Raebareli Assembly constituency

Rae Bareli
Constituency No. 180 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictRae Bareli
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022

Rae Bareli is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Rae Bareli in the Rae Bareli district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Rae Bareli (रायबरेली) is one of five assembly constituencies in the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 180 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to Aditi Singh who won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections, as Congress candidate, defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Shabaj Khan by a margin of more than 90,000 votes.[1] In May 2020, Aditi Singh was suspended from Congress Party for indiscipline amidst rumours that she was getting close to BJP.[2] In November 2021 Aditi Singh officially joined BJP.[3]

  1. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Congress suspends Aditi Singh from women's wing, after Raebareli MLA slammed party for 'fraud'". www.timesnownews.com.
  3. ^ "As Exodus Continues in Congress, Raebareli MLA Aditi Singh Joins BJP". 24 November 2021.