Rae Bareli election results Rahul Gandhi defeats BJP rival by over 3.9 lakh votes

Rahul Gandhi is contesting from Rae Bareli, a seat held by Sonia Gandhi for two decades

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday managed to retain his family bastion Rae Bareli after registering a resounding victory over his BJP rival Dinesh Pratap Singh.

Rahul, who garnered over 6.8 lakh votes, won with a margin over over 3.9 lakh votes.

Here are the highlights of the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha contest:

Trends at 6pm: Rahul maintains huge lead, is ahead of BJP rival by over 3.5 lakh votes.

Trends at 2pm: Congress's Rahul Gandhi is now leading with a huge margin. He is ahead by over 2.4 lakh votes.

Trends at 11.30am: Rahul Gandhi maintains strong lead of over 1 lakh votes.

Trends at 10am: Rahul Gandhi maintains a lead over BJP's Singh in Rae Bareli.

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In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi announced that she would not contest Rae Bareli. After much delay, Congress fielded Rahul Gandhi from the party bastion.

He also contested and won from Wayanad.

With Rahul recording a resounding victory from Rae Bareli and Congress's KL Sharma winning Amethi, both the family bastions are now back with the grand old party.

Rae Bareli has been a Congress bastion since 1960 with both Feroze Gandhi and Indira Gandhi having represented it.

The BJP managed to win the seat just twice, in 1996 and 1998.

Notably, Rae Bareli was the only Uttar Pradesh seat that Congress won in 2019, a result that underscored both, the party's dwindling fortunes in the state and the enduring appeal of Gandhis in Rae Bareli.