Rahul Gandhi, the former Congress president and senior leader, who is contesting from two constituencies – Wayanad, Rae Bareli, likely to win from both. Currently,  in Rae Bareli, previously held by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi is leading over  151202 votes while BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh is trailing behind.

Raebareli, the Nehru-Gandhi family bastion elected a non-Congress party thrice in its history, went to polls on the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections this time. During the last Lok Sabha elections, Sonia Gandhi had a majority of more than 1.67 lakh votes. Before that, in all the elections she had won, she had maintained a majority of more than 2.49 lakh votes.

Before Sonia Gandhi, the Rae Bareli constituency was represented by Satish Sharma, Sheila Kaula, Arun Nehru, Indira Gandhi, RP Singh, Bajinath Kureel and Feroze Gandhi from Congress. This constituency has also witnessed the defeat of Indira Gandhi in 1977 by the hands of Raj Narain who defeated the former prime minister with more than 50 thousand votes in the elections that was held after the emergency was lifted. He contested the elections as a Janata alliance candidate at that time.
Apart from 1977, Raebareli had elected non-Congress candidates in 1996 and 1998 – BJP’s Ashok Singh was elected both the times.

In the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP contested in majority of the seats, and  the INDIA bloc partners – SP contested in 63 seats,  and Congress in 17. In the 2019 polls, the BJP secured 62 seats (64 seats by the NDA), while the BSP secured 9, the SP 5 and Congress 1.