Jhalawar (Lok Sabha constituency)

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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[]

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

  1. Kishanganj
  2. Atru
  3. Chhabra
  4. Khanpur
  5. Manohar Thana
  6. Jhalrapatan
  7. Pirawa
  8. Dag

Members of Parliament[]

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
  • 2008 onwards:Constituency does not exist

See Jhalawar-Baran (Lok Sabha constituency)

Election results[]

1999 Lok Sabha[]

General Election, 1999: Jhalawar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vasundhara Raje 4,09,574 60.43
INC 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

2004 Lok Sabha[]

General Election, 2004: Jhalawar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dushyant Singh 3,03,845 53.53 -6.90
INC 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

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha" (PDF). The Election Commission of India.

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