Bikaner (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bikaner
Bikaner
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Arjun Ram Meghwal
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952–present
Reservation	SC
State	Rajasthan
Assembly Constituencies	Anupgarh; Khajuwala; Bikaner West; Bikaner East; Kolayat; Lunkaransar; Dungargarh; Nokha

Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
6	Anupgarh	SC	Ganganagar
12	Khajuwala	SC	Bikaner
13	Bikaner West	None	Bikaner
14	Bikaner East	None	Bikaner
15	Kolayat	None	Bikaner
16	Lunkaransar	None	Bikaner
17	Dungargarh	None	Bikaner
18	Nokha	None	Bikaner

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of the Member	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Maharaja Karni Singh	Independent
Second	1957-62	Maharaja Karni Singh	Independent
Third	1962-67	Maharaja Karni Singh	Independent
Fourth	1967-71	Maharaja Karni Singh	Independent
Fifth	1971-77	Maharaja Karni Singh	Independent
Sixth	1977-80	Hari Ram Makkasar Godara Chaudhry	Janata Party
Seventh	1980-84	Manphool Singh Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-88	Manphool Singh Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	Sopat Singh Makkasar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tenth	1991-96	Manphool Singh Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996-98	Mahendra Singh Bhati	Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth	1998-99	Balram Jakhar	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999–2004	Rameshwar Lal Dudi	Indian National Congress
Fourteenth	2004-09	Dharmendra Singh Deol	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth	2009-2014	Arjun Ram Meghwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
Sixteenth	2014-2019	Arjun Ram Meghwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
Seventeenth	2019-Incumbent	Arjun Ram Meghwal	Bharatiya Janata Party

2019 Indian general elections: Bikaner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arjun Ram Meghwal	6,57,743	59.82	−3.02
	INC	Madan Gopal Meghwal	3,93,662	35.80	+6.06
	NOTA	None of the above	13,510	1.23
	BSP	Bhaira Ram	11,412	1.04	−0.18
	CPI(M)	Shopat Ram	8,997	0.82
Margin of victory			2,64,081	24.02	-9.08
Turnout			11,00,500	59.43
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Bikaner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arjun Ram Meghwal	5,84,932	62.84	+19.92
	INC	Shankar Pannu	2,76,853	29.74	−9.74
	NUZP	Mangilal Nayak	16,839	1.81
	AAP	Dr. Gauri Shanker Daabi	14,148	1.52
	BSP	Bhanwar Lal	11,387	1.22	−5.68
	Independent	Jagdish Kumar Nayak	5,164	0.55
	Independent	Gopal Balmiki	4,398	0.47
	BMP	Ram Ratan Meghwal	2,538	0.27
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,492	1.45
Majority			3,08,079	33.10	+29.66
Turnout			9,29,751	58.39	+17.14
	BJP hold		Swing	+19.92

2009 Indian general elections: Bikaner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arjun Ram Meghwal	2,44,537	42.91
	INC	Rewat Ram Panwar	2,24,962	39.48
	BSP	Govind Ram Meghwal	39,306	6.90
	CPI(M)	Pawan Kumar Duggal	36,555	6.41
Majority			19,575	3.44
Turnout			5,69,804	41.25	−15.50
	BJP hold		Swing

2004 Indian general elections: Bikaner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dharmendra Singh Deol	5,17,802	48.06	+5.41
	INC	Rameshwar Lal Dudi	4,60,627	42.76	−9.99
	BSP	Arjan Ram	38,729	3.59	+1.02
	Independent	Surendra Kumar Gandhi	13,281	1.23
	Independent	Shyam Sunder	11,540	1.07
	INLD	Dilip Singh Marwal	10,664	0.99
	Independent	Saroj	7,786	0.72
	Independent	Dr. Mohan Lal Sharma	5,196	0.48
	Independent	Ram Lal	3,848	0.36
	LPSP	Mahavir Prasad	2,818	0.26
	SP	Rajendra Singh	1,998	0.19
	Independent	Brij Gopal	1,762	0.16
	Independent	Jasvindra Singh	1,313	0.12
Majority			57,175	5.30	−4.80
Turnout			10,77,364	56.75	+3.04
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	-4.69

↑ "Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies wise Polling Stations & Electors" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2010.