Vidya Dhar Bajpai of the INC won the first election in 1967 and became Amethi’s first MP.

1967 Indian general election: Amethi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vidya Dhar Bajpai 63,231 35.81
BJS Gokul Prasad Pathak 59,566 33.74
Independent A. Wahid 22,333 12.65
SSP A. P. Pandey 17,213 9.75
SWA R. H. Singh 9,883 5.60
Margin of victory 3,665 2.07
Turnout 188,666 37.34
INC win (new seat)