Barmer Assembly constituency

Barmer
Constituency No. 135 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateRajasthan
DistrictBarmer
Lok Sabha constituencyBarmer
Established1962
Total electors237,355[2]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndependent
Elected year2023

Barmer Assembly constituency is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India.[3][4] It was established in 1962,[5] with its first representative being Umed Singh.[6]

It comprises Barmer tehsil, in Barmer district.[3] As of 2023, it is represented by Priyanka Chaudhary, an Independent mla.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
2008[7] Mewaram Jain Indian National Congress
2013[8]
2018[9]
2023 Priyanka Chowdhary[10] Independent

Election results

2023

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Barmer[9][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Priyanka Chaudhary 106,948 49.3
INC Mewaram Jain 93,611 43.16 −8.79
BJP Deepak Karwasara 5,355 2.47 −31.94
AAP Bhagwan Singh Rajput 2,282 1.05
BSP Harkh Ram Meghwal 2,053 0.95 −0.28
NOTA None of the above 1,559 0.72 −0.37
Majority 13,337 6.14 −11.4
Turnout 216,916 81.9 +1.22
Independent gain from INC Swing


2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Barmer[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mewaram Jain 97,874 51.95
BJP Col. Sonaram Choudhary (Retd) 64,827 34.41
Independent Rahul Kumar 13,678 7.26
CPI Nanak Das Dhariwal 2,488 1.32
BSP Rajendra Kumar 2,325 1.23
Independent Shankar Lal 1,969 1.05
Abhinav Rajasthan Party Khartharam Choudhary 1,743 0.93
NOTA None of the above 2,048 1.09
Majority 33,047 17.54
Turnout 188,414 80.68


See also

References

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