Barmer (Lok Sabha constituency)

Barmer Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in western India. It is the second largest parliamentary constituency covering an area of 71,601 km²,^[1] over twice the size of Belgium. Jaisalmer and Barmer, the third and fifth largest districts in India, both fall under this Lok Sabha seat.

Former Defense Minister Jaswant Singh contested from this seat as a rebel BJP candidate in 2014. His son Manvendra Singh has also contested a few times from here.

Vidhan Sabha segments

Presently, Barmer Lok Sabha constituency comprises Eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[2]

Barmer
Baytoo
Chohtan (SC)
Gudha Malani
Jaisalmer
Pachpadra
Sheo
Siwana

Members of Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-1957	Bhawani Singh (politician)	Independent
Second	1957-1962	Raghunath Singh Bahadur	Independent
Third	1962-1967	Tan Singh	Ram Rajya Parishad
Fourth	1967-1971	Amrit Nahata	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1971-1977	Amrit Nahata	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-1980	Tan Singh	Janata Party
Seventh	1980-1984	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-1989	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-1991	Kalyan Singh Kalvi	Janata Dal
Tenth	1991-1996	Ram Niwas Mirdha	Indian National Congress
Elevanth	1996-1998	Sona Ram	Indian National Congress
twelfth	1998-1999	Sona Ram	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999-2004	Sona Ram	Indian National Congress
Fourteenth	2004-2009	Manvendra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth	2009-2014	Harish Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-2019	Sona Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
Seventeenth	2019-(Incumbent)	Kailash Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2019 Lok Sabha Elections

2019 Indian general elections: Barmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kailash Choudhary	8,46,526	59.52
	INC	Manvendra Singh	5,22,718	36.75
	NOTA	None of the above	18,996	1.34
	BMP	Ramesh Kumar	16,699	1.17
Majority			3,23,808	22.77
Turnout			14,22,875	73.30	+0.74
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Barmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sona Ram	4,88,747	40.62
	IND.	Jaswant Singh	4,01,286	33.35
	INC	Harish Chaudhary	2,20,881	18.36
	IND.	Rama Ram	17,563	1.44
	NOTA	None of the above	15,889	1.30
Majority			87,461	7.17
Turnout			12,19,174	72.56
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2009 Indian general elections: Barmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Harish Chaudhary	4,16,497	53.04
	BJP	Manvendra Singh	2,97,391	37.87
	Independent	Popatram	18,806	2.40
	BSP	Mahendra Vyas	18,320	2.33
Majority			1,19,106	15.17
Turnout			7,85,199	54.47
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2004 Lok Sabha Elections

2004 Indian general elections: Barmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manvendra Singh	6,31,851	60.25	+13.01
	INC	Sona Ram Choudhry	3,59,963	34.32	-16.79
	Independent	Arjun Ram	20,945	2.00
	BSP	Sharvan Kumar	19,636	1.87	+1.34
	[[Indian National Lok Dal\|Template:Indian National Lok Dal/meta/shortname]]	Hastimal Doshi	16,753	1.60
Majority			2,71,888	25.93	+29.80
Turnout			10,48,698	63.99	+4.67
	BJP hold		Swing	+13.01

1962 Lok Sabha

Tan Singh (Ram Rajya Parishad) : 100,395 votes ^[3]
Onkar Singh (INC) : 82,684

Notes

↑ "Smallest constituency is just 10 sq km". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
↑ "Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies wise Polling Stations & Electors" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
↑ https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html

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[1] "Smallest constituency is just 10 sq km". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[2] "Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies wise Polling Stations & Electors" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2009.

[3] ttps://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html

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