Smriti Irani, Amethi Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Kishori Lal from Congress is currently in the lead with a margin of 55,974 votes. Smriti Irani of the BJP is in second place. Irani is vying to retain the seat in a close fight with the Gandhi family’s trusted lieutenant, Kishori Lal Sharma, in one of the most prestigious battles of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
Amethi’s fate was sealed during the fifth phase of the elections on May 20th, marked by a 54.40% voter turnout.
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In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress received its biggest jolt in Amethi, as Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi with 55,000 votes.
When Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opted to contest from Raebareli instead of Amethi, the decision reverberated in the political landscape. Smriti Irani, quick to seize the opportunity, declared that history had been made. However, Congress has fielded long-time Gandhi family loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma against Smriti Irani.
Smriti Irani’s controversies
During her tenure as HRD minister from 2014 to 2016, Smriti Irani was involved in several controversies. Opposition parties accused her of reading a pamphlet with derogatory remarks about Goddess Durga in parliament, a claim she vehemently denied, citing her devout worship of Durga.
Additionally, questions were raised about the consistency of her educational qualifications between her election affidavits in 2004 and 2014, further adding to the controversy surrounding her.
Her handling of the Rohith Vemula case, a Dalit PhD scholar who committed suicide at the University of Hyderabad, was widely criticised. The HRD Ministry’s alleged involvement, including sending reminders to the university’s Vice Chancellor regarding a complaint against Rohith, drew condemnation from the opposition.
More recently, Smriti Irani challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to a debate on the differences between the 10-year rule of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the BJP-led Modi government.
Despite the Hindu nationalist agenda spearheaded by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the state may not necessarily be completely aligned with the saffron ideology yet.
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Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: According to ECI, Kishori Lal of Congress is currently in the lead with a margin of 55,974votes
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: According to ECI, Kishori Lal of Congress is currently in the lead with a margin of 47,424 votes
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: According to ECI, the Samajwadi Party is leading on 35 seats, while BJP is in the second position with leads on 34 seats and Congress on 8.
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Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: According to ECI, Kishori Lal of Congress is currently in the lead with a margin of 45,905 votes
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Smriti Irani of the BJP is trailing with a margin of 4,4872 votes
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: BJP-led NDA leading on 293 seats. INDIA alliance leading on 228 seats.
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Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: KL Sharma of Congress leading from Amethi with a margin of 19,177 votes
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Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Party-wise vote share across the nation till now
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Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Inflation, road, unemployment, drinking water, lack of civic infrastructure, closer of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital and agriculture problems were the key issues during the Lok Sabha polls in Amethi, which is basically rural (95.7%) and having a religious composition of 81% Hindu and 19% Muslim
Congress’ Kishori Lal is leading in Amethi, says EC.
Smriti Irani trailing from Amethi Lok Sabha seat
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Amethi’s fate was sealed during the fifth phase of the elections on May 20th, marked by a 54.40% voter turnout.
Uttar Pradesh registered a 56.92% voter turnout in the seven phases of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a 2.19% decline compared to previous elections.
BJP candidate Smriti Irani leading from Amethi, reports India TV.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Amethi, traditionally a stronghold of the Indian National Congress, witnessed a significant political upset when Smriti Irani, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), secured a remarkable victory over then Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Irani’s victory margin exceeded 50,000 votes, marking a pivotal moment in Indian electoral history.
The counting of votes for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 begins. The fate of candidates on 542 of the 543 Parliamentary seats is being decided today. Postal ballot counting to begin first.
Amethi’s fate was sealed during the fifth phase of the elections on May 20th, marked by a 54.40% voter turnout.
Uttar Pradesh registered a 56.92% voter turnout in the seven phases of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a 2.19% decline compared to previous elections.
Smriti Irani had won the Amethi seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, defeating Congress Rahul Gandhi, who represented Amethi from 2004 until 2019.
Meanwhile, the Raebareli seat had earlier been held by Rahul’s mother Sonia Gandhi, his grandmother Indira Gandhi and his grandfather Feroze Gandhi. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi won the constituency, bagging 534,918 votes. Her closest rival, Dinesh Pratap Singh, put up a formidable challenge, gathering 367,740 votes.
This time, the Congress fielded Rahul Gandhi as a candidate from Raebareli and loyalist KL Sharma from Amethi, keeping Priyanka as well as her husband Robert Vadra out of the electoral contest.
Amethi’s fate was sealed during the fifth phase of the elections on May 20th, marked by a 54.40% voter turnout.
Uttar Pradesh registered a 56.92% voter turnout in the seven phases of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a 2.19% decline compared to previous elections.
Earlier in May, Union Minister Smriti Irani on said this election aims at punishing those who are “anti-Ram, anti-reservation, anti-Sanatan Dharma and opposed to the NDA-led government’s efforts to make the country a developed nation.” (ANI)
With hours left before the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections in the world’s largest democracy, security has been heightened at multiple locations across the country with police and paramilitary forces conducting intensive patrolling.
Visuals from the national capital showed that the North-East Delhi District Police along with paramilitary forces were patrolling and checking vehicles in Nand Nagri, Seelampur, Dayalpur, Sonia Vihar and Bhajanpura areas of Delhi. (ANI)
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