Amethi Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Polling date, candidates and more

AMETHI/LUCKNOW: The Election Commission of India (EC) on March 16 announced the dates the voting and result declaration dates for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The polls will be held in 7 phases from April 19 to June 1, covering a total of 543 constituencies.
Amethi Lok Sabha elections: Date
Parliamentary elections in Amethi will take place in Phase 5 on May 20, with results declared by June 4.
Sitting MP — Smriti Irani (BJP)
Candidates
The Amethi Lok Sabha constituency is set to feature a three-way battle between candidates from the incumbent BJP, the Congress party and BSP.
For the upcoming Lok Sabha election, the Congress party has fielded Kishori Lal Sharma, a prominent figure in the party since 1983 who played a crucial role in Sonia Gandhi's victory in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in 1999, to challenge the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) and current Union Minister for Minority Affairs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Smriti Irani. Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) has nominated Nanhe Singh Chauhan as their candidate from Amethi.
Winners from Lok Sabha seat in Amethi in 2009, 2014 and 2019
Sitting MP: Smriti Irani
Constituency: Amethi
Election Year: 2019
Party: BJP
Winner name: Rahul Gandhi
Constituency: Amethi
Election Year: 2014
Party: Congress
Winner name: Rahul Gandhi
Constituency: Amethi
Election Year: 2009
Party: Congress
Established in 1967 during the delimitation process, the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency comprises five assembly segments: Tiloi, Salon, Jagdishpur, Gauriganj, and Amethi. Amethi has been a traditional stronghold of the Congress party, having lost the seat only on three occasions – in 1977, 1998, and most recently in 2019.