Smriti Irani, Amethi Election Results 2024 highlights: 'Dragon slayer' Smriti Irani gets slayed, loses to Kishori Lal
Smriti Irani, Amethi Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Kishori Lal Sharma of Congress on Tuesday defeated BJP candidate Smriti Irani in one of the most prestigious battles of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections
Smriti Irani, Amethi Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Kishori Lal of Congress defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Smriti Irani in Amethi Lok Sabha Constituency. Irani was 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, Election Results 2024 Live: Congress maintains lead in Amethi with 1,29,399 votes
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress maintains a lead of 1,29,399 votes. Smriti Irani of the BJP is in second place with 3,16,284 votes and Nanhe Singh Chauhan at third position with 28,898 votes.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: Congress extends lead in Amethi with 1,19,571 votes
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress maintains a lead of 1,19,571 votes. Smriti Irani of the BJP is in second place with 2,92,262 votes and Nanhe Singh Chauhan at third position with 27,140 votes.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: ‘This is victory of Gandhi family’ says Kishori Lal Sharma
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: "This is the victory of the Gandhi family and the people of Amethi," said Congress candidate from Amethi Kishori Lal Sharma, who is leading against BJP leader Smriti Irani by says 1,18,471 votes
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: Party-wise vote share in UP
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: Party-wise vote share in UP
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: What is happening at the state level
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 7.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: KL Sharma of Congress maintains a lead of 1,10,684 votes
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress maintains a lead of 1,10,684 votes. Smriti Irani of the BJP is in second place with 2,66,299 votes and Nanhe Singh Chauhan at third position with 24,893 votes.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: KL Sharma of Congress is leading with 1,02,836 votes.
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress is currently in the lead with 1,02,836 votes. Smriti Irani from the BJP is in second place with 2,56,811 votes.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: Party vote share in UP
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: Party vote share in UP
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: ‘I never had any doubts’ says Priyanka Gandhi after Congress takes promising lead in Amethi
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: 'Kishori bhaiya, I never had any doubts, I was sure from the beginning that you will win. Hearty congratulations to you and my dear brothers and sisters of Amethi!' Priyanka Gandhi said.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: Congress takes a promising lead
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress is currently in the lead with 91,578 votes. Smriti Irani from the BJP is in second place.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: 'Koun kehta hai..,' old tweets resurface as Smriti Irani trail
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: 'Who says there can't be a hole in the sky...' old tweets resurface as Smriti Irani trail
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: What is happening at the state level
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: According to ECI, the Samajwadi Party is leading on 37 seats, while BJP is in the second position with leads on 32 seats and Congress on 8.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: Is Amethi coming back to Congress?
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: According to ECI, Kishori Lal of Congress is currently leading. BJP candidate Smriti Irani is trailing by 62,802 votes
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: ‘Let the counting conclude’ says KL Sharma
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: "Let the counting conclude. Several rounds remain, we will talk after that..." Congress candidate KL Sharma said.
As per official ECI trends, he is leading over BJP MP and candidate Smriti Irani by a margin of 55,974 votes
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: KL Sharma of Congress leading
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, Election Results 2024 Live: KL Sharma of Congress leading
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, Election Results 2024 Live: What is happening at the state level
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.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: KL Sharma of Congress leading
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, Election Results 2024 Live: Smriti Irani of the BJP is trailing
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Smriti Irani of the BJP is trailing with a margin of 4,4872 votes
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: Initial trends by EC of all 543 seats
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: BJP-led NDA leading on 293 seats. INDIA alliance leading on 228 seats.
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: KL Sharma of Congress leading from Amethi
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: KL Sharma of Congress leading from Amethi with a margin of 19,177 votes
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: Party-wise vote share across the nation till now
Amethi, UP, Election Results 2024 Live: Party-wise vote share across the nation till now
Amethi, Election Results 2024 Live: What were the key issues during Lok Sabha polls in Amethi?
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
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: Congress' Kishori Lal is leading in Amethi
Congress' Kishori Lal is leading in Amethi, says EC.
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: Smriti Irani trailing from Amethi Lok Sabha seat
Smriti Irani trailing from Amethi Lok Sabha seat
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: What is Amethi's voter turnout for Lok Sabha Elections 2024?
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.
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: Smriti Irani leading from Amethi
BJP candidate Smriti Irani leading from Amethi, reports India TV.
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: Take a look at 2019 records
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.
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: Counting of vote begins
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 Election Results 2024 Live: What is Amethi's voter turnout for Lok Sabha Elections 2024?
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.
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: What are the concerns over Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections?
- The BJP's efforts at consolidating non-Yadav Other Backward Class (OBC) votes, coupled with the opposition's focus on mobilizing OBC voter's caste census initiatives, underscore the caste-based politics in the state.
- Citizens' initiatives like the Independent Panel for Monitoring Indian Elections–2024 (IPMIE), which has flagged over 200 concerns during the fifth phase of elections, underscore issues of electoral subversion and flaws in the voting process.
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: A quick look at history of Amethi Lok Sabha seat
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 Election Results 2024 Live: What is Amethi's voter turnout for Lok Sabha Elections 2024?
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.
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: ‘This election to punish those who are anti-Ram, anti-reservation, anti-Sanatan Dharma,’ says Smriti Irani
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)
Amethi Election Results 2024 Live: Security tightened at counting centers
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)