Rae Bareli is a stronghold of Congress....
Talking about Rae Bareli, congress has won this seat 16 times. sonia gandhi has been the mp from this seat continuously since 2004. Before him, Captain Satish Sharma of congress had won the 1999 elections. bjp has also won twice in 1996 and 1998. Baijnath Kuril became congress mp in the 1957 lok sabha elections. In the 1977 elections, Rajnarayan of the Janata party defeated former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
If we look at the caste equation, Brahmins are 11 percent, Thakurs are 9, Yadavs are 7, sc are 34 percent, Muslims are 6 percent, Kurmi are 4 percent and other castes together are 23 percent. However, irrespective of caste equations, votes have been falling on sonia Gandhi's data-face in this seat.
In the last election, sonia gandhi got more than 56 percent votes while bjp candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh got 38.78 percent votes. BSP had not fielded any candidate on this seat. But this time SP has an alliance with congress and BSP can field a candidate. In such a situation, it may be difficult for congress this time because sonia gandhi has already refused to contest elections from here. The biggest thing is that here Yadav voters are only 7 percent and Muslims are 6 percent.
If we look at the caste equation, Brahmins are 11 percent, Thakurs are 9, Yadavs are 7, sc are 34 percent, Muslims are 6 percent, Kurmi are 4 percent and other castes together are 23 percent. However, irrespective of caste equations, votes have been falling on sonia Gandhi's data-face in this seat.
In the last election, sonia gandhi got more than 56 percent votes while bjp candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh got 38.78 percent votes. BSP had not fielded any candidate on this seat. But this time SP has an alliance with congress and BSP can field a candidate. In such a situation, it may be difficult for congress this time because sonia gandhi has already refused to contest elections from here. The biggest thing is that here Yadav voters are only 7 percent and Muslims are 6 percent.