Barmer Lok Sabha constituency

Barmer Lok Sabha constituency 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,^[1] over twice the size of Belgium. Jaisalmer and Barmer, the third and fifth largest districts in India, both fall under this Lok Sabha seat.

Barmer Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Kailash Choudhary
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
State	Rajasthan
Assembly Constituencies	Jaisalmer Sheo Barmer Baytoo Pachpadra Siwana Gudha Malani Chohtan

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:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
132	Jaisalmer	None	Jaisalmer
134	Sheo	None	Barmer
135	Barmer	None	Barmer
136	Baytoo	None	Barmer
137	Pachpadra	None	Barmer
138	Siwana	None	Barmer
139	Gudha Malani	None	Barmer
140	Chohtan	SC	Barmer

Members of Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-1957	Bhawani Singh	Independent
Second	1957-1962	Raghunath Singh Bahadur
Third	1962-1967	Tan Singh	Ram Rajya Parishad
Fourth	1967-1971	Amrit Nahata	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1971-1977
Sixth	1977-1980	Tan Singh	Janata Party
Seventh	1980-1984	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-1989
Ninth	1989-1991	Kalyan Singh Kalvi	Janata Dal
Tenth	1991-1996	Ram Niwas Mirdha	Indian National Congress
Elevanth	1996-1998	Sona Ram
twelfth	1998-1999
Thirteenth	1999-2004
Fourteenth	2004-2009	Manvendra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth	2009-2014	Harish Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-2019	Sona Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
Seventeenth	2019-(Incumbent)	Kailash Choudhary

Election Results

2019 Lok Sabha Elections

2019 Indian general elections: Barmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kailash Choudhary	8,46,526	59.52	+19.62
	INC	Manvendra Singh	5,22,718	36.75	+3.35
	NOTA	None of the above	18,996	1.34
	BMP	Ramesh Kumar	16,699	1.17
Majority			3,23,808	22.77
Turnout			14,22,875	73.30	+0.74
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Barmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sona Ram	4,88,747	40.62
	IND.	Jaswant Singh	4,01,286	33.35
	INC	Harish Chaudhary	2,20,881	18.36
	IND.	Rama Ram	17,563	1.44
	NOTA	None of the above	15,889	1.30
Majority			87,461	7.17
Turnout			12,19,174	72.56
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2009 Indian general elections: Barmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harish Chaudhary	4,16,497	53.04
	BJP	Manvendra Singh	2,97,391	37.87
	Independent	Popatram	18,806	2.40
	BSP	Mahendra Vyas	18,320	2.33
Majority			1,19,106	15.17
Turnout			7,85,199	54.47
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2004 Lok Sabha Elections

2004 Indian general elections: Barmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manvendra Singh	6,31,851	60.25	+13.01
	INC	Sona Ram Choudhry	3,59,963	34.32	-16.79
	Independent	Arjun Ram	20,945	2.00
	BSP	Sharvan Kumar	19,636	1.87	+1.34
	INLD	Hastimal Doshi	16,753	1.60
Majority			2,71,888	25.93	+29.80
Turnout			10,48,698	63.99	+4.67
	BJP hold		Swing	+13.01

1962 Lok Sabha

• Tan Singh (Ram Rajya Parishad) : 100,395 votes^[3]
• Onkar Singh (INC) : 82,684

See also

• Barmer district
• Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency) and Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency), noted for their large area
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

1. "Smallest constituency is just 10 sq km". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
2. (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Rajasthan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
3. "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

Coordinates: 25°46′N 71°24′E / 25.76°N 71.40°E / 25.76; 71.40