’s Smriti Irani who wrestled the seat from the Gandhi household.
If experiences are to be believed, this time too the probabilities of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi to contest from Amethi and Rebareli is unlikely.
