Ganganagar Assembly constituency

Ganganagar
Constituency No. 2 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateRajasthan
DistrictSri Ganganagar district
Lok Sabha constituencyGanganagar
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023

Ganganagar (also called Sri Ganganagar) Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, in India. It is a segment of Ganganagar Lok Sabha constituency.

Ganganagar constituency covers all voters from part of Ganganagar tehsil, which includes ILRC Ganganagar (including Ganganagar Municipal Council and excluding Chak Maharaj Ka), ILRC Burjwali and ILRC Natewala.[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member[2] Party
1951 Moti Ram Indian National Congress
1957 Dev Nath
1962 Kedarnath Independent
1967 Samyukta Socialist Party
1972 Socialist Party
1977 Janata Party
1980 Radheshyam Ganganagar Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Kedarnath Janata Party
1990 Janata Dal
1993 Radheshyam Ganganagar Indian National Congress
1998
2003 Surender Singh Rathore Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 Radheshyam Ganganagar
2013 Kamini Jindal National Unionist Zamindara Party
2018 Raj Kumar Gaur Independent
2023 Jaydeep Bihani Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Ganganagar[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jaydeep Bihani 81,001 44.66 Increase27.16
Independent Karuna Ashok Chandak 51,222 28.24
INC Ankur Maglani 39,006 21.5 Increase0.39
AAP Harish Raheja 1,987 1.1
NOTA None of the above 1,277 0.7 Increase0.01
Majority 29,779 16.42 Increase11.01
Turnout 181,386 75.84 Decrease1.22
BJP gain from Independent Swing


2018

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Ganganagar[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Raj Kumar Gaur 44,998 26.52
INC Ashok Chandak 35,818 21.11
BJP Vinita Ahuja 29,686 17.5
Independent Jaideep Bihani 29,206 17.22
BSP Prahalad Rai Tak 14,834 8.74
NUZP Kamini Jindal 4,887 2.88
Independent Radheshyam Ganganagar 2,318 1.37
NOTA None of the above 1,170 0.69
Majority 9,180 5.41
Turnout 169,653 77.06
Independent gain from NUZP Swing


2013

  • Kamini Jindal (NUZP) : 77,860 votes [5]
  • Radheshyam (BJP) : 40,792


1993

  • Radheshyam Hardayal (INC) : 34,252 votes [6][7]
  • Surender Singh (JD) : 31,345 votes
  • Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (BJP) : 26,378 votes (Sitting CM finished in third place, but he won from Bali)


1951

  • Moti Ram (INC) : 17,215 votes [8]
  • Chet Ram (IND) : 9,880


References

See also

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