Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who won the Lok Sabha Election from Raebareli and Wayanad seats with a huge margin, will have to vacate one constituency within fourteen days of the result declaration according to the Representation of the People Act, 1951. A by-election will be held in the vacated constituency.
Congress sources said that Rahul Gandhi could retain the Raebareli constituency to “focus on Uttar Pradesh and take advantage of good results”. Rahul is likely to visit Wayanad and Rae Bareli next week to decide which seat he will keep, sources added. A final decision, however, is likely to be announced by June 17 or 18.
After the CWC meeting, Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said, “All members have demanded Rahul Gandhi become the LoP… Which seat out of Raebareli or Wayanad should he give up, that will be solely for Rahul Gandhi to decide.”
Rahul Gandhi won Raebareli by defeating BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh by a margin of 3,90,030 votes. He also won the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 3,64,422 votes over his nearest rival, Communist Party of India-Marxist candidate Annie Raja.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi fought from Amethi and Wayanad and ended up losing the constituency in Uttar Pradesh to BJP candidate Smriti Irani.
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