Jhalawar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jhalawar (झालावाड़) Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in Rajasthan state in western India till 2008. In 2008 re-organization, it morphed into Jhalawar-Baran (Lok Sabha constituency).

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Jhalawar Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Nemi Chandra Kasliwal	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-62	Nemi Chandra Kasliwal	Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	Brijraj Singh	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71	Brijraj Singh	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Fifth	1971-77	Brijraj Singh	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Sixth	1977-80	Chaturbhuj	Janata Party
Seventh	1980-84	Chaturbhuj	Janata Party
Eighth	1984-89	Jujhar Singh	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	Vasundhara Raje	Bharatiya Janata Party
Tenth	1991-96	Vasundhara Raje	Bharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh	1996-98	Vasundhara Raje	Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth	1998-99	Vasundhara Raje	Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth	1999-04	Vasundhara Raje	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Dushyant Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party

General Election, 1999: Jhalawar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vasundhara Raje	4,09,574	60.43
	INC	Dr. Abrar Ahmed	2,57,159	37.94
	Independent	Jakir Husen	3,720	0.55
	Independent	Shri Puri Lal	3,311	0.49
Majority			1,52,415	22.49
Turnout			6,88,049	64.34
	BJP hold		Swing	+6.92

General Election, 2004: Jhalawar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dushyant Singh	3,03,845	53.53	-6.90
	INC	Sanjay Gurjar	2,22,266	39.16	+1.22
	Independent	Jakir Husen	25,164	4.43
	BSP	Ratan Lal	16,336	2.88
Majority			81,579	14.37	-8.12
Turnout			5,67,611	47.81	-16.53
	BJP hold		Swing	-6.90