UP Woman Politicians Who Are Not From The State

Smriti Irani, who is seeking her second term from Amethi, originally belongs from Delhi.

Uttar Pradesh has strong women leaders but, interestingly, majority of them do not belong to the state.

Sonia Gandhi

Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi leads the brigade of political talent imported from outside Uttar Pradesh. A native of Italy who has been living in New Delhi since she married former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Mrs Gandhi made her political debut from Amethi in 1999 and then contested and won the Rae Bareli seat from 2004 to 2019.