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Lok Sabha elections 2019 results: Congress retains family bastion Raebareli as UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi wins by 1.67 lakh votes

Updated : May 24, 2019 12:26 PM IST

Congress could only take one seat to its name in Uttar Pradesh in Raebareli. Gandhi polled 55.80 percent votes against her nearest rival Singh who secured 38.36 percent votes.

Sonia Gandhi has never lost from Raebareli, a Gandhi family bastion in Uttar Pradesh’s Awadh region. The seat has been won by the party every time but twice since the first election here in 1957.

Lok Sabha elections 2019 results: Congress retains family bastion Raebareli as UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi wins by 1.67 lakh votes

In a fourth consecutive win, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi won in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, by 1.67 lakh votes against her rival, BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh, the Election Commission said on Thursday.

Congress could only take one seat to its name in Uttar Pradesh in Raebareli. Gandhi polled 55.80 percent votes against her nearest rival Singh who secured 38.36 percent votes.

The constituency went to polls in the fifth phase of the 17th Lok Sabha elections on May 6.

Sonia Gandhi has never lost from Raebareli, a Gandhi family bastion in Uttar Pradesh’s Awadh region. The seat has been won by the party every time but twice since the first election here in 1957. Singh, who recently switched to the party from the Congress, is less likely.

The 'mahagathbandhan' has not fielded its candidate from Raebareli to avoid division of votes in the opposition camp.

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