Jodhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in India. It is the hometown of Meghraj Lohiya, Chairman (Minister of State) of Rajasthan Small Industries Corporation Ltd, who is also a senior BJP Leader of Rajasthan and well knowned industrialist.
Assembly segments
Presently, Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[1]
- 1. Phalodi
Pabba Ram Bishnoi
- 2. Lohawat
- 3. Shergarh
Babu Singh Rathore
- 4. Sardarpura
- 5. Jodhpur
- 6. Soorsagar
- 7. Luni
Malkhan Singh Bishnoi
- 8. Pokran
Members of Parliament
- 1952: Jaswantraj Mehta, Independent
- 1957: Jaswantraj Mehta, Indian National Congress
- 1962: L. M. Singhvi, Independent
- 1967: N K Sanghi, Indian National Congress
- 1971: Krishna Kumari, Independent
- 1977: R D Gattani, Janata Party
- 1980: Ashok Gehlot, Indian National Congress (Indira)
- 1984: Ashok Gehlot, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Jaswant Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1991: Ashok Gehlot, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Ashok Gehlot, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Ashok Gehlot, Indian National Congress
- 1999: Jaswant Singh Bishnoi, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Jaswant Singh Bishnoi, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2009: Chandresh Kumari Katoch, Indian National Congress
- 2014: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Bharatiya Janata Party
Election Results
| General Election, 2014: Jodhpur | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BJP | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | 7,13,515 | 66.15 | ||
| INC | Chandresh Kumari | 3,03,464 | 28.14 | ||
| NOTA | None Of the above | 15,085 | 1.40 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,10,051 | 38.01 | |||
| Turnout | 10,78,598 | 63.47 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election, 2004: Jodhpur | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| BJP | Jaswant Singh Bishnoi | 4,34,352 | 50.22 | -5.95 | |
| INC | Badri Ram Jakhar | 3,91,857 | 45.31 | -6.43 | |
| Independent | Sabir Gauri | 10,363 | 1.20 | ||
| Janata Party | Ravi Garg | 8,974 | 1.04 | ||
| Independent | Shaitan Singh Chouhan | 4,682 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Devilal Bheel | 3,827 | 0.44 | ||
| Independent | Mahmuda Begum Abbasi | 3,118 | 0.36 | -1.61 | |
| Independent | Vijay Krishna Sharma | 2,684 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Dungari Lal Meghwal | 1,658 | 0.19 | ||
| Independent | Leela Devi | 1,592 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | Badri Ram | 970 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Pukhraj Meghwal | 850 | 0.10 | ||
| Majority | 42,495 | 4.91 | -12.41 | ||
| Turnout | 8,64,927 | 55.04 | +7.76 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | -5.95 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies wise Polling Stations & Electors" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan website.
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