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Rahul Gandhi is the Congress leader and has been representing the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency since 2019. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, Rahul Gandhi won the Wayanad seat by defeating Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate PP Suneer with a margin of 4,31,770 votes. However, Gandhi was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Zubin Irani from his family's stronghold Amethi with a margin of 55,120 votes in the 2019 polls. Rahul Gandhi won three consecutive elections from Amethi in 2004, 2009 and 2014. He defeated Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates Chandra Parkash Mishra Matiyari and Asheesh Shukla in the 2004 and 2009 polls respectively from Amethi. Rahul Gandhi again won the Amethi constituency in 2014 by defeating Smriti Zubin Irani with a margin of 1,07,903 votes. Gandhi was the president of the Congress party from 2017 to 2019.

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  • in pics modi files nomination papers in vadodara

    In Pics: Modi files nomination papers in Vadodara

    National | May 09, 2014, 07:04 AM

    Vadodara (Guj): Narendra Modi today filed his nomination from the Vadodara Lok Sabha seat making a pitch for “good governance” and emphasising his links with the region.  63-year-old Modi filed his nomination after a roadshow

  • poll campaigning reaches feverish pitch in delhi

    Poll campaigning reaches feverish pitch in Delhi

    National | Apr 08, 2014, 12:09 PM

    New Delhi: On the penultimate of day of campaigning for seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, various political parties today held a series of rallies across the city and went door-to-door seeking to woo voters.

  • rahul seeks partnerships to build new india

    Rahul seeks partnerships to build new India

    National | Apr 08, 2014, 11:12 AM

    Bangalore: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday sought partnership with all sections of people to build a new and strong India where everyone has right to live equally with dignity and respect."We want partnership with

  • religious leaders ask muslims to boycott both bjp congress

    Religious leaders ask Muslims to boycott both BJP, Congress

    National | Apr 07, 2014, 07:18 PM

    Lucknow: All India Muslim Personal Law Board member Maulana Kalbe Jawwad and Naib Shahi Imam Yahya Bukhari, brother of Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, today asked Muslims to boycott both BJP and Congress in

  • karnataka up bihar key to bjp victory in polls ananth kumar

    Karnataka, UP, Bihar key to BJP victory in polls: Ananth Kumar

    National | Apr 06, 2014, 05:51 PM

    Bangalore: Terming Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as key states to help BJP win the 2014 elections, senior leader Ananth Kumar has said Narendra Modi was as popular in this southern state as in Gujarat.

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    Performance must replace parikrama: Ramesh

    National | Apr 06, 2014, 05:40 PM

    New Delhi: “Performance must replace parikrama (sycophancy)” in the Congress party, senior Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said today, urging Rahul Gandhi to have a young team.Ramesh, who recently suggested that all Congress leaders should retire

  • every vote for cpi m in kerala will help bjp rahul

    Every vote for CPI-M in Kerala will help BJP: Rahul

    National | Apr 06, 2014, 11:26 AM

    Thiruvananthapuram: Every vote for the CPI-M in Kerala would end up helping the BJP when it comes to the big electoral picture. This was Congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi's main thrust during his campaign blitz

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  • live lost touch with of the state admit rahul at delhi rally

    Live: Lost touch with of the state, admit Rahul at Delhi rally

    National | Apr 06, 2014, 11:32 PM

    New Delhi: Attributing Congress' poor show in Delhi Assembly polls to losing touch with common people, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said the party has deeply understood this and promised to include people from the

  • congress agenda is to establish rahul at any cost modi

    Congress' agenda is to establish Rahul at any cost: Modi

    National | Apr 06, 2014, 12:09 AM

    Shivpuri (MP): BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi today alleged the only agenda of Congress is to any how establish Rahul Gandhi "at the cost of the nation"."The one-point agenda of Congress is to any

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    LIVE: Voting for CPI-M means helping BJP, says Rahul Gandhi

    National | Apr 05, 2014, 05:58 PM

    Kasargode (Kerala): Voting for the CPI-M means "helping the BJP", said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who Saturday began a day-long whirlwind trip of Kerala.Gandhi criticised the CPI-M, the main opposition in Kerala."The CPI-M has

  • bjp chargse sheet on upa rule targets sonia rahul

    BJP 'chargse-sheet' on UPA rule targets Sonia, Rahul

    National | Apr 04, 2014, 05:43 PM

    New Delhi: Denouncing UPA government as a “failure” on all fronts, BJP today came out with a scathing “charge-sheet” on its 10-year rule that accused Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi of being equally guilty of

  • congress keen to make rahul s sunday rally a success

    Congress keen to make Rahul's Sunday rally a success

    National | Apr 04, 2014, 03:00 PM

    New Delhi: The Congress will be pulling out all the stops to ensure party vice president Rahul Gandhi's Sunday rally in the capital is a success, party sources said Friday.His last outing in the south

  • modi will be in jail if rahul becomes pm beni

    Modi will be in jail if Rahul becomes PM: Beni

    National | Apr 04, 2014, 03:46 PM

    Balrampur (UP): In provocative remarks, Congress leader and Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma has warned that Narendra Modi will be in jail in six months time if Rahul Gandhi becomes the Prime Minister.  While dubbing

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  • rahul gandhi fittest to lead the country omar

    Rahul Gandhi fittest to lead the country: Omar

    National | Apr 03, 2014, 10:34 PM

    Jammu: Calling Rahul Gandhi a “great friend” of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was the fittest to lead the country and it would be “most unfortunate” if Narendra Modi became

  • rahul gandhi denied domicile certificate from amethi

    Rahul Gandhi denied domicile certificate from Amethi

    National | Apr 03, 2014, 05:39 PM

    Lucknow: An application moved by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to get a domicile certificate from Amethi, the parliamentary seat he represents, has been turned down, officials said Thursday.The application to obtain a 'temporary residential

  • rahul gandhi s residence proof rejected

    Rahul Gandhi's residence proof rejected

    India | Apr 03, 2014, 01:06 PM

    Amethi: In a major embarrassment for the Congress, its Vice President Rahul Gandhi had an application seeking residence proof from Amethi rejected by the district administration.While dismissing the application, the magistrate said that there is

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    Modi carries communal stigma, lacks PM characteristics: Omar Abdullah

    National | Apr 03, 2014, 11:47 AM

    Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said BJP leader Narendra Modi carries a communal stigma and lacks a representative character needed to be India's prime minister.Addressing election rallies in the Poonch district

  • rahul gandhi to address rally at ramlila ground on apr 6

    Rahul Gandhi to address rally at Ramlila Ground on Apr 6

    National | Apr 01, 2014, 11:23 PM

    New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi will address Congress' rally at Ramlila Ground in Ambedkar Nagar in South Delhi on April 6.“Gandhi will be addressing a rally on April 6 at Ramlila Ground in Ambedkar Nagar in

  • prominence to modi in mp posters irks some bjp defends move

    Prominence to Modi in MP posters irks some, BJP defends move

    National | Apr 01, 2014, 03:12 PM

    Bhopal: As Narendra Modi's pictures eclipse other top BJP stalwarts on poll posters here, a senior party leader says it was compelled to project a single leader to gain political mileage.The posters with slogans like

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    NDA gas balloon will burst again like 2004, 2009: Rahul Gandhi

    National | Apr 03, 2014, 11:31 AM

    Aurangabad/Godda:  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said like 2004 and 2009, the NDA's “gas balloon” would burst again while claiming that the UPA government did remarkably well, as the BJP talked divisive politics.“Their balloon of

 
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