Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - New Gandhi In Parliament

By: EjazUlHaqBhat

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With Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's big victory in the Lok Sabha by-election in Kerala's Wayanad, she becomes the 9th Gandhi in parliament

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Priyanka Gandhi made her electoral debut from Wayanad after her brother and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi vacated the seat

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Let's take a look at other Gandhis who are or were in parliament

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Feroze Gandhi, freedom fighter and Indira Gandhi's husband, won independent India's first elections in 1952 from Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh

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Indira Gandhi, the first woman prime minister of India, was elected to Lok Sabha from the Raebareli constituency in 1967

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Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi, won the Lok Sabha election in 1980, but shortly after

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After his death, his older brother Rajiv Gandhi contested the by-election in 1981 and won from Amethi. He went on to become India's youngest PM

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Sonia Gandhi contested the election from Bellary, Karnataka and Amethi, Uttar Pradesh in 1999. She won both seats but kept Amethi

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Maneka Gandhi, the wife of Sanjay Gandhi, won her first election to Lok Sabha in 1989 from Pilibhit in UP

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Rahul Gandhi, now Leader of Opposition, won his first election to Lok Sabha in 2004 from Amethi

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Varun Gandhi won his first election to Lok Sabha from Pilibhit in 2009

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