Barmer Lok Sabha constituency

{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Rajasthan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = LS

| name = Barmer
{{Small|RJ-17}}

| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Rajasthan/Barmer.map}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Barmer Lok Sabha Constituency

| established = 1952

|electors =22,06,237https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526095942/https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf |date=26 May 2024 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}

| reservation= None

| party = Indian National Congress

| mp = Ummeda Ram Beniwal

{{Cite web |title=Barmer LS Election Results Live: बाड़मेर में कांग्रेस जीती, भाटी दूसरे और केंद्रीय मंत्री चौधरी तीसरे नंबर पर |url=https://www.amarujala.com/live/rajasthan/barmer-lok-sabha-election-results-live-vote-counting-aam-chunav-2024-bjp-vs-congress-winning-seats-rajasthan-2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}| incumbent_image = File:Ummeda Ram Beniwal.jpg

| latest_election_year = 2024

| state = Rajasthan

| assembly_cons =Jaisalmer
Sheo
Barmer
Baytoo
Pachpadra
Siwana
Gudha Malani
Chohtan

}}

Barmer Lok Sabha constituency ({{IPA|hi|baːɽ.meːɾ}}) 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,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/apr/12espec.htm|title=Smallest constituency is just 10 sq km|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2019-12-19}} 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:{{cite web|url=http://ceorajasthan.nic.in/PC-ACWISE-ELECTORS.pdf|title=Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies wise Polling Stations & Electors|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan website|access-date=11 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726003649/http://ceorajasthan.nic.in/PC-ACWISE-ELECTORS.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable"

!#

!Name

!District

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

! colspan="2" |2024 Lead

132

|Jaisalmer

|Jaisalmer

|Chhotu Singh Bhati

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

|IND

134

|Sheo

| rowspan="7" |Barmer

|Ravindra Singh Bhati

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

|IND

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

|IND

135

|Barmer

|Priyanka Chaudhary

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

|IND

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

136

|Baytoo

|Harish Chaudhary

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

137

|Pachpadra

|Arun Choudhary

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

|IND

138

|Siwana

|Hameer Singh Bhayal

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

|IND

139

|Gudha Malani

|KK Vishnoi

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

140

|Chohtan (SC)

|Aduram Meghwal

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|INC

Members of Lok Sabha

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

1952

|Bhawani Singh

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Independent

1957

|Raghunath Singh Bahadur

1962

|Tan Singh

|style="background-color: {{party color|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}" |

|Ram Rajya Parishad

1967

| rowspan="2" |Amrit Nahata

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress

1971
1977

|Tan Singh

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |

|Janata Party

1980

| rowspan="2" |Virdhi Chand Jain

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |

|Indian National Congress (I)

1984

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

1989

|Kalyan Singh Kalvi

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |

|Janata Dal

1991

|Ram Niwas Mirdha

| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| rowspan="4" |Indian National Congress

1996

| rowspan="3" |Sona Ram

1998
1999
2004

|Manvendra Singh Jasol

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|Bharatiya Janata Party

2009

|Harish Chaudhary

|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

2014

|Sona Ram

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Bharatiya Janata Party

2019

|Kailash Choudhary

2024

|Ummeda Ram Beniwal

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

Election results

=General Election 2024=

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general elections: Barmer }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Ummeda Ram Beniwal

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 7,04,676

|percentage = 41.74

|change = +4.99

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Ravindra Singh Bhati|party=Independent politician|votes=5,86,500|percentage=34.74|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bhartiya Janata Party|candidate=Kailash Choudhary|votes=2,86,733|percentage=16.99|change=-42.52}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=NOTA|candidate=None of the Above|votes=17,903|percentage=1.06|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,28,731|percentage=7.00|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes= 16,88,051 |percentage=75.93|change=+2.63}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing=

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Barmer }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate =Kailash Choudhary

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 8,46,526

|percentage = 59.52

|change = +19.62

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Manvendra Singh|party=Indian National Congress|votes=5,22,718|percentage=36.75|change=+3.35}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Popal Lal|votes=18,996|percentage=1.34|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Mukti Party|candidate=Ramesh Kumar|votes=16,699|percentage=1.17|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=3,23,808|percentage=22.77|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=14,22,875|percentage=73.30|change=+0.74}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing=

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Barmer }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Sona Ram

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 4,88,747

|percentage = 40.62

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate |

|candidate = Jaswant Singh

|party = IND.

|votes = 4,01,286

|percentage = 33.35

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Harish Chaudhary

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 2,20,881

|percentage = 18.36

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate |

|candidate = Rama Ram

|party = IND.

|votes = 17,563

|percentage = 1.44

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the above

|party = None of the above

|votes =15,889

|percentage = 1.30

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 87,461

|percentage = 7.17

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,19,174

|percentage = 72.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser=Indian National Congress

|swing=

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2009=

{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general elections: Barmer }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Harish Chaudhary|party=Indian National Congress|votes=4,16,497|percentage=53.04|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Manvendra Singh|votes=2,97,391|percentage=37.87|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Popat Lal|votes=18,806|percentage=2.40|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Mahendra Vyas|votes=18,320|percentage=2.33|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=1,19,106|percentage=15.17|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=7,85,199|percentage=54.47|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser=Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing=

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General Election 2004=

{{Election box begin | title=2004 Indian general elections: Barmer}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Manvendra Singh

|votes = 6,31,851

|percentage = 60.25

|change = +13.01

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Sona Ram Choudhry

|votes = 3,59,963

|percentage = 34.32

|change = -16.79

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Arjun Ram

|votes = 20,945

|percentage = 2.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Sharvan Kumar

|votes = 19,636

|percentage = 1.87

|change = +1.34

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Lok Dal

|candidate = Hastimal Doshi

|votes = 16,753

|percentage = 1.60

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,71,888

|percentage = 25.93

|change = +29.80

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,48,698

|percentage = 63.99

|change = +4.67

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing = +13.01

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

Notes

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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Rajasthan}}

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