Irani took on Gandhi for the second time in the Congress bastion, after an unsuccessful bid in 2014.
Union Minister Smriti Irani, a TV actress-turned-politician, who polled more than 3 lakh votes in 2014 Lok Sabha, narrowing the victory margin of Rahul Gandhi to one lakh, is again trying her luck against the Congress president. This is the second time Irani is taking on Gandhi in the Congress bastion, after an unsuccessful bid in 2014. She has continuously raised the issue of Congress allegedly overlooking the constituents in Amethi.
For this election, the BJP sent its top leaders, including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, to campaign in Amethi, which has remained with the Congress except in 1977 and 1998.
The constituency went to polls in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election on May 6.
Election Results 2019: Follow live updates here
Final result: Smriti Irani (BSP) - 468514 (49.71%), Rahul Gandhi (Congress) - 413394 (43.86%)
17:40 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Smriti Irani (BJP) - 265792 (49.37), Rahul Gandhi (Congress) - 237749 (44.16%)
17:04 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Rahul Gandhi (Congress) - 210923 (44.7%), Smriti Irani (BJP) - 230620 (48.87%)
16:15 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Rahul Gandhi (Congress)- 185968 (44.51%), Smriti Irani (BJP) - 204857 (49.03%)
16:08 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Rahul Gandhi (Congress) - 170883 (44.55%), Smriti Irani (NJP) - 187811 (48.97%)
15:07 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Rahul Gandhi (Congress) - 133834 (44.47%), Smriti Irani (BJP) - 147306 (48.95%)
14:28 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Rahul Gandhi (Congress) - 94732 (44.44%), Smriti Irani (BJP) - 104498 (49.02%)
12:57 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Smriti Irani- 62524 (47.65%), Rahul Gandhi- 59836 (45.61%)
11:43 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Smriti Irani- 40678 (49.85), Rahul Gandhi-35249 (43.2%)
11:20 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Rahul Gandhi trails behind Smriti Irani in Amethi (Smriti Irani- 37997 - 51.77%, Rahul Gandhi- 30359-41.36%)
10:33 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Rahul Gandhi trails behind Smriti Irani in Amethi (Smriti Irani- 11143, Rahul Gandhi- 9212)
10:10 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Rahul Gandhi- 4723, Smriti Irani- 2944
8:40 IST Thursday, 23 May 2019: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is trailing behind BJP's Smriti Irani in Amethi
Constituency profile
Amethi Lok Sabha seat, one of the 80 in Uttar Pradesh, is being closely watched this election. The constituency, a Congress bastion from where a win for party president Rahul Gandhi was a sure shot, became a difficult battle for him this time.
Irani, who is actively campaigning in Amethi and claims to have a lot of work done in the constituency even without being the MP, has attacked the Congress president as the "missing MP". Earlier this week, she said the Congress president has now become "a missing candidate as well" after remaining a "missing MP".
As Gandhi crisscrossed the country for campaigning, Priyanka Gandhi held the ground in Amethi, raising mostly local issues faced by the people.
The Amethi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five assembly segments: Tiloi, Salon, Jagdishpur, Gauriganj and Amethi.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: State Profile
In the last parliamentary elections in 2014, the BJP had won 71 seats in the state, securing 42.63 per cent of the votes. BJP ally Apna Dal bagged two more. The Samajwadi Party had won five seats with a vote share of 22.35 per cent. The BSP did not win any seat but secured 19.77 per cent votes. The Congress registered wins on two UP seats in 2014, bagging 7.53 per cent of the votes.
UP is facing a triangular battle between the BJP, the Congress and BSP-SP-RLD alliance. Under the alliance's seat-sharing formula, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting on 38 Lok Sabha seats of the total 80 seats, Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party on 37 seats and the Chaudhary Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on three seats. The alliance has left two for Congress' Sonia Gandhi (Rae Bareli) and Rahul Gandhi (Amethi).
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