Raebareli Lok Sabha Result: Rahul Gandhi Defends Mother Sonia's Fort, Trounces BJP's Dinesh Singh

Lok Sabha Election Results: Raebareli, one of the prominent seats among the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, witnessed a fierce contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.

Lok Sabha Elections Results: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi registered a thumping victory from the Raebareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's Dinesh Pratap by a margin of 3.9 lakh votes.

Raebareli, one of the prominent seats among the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, witnessed a fierce contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. Besides the saffron party and the Congress, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has also fielded Thakur Prasad Yadav.

The Raebareli Lok Sabha seat, a Congress bastion, has always been crucial in the political landscape of Uttar Pradesh, as this is one of the two seats that the grand old party did not lose even in the "Modi wave" during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls when the BJP vested powers from Congress. 

Looking back in the history of Rae BareliFeroze Gandhi fought from Rae Bareli in the country's first Lok Sabha elections. Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat has been the bastion of the Nehru-Gandhi family. 

The Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency has sent key Congress leaders from Feroze Gandhi to Indira Gandhi, Arun Nehru, and Sonia Gandhi to the parliament. The grand old party has fielded Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli as Sonia Gandhi has become a member of the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.