Raebareli Lok Sabha Constituency: Rahul Gandhi enters the fray against BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh and BSP’s Thakur Prasad Yadav

Raebareli Lok Sabha has served as a castle for the Indian National Congress as they have won 17 of the 20 Lok Sabha elections contested on this seat (Including three by-polls).

Raebareli Results 2024, Rahul Gandhi vs Dinesh Pratap Singh vs Thakur Prasad Yadav: Find out who won from the Raebareli Lok Sabha 2024 Elections: Rahul Gandhi (INC), Dinesh Pratap Singh (BJP) and Thakur Prasad Yadav (BSP) (L-R)

Raebareli Lok Sabha Constituency: Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh is one of the most historic seats in the history of parliamentary elections as it has been the stronghold of several important names of Indian politics, such as Indira Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Feroz Gandhi, etc. Established in 1952, Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency is comprised of five Vidhan Sabha seats, including Bachhrawan, Harchandpur, Rae Bareli, Sareni and Unchahar.

Raebareli Lok Sabha has served as a castle for the Congress as they have won 17 of the 20 Lok Sabha elections contested on this seat (including three by-polls). One of the most influential prime ministers in the country, Smt. Indira Gandhi also held this seat as her stronghold for almost a decade. However, the most successful leader from this seat is the former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, who won the last five Lok Sabha elections one after another from this seat (Including 2006 by-polls).

However, when Raebareli opens its EVMs and ballot boxes for the 18th Lok Sabha elections in phase five, it will be on Monday, May 20, 2024, it will host new faces as its Lok Sabha candidates, as after being elected to the Rajya Sabha, the sitting MP Sonia Gandhi has decided not to contest the Lok Sabha elections this time around. Instead of Sonia, Congress has fielded Rahul Gandhi as their candidate from Raebareli Lok Sabha in the hope of getting assistance from the Gandhi family’s domination of this seat. Dinesh Pratap Singh and Thakur Prasad Yadav are the BJP and BSP candidates, respectively.

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Rahul Gandhi (Congress)

Rahul Gandhi, INC (Source: X/@RahulGandhi)

After the former Congress chief and the five-time sitting MP from Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency, Sonia Gandhi, announced that she will not be contesting the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, the suspense over who will secure the candidature from this seat started to swirl around. However, ending the speculations, Congress finally announced that Sonia Gandhi’s son and the allegedly Congress’s PM face for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi, will be their Lok Sabha candidate from Raebareli. Notably, Rahul is a sitting MP from Kerela’s Wayanad seat and is also contesting in 2024 from the same, making his candidature from Raebareli his second in the same elections.

Dinesh Pratap Singh (BJP)

Dinesh Pratap Singh, BJP (Source: X/@RBLDineshSingh)

BJP, in the castle of Congress, announced three-time MLA and former Congress member Dinesh Pratap Singh as their Lok Sabha candidate. Singh has won the Vidhan Sabha elections of Uttar Pradesh three times, twice on INC’s ticket (2010 and 2016) and once on BJP’s ticket (2022). Singh also contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Raebareli but finished second to the eventual winner, Sonia Gandhi.

Thakur Prasad Yadav (BSP)

Thakur Prasad Yadav, BSP (Source: Instagram/@thakurprasadbsp)

Bahujan Samaj Party, being the only party to be contesting on all the Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh on its own in the 2024 General elections, announced the name of Thakur Prasad Yadav as their Lok Sabha candidate from Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency. Thakur has earlier unsuccessfully contested the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections in 2017 and 2022. This will be Yadav’s first attempt at the lower house of the Indian Parliament.

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