2014 Indian general election in Rajasthan

Indian general election, 2014 in Rajasthan

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All 25 Rajasthan seats in the Lok Sabha
Turnout63.11% (Increase14.70%)
  First party Second party
 
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Last election 4 21
Seats won 25 0
Seat change Increase 21 Decrease 21
Popular vote 14,895,106 8,230,164
Percentage 55.61% 30.73%
Swing Increase 19.57% Decrease 16.46%

Seatwise Result Map of the 2014 general election in Rajasthan

Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2014 Indian general election in Rajasthan was held for 25 seats in the state. The BJP swept the state winning all the 25 seats and the Congress failed to win a single seat. The voting process was held in two phases on 17 and 24 April 2014.[1]

Parties and alliances

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Ashok Parnami 25
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress C. P. Joshi 25

List of Candidates

Constituency
NDA UPA
1 Ganganagar BJP Nihalchand INC Bhanwarlal Meghwal
2 Bikaner BJP Arjun Ram Meghwal INC Shankar Pannu
3 Churu BJP Rahul Kaswan INC Pratap Singh
4 Jhunjhunu BJP Santosh Ahlawat INC Raj Bala Ola
5 Sikar BJP Sumedhanand Saraswati INC Pratap Singh Jat
6 Jaipur Rural BJP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore INC C. P. Joshi
7 Jaipur BJP Ramcharan Bohara INC Dr. Mahesh Joshi
8 Alwar BJP Mahant Chand Nath INC Bhanwar Jitendra Singh
9 Bharatpur BJP Bahadur Singh Koli INC Dr. Suresh Jatav
10 Karauli-Dholpur BJP Manoj Rajoria INC Lakkhiram
11 Dausa BJP Harish Chandra Meena INC Namo Narain Meena
12 Tonk-Sawai Madhopur BJP Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria INC Mohammad Azharuddin
13 Ajmer BJP Sanwar Lal Jat INC Sachin Pilot
14 Nagaur BJP C R Choudhary INC Jyoti Mirdha
15 Pali BJP P P Choudhary INC Munni Devi Godara
16 Jodhpur BJP Gajendrasingh Shekhawat INC Chandresh Kumari Katoch
17 Barmer BJP Sonaram Choudhary INC Harish Chaudhary
18 Jalore BJP Devji Patel INC Udai Lal Anjana
19 Udaipur BJP Arjunlal Meena INC Raghuvir Singh
20 Banswara BJP Manshankar Ninama INC Resham Malviya
21 Chittorgarh BJP Chandraprakash Joshi INC Girija Vyas
22 Rajsamand BJP Hariom Singh Rathore INC Gopal Singh Shekhawat
23 Bhilwara BJP Subhash Baheria INC Ashok Chandna
24 Kota BJP Om Birla INC Ijyaraj Singh
25 Jhalawar-Baran BJP Dushyant Singh INC Pramod Jain Bhaya

Result

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
BJP 1,48,95,106 54.94 Increase 18.37 25 25 Increase 21
INC 82,30,164 30.36 Decrease 16.83 25 0 Decrease 20
BSP 6,33,786 2.34 Decrease 1.03 23 0 Steady
NPEP 3,25,334 1.20 New entry 4 0 Steady
AAP 2,72,641 1.01 New entry 22 0 Steady
Others 6,18,983 2.28 Steady 104 0 Steady
IND 18,06,700 6.66 Decrease 2.65 117 0 Decrease 1
NOTA 3,27,911 1.21 New entry
Total 2,71,10,642 100% - 320 25 -

List of elected MPs

Keys:   BJP (25)

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Ganganagar Nihalchand BJP 658,130 52.34 Master Bhanwarlal Meghwal INC 366,389 29.14 291,741 23.20
2 Bikaner Arjun Ram Meghwal BJP 584,932 62.84 Er. Shankar Pannu INC 276,853 29.74 308,079 33.10
3 Churu Rahul Kaswan BJP 595,756 52.63 Abhinesh Maharshi BSP 301,017 26.59 294,739 26.04
4 Jhunjhunu Santosh Ahlawat BJP 488,182 48.40 Raj Bala Ola INC 254,347 25.22 233,835 23.18
5 Sikar Sumedhanand Saraswati BJP 499,428 46.79 Pratap Singh Jat INC 260,232 24.38 239,196 22.41
6 Jaipur Rural Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore BJP 632,930 62.28 Dr. C. P. Joshi INC 300,034 29.52 332,896 32.76
7 Jaipur Ramcharan Bohara BJP 863,358 66.47 Dr. Mahesh Joshi INC 324,013 24.94 539,345 41.53
8 Alwar Chand Nath BJP 642,278 60.42 Bhanwar Jitendra Singh INC 358,383 33.71 283,895 26.71
9 Bharatpur Bahadur Singh Koli BJP 579,825 60.17 Dr. Suresh Jatav INC 334,357 34.70 245,468 25.47
10 Karauli-Dholpur Manoj Rajoriya BJP 402,407 47.55 Lakkhiram INC 375,191 44.33 27,216 3.22
11 Dausa Harish Chandra Meena BJP 315,059 33.84 Dr. Kirodi Lal NPP 269,655 28.97 45,404 4.87
12 Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria BJP 548,537 52.55 Mohammed Azharuddin INC 413,031 39.57 135,506 12.98
13 Ajmer Sanwar Lal Jat BJP 637,874 55.14 Sachin Pilot INC 465,891 40.27 171,983 14.87
14 Nagaur C. R. Choudhary BJP 414,791 41.25 Dr. Jyoti Mirdha INC 339,573 33.77 75,218 7.48
15 Pali P. P. Chaudhary BJP 711,772 64.87 Munni Devi Godara INC 312,733 28.50 399,039 36.37
16 Jodhpur Gajendrasingh Shekhawat BJP 713,515 66.08 Chandresh Kumari INC 303,464 28.10 410,051 37.98
17 Barmer Col. Sona Ram BJP 488,747 40.09 Jaswant Singh IND 401,286 32.91 87,461 7.18
18 Jalore Devji Patel BJP 580,508 53.35 Anjana Udai Lal INC 199,363 18.32 381,145 35.03
19 Udaipur Arjunlal Meena BJP 660,373 55.32 Raghuvir Singh INC 423,611 35.48 236,762 19.84
20 Banswara Manshankar Ninama BJP 577,433 49.29 Resham Malviya INC 485,517 41.44 91,916 7.85
21 Chittorgarh Chandra Prakash Joshi BJP 703,236 59.95 Girija Vyas INC 386,379 32.94 316,857 27.01
22 Rajsamand Hariom Singh Rathore BJP 644,794 65.59 Gopal Singh Shekhawat INC 249,089 25.34 395,705 40.25
23 Bhilwara Subhash Baheria BJP 630,317 57.09 Ashok Chandna INC 384,053 34.78 246,264 22.31
24 Kota Om Birla BJP 644,822 55.78 Ijyaraj Singh INC 444,040 38.41 200,782 17.37
25 Jhalawar-Baran Dushyant Singh BJP 676,102 58.98 Pramod Bhaya INC 394,556 34.42 281,546 24.56

Bye-elections

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
No. Name Date Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
8 Alwar 1 Feb 2018 Karan Singh Yadav INC 642,416 57.43 Jaswant Singh Yadav BJP 445,920 40.07 196,496
The Alwar Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Chand Nath.
13 Ajmer 1 Feb 2018 Raghu Sharma INC 611,514 50.64 Ramswaroop Lamba BJP 527,100 43.65 84,414
The Ajmer Lok Sabha bypoll was held following the death of the incumbent MP, Sanwar Lal Jat.

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Rajasthan

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Venkaiah Naidu Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan) Cabinet Minister Urban Development; Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation 5 July
2016
17 July
2017
BJP
Information and Broadcasting 5 July
2016
2 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Jaipur Rural MoS Information and Broadcasting 9 November
2014
14 May
2018
MoS (I/C) Youth Affairs and Sports 3 September
2017
30 May
2019
MoS Information and Broadcasting 14 May
2018
3 Vijay Goel Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan) MoS (I/C) Youth Affairs and Sports 5 July
2016
3 September
2017
MoS Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 5 July
2016
Parliamentary Affairs 3 September
2017
30 May
2019
Statistics and Programme Implementation 3 September
2017
4 Alphons Kannanthanam Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan) MoS (I/C) Tourism 3 September
2017
30 May
2019
MoS Electronics and Information Technology 3 September
2017
14 May
2018
5 Arjun Ram Meghwal Bikaner (SC) MoS Finance; Corporate Affairs 5 July
2016
3 September
2017
Parliamentary Affairs 3 September
2017
30 May
2019
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 3 September
2017
30 May
2019
6 P. P. Chaudhary Pali MoS Law and Justice 5 July
2016
30 May
2019
Electronics and Information Technology 5 July
2016
3 September
2017
Corporate Affairs 3 September
2017
30 May
2019
7 C. R. Chaudhary Nagaur MoS Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution 5 July
2016
30 May
2019
Commerce and Industry 3 September
2017
30 May
2019
8 Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Jodhpur MoS Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare 3 September
2017
30 May
2019
9 Nihalchand Ganganagar (SC) MoS Chemicals and Fertilizers 27 May
2014
9 November
2014
Panchayati Raj 9 November
2014
5 July
2016
10 Sanwar Lal Jat Ajmer MoS Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation 9 November
2014
5 July
2016
  • Note:
    • M. Venkaiah Naidu represented Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha until July 2016.
    • He was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on 5 July 2016 and served until his resignation on 17 July 2017 to run for Vice President

Assembly Segment wise lead

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2018 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 180 73
Indian National Congress 11 100
National People's Party 4 0
Others 5 27
Total 200

References

  1. ^ "Lok Sabha polls 2014: EC announces 9 phase schedule". zeenews.india.com. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.