2019 Indian general election in Rajasthan

2019 Indian general election in Rajasthan

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25 seats
Turnout	66.34% ( 3.23%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Narendra Modi Ashok Gehlot Hanuman Beniwal Party BJP INC RLP Alliance NDA UPA NDA Last election 25 0 New Seats won 24 0 1 Seat change 1 1 Percentage 59.07% 34.24% 2.04% Swing 2.89% 3.61% 2.04%
Rajasthan
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

The 2019 Indian general election were held in Rajasthan in two phases- 29 April and 6 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. ^[1]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Narendra Modi	24
	Rashtriya Loktantrik Party			Hanuman Beniwal	1

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Ashok Gehlot	25

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			UPA
1	Ganganagar		BJP	Nihal Chand Chauhan ★		INC	Bharat Ram Meghwal
2	Bikaner		BJP	Arjun Ram Meghwal ★		INC	Madangopal Meghwal
3	Churu		BJP	Rahul Kaswan ★		INC	Rafique Mandelia
4	Jhunjhunu		BJP	Narendra Khinchal		INC	Shrawan Kumar
5	Sikar		BJP	Sumedhanand Saraswati ★		INC	Subhash Maharia
6	Jaipur Rural		BJP	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore ★		INC	Krishna Poonia
7	Jaipur		BJP	Ramcharan Bohra ★		INC	Jyoti Khandelwal
8	Alwar		BJP	Mahant Balaknath		INC	Jitendra Singh
9	Bharatpur		BJP	Ranjeeta Kohli		INC	Abhijeet Kumar Jatav
10	Karauli-Dholpur		BJP	Manoj Rajuriya ★		INC	Sanjay Kumar Jatav
11	Dausa		BJP	Jaskaur Meena		INC	Savita Meena
12	Tonk-Sawai Madhopur		BJP	Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria ★		INC	Namo Narain Meena ★
13	Ajmer		BJP	Bhagirath Chaudhary		INC	Rijju Jhunjhunuwala
14	Nagaur		RLP	Hanuman Beniwal		INC	Dr. Jyoti Mirdha ★
15	Pali		BJP	P. P. Chaudhary ★		INC	Badri Ram Jakhar
16	Jodhpur		BJP	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ★		INC	Vaibhav Gehlot
17	Barmer		BJP	Kailash Choudhary		INC	Manvendra Singh
18	Jalore		BJP	Devji Mansinghram Patel ★		INC	Ratan Dewasi
19	Udaipur		BJP	Arjunlal Meena ★		INC	Raghuveer Meena ★
20	Banswara		BJP	Kanak Mal Katara		INC	Tarachand Bhagora
21	Chittorgarh		BJP	Chandra Prakash Joshi ★		INC	Gopal Singh Idwa ★
22	Rajsamand		BJP	Diya Kumari		INC	Devkinandan Gurjar
23	Bhilwara		BJP	Subhash Chandra Baheria ★		INC	Rampal Sharma
24	Kota		BJP	Om Birla		INC	Ramnarayan Meena
25	Jhalawar-Baran		BJP	Dushyant Singh ★		INC	Pramod Sharma

NOTE:

• ★ indicates the 21 candidates who contested the 2014 elections and were renominated as candidates for the 2019 elections, comprising 16 from the BJP and 5 from the INC
• Namo Narain Meena: Contested in Dausa in 2014 and was renominated for the Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency in 2019.
• Gopal Singh Shekhawat: Contested in Rajsamand in 2014 and was renominated for the Chittorgarh constituency in 2019

Results

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	1,89,68,392	58.47	3.53	24	24	1
			RLP	6,60,051	2.03		1	1	1
		Total		1,96,28,443	60.50	5.56	25	25
	INC			1,11,07,910	34.24	3.88	25	0
	BSP			3,48,678	1.07	1.27	20	0
	Others			6,80,890	2.11		68	0
	IND			3,47,584	1.07	5.59	111	0
	NOTA			3,27,559	1.01	0.20	25
Total				3,24,41,064	100%	-	274	25	-

List of elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Ganganagar	Nihal Chand		BJP	897,177	61.74	Bharat Ram Meghwal		INC	490,199	33.74	406,978	28.00
2	Bikaner (SC)	Arjun Ram Meghwal		BJP	657,743	59.77	Madan Gopal Meghwal		INC	393,662	35.77	264,081	24.00
3	Churu	Rahul Kaswan		BJP	792,999	59.59	Rafique Mandelia		INC	458,597	34.46	334,402	25.13
4	Jhunjhunu	Narendra Kumar		BJP	738,163	61.32	Sharwan Kumar S/o Gokal Ram		INC	435,616	36.19	302,547	25.13
5	Sikar	Sumedhanand Saraswati		BJP	772,104	58.02	Subhash Maharia		INC	474,948	35.69	297,156	22.33
6	Jaipur Rural	Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore		BJP	820,132	64.09	Krishna Poonia		INC	426,961	33.37	393,171	30.72
7	Jaipur	Ramcharan Bohra		BJP	924,065	63.44	Jyoti Khandelwal		INC	493,439	33.88	430,626	29.56
8	Alwar	Balak Nath		BJP	760,201	59.93	Bhanwar Jitendra Singh		INC	430,230	33.92	329,971	26.01
9	Bharatpur	Ranjeeta Koli		BJP	707,992	61.62	Abhijeet Kumar Jatav		INC	389,593	33.91	318,399	27.71
10	Karauli-Dholpur	Manoj Rajoria		BJP	526,443	52.69	Sanjay Kumar		INC	428,761	42.91	97,682	9.78
11	Dausa	Jaskaur Meena		BJP	548,733	51.57	Savita Meena		INC	470,289	44.20	78,444	7.37
12	Tonk-Sawai Madhopur	Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria		BJP	644,319	52.19	Namonarayan		INC	533,028	43.18	111,291	9.01
13	Ajmer	Bhagirath Chaudhary		BJP	815,076	64.52	Riju Jhunjhunwala		INC	398,652	31.56	416,424	32.96
14	Nagaur	Hanuman Beniwal		RLP	660,051	54.79	Dr. Jyoti Mirdha		INC	478,791	39.74	181,260	15.05
15	Pali	P. P. Chaudhary		BJP	900,149	66.11	Badriram Jakhar		INC	418,552	30.74	481,597	35.37
16	Jodhpur	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat		BJP	788,888	58.53	Vaibhav Gehlot		INC	514,448	38.17	274,440	20.36
17	Barmer	Kailash Choudhary		BJP	846,526	59.49	Manvendra Singh		INC	522,718	36.74	323,808	22.75
18	Jalore	Devaji Patel		BJP	772,833	56.76	Ratan Devasi		INC	511,723	37.58	261,110	19.18
19	Udaipur	Arjunlal Meena		BJP	871,548	59.88	Raghuvir Singh Meena		INC	433,634	29.79	437,914	30.09
20	Banswara	Kanakmal Katara		BJP	711,709	49.42	Tarachand Bhagora		INC	406,245	28.21	305,464	21.21
21	Chittorgarh	Chandra Prakash Joshi		BJP	982,942	67.36	Gopal Singh Shekhawat		INC	406,695	27.87	576,247	39.49
22	Rajsamand	Diya Kumari		BJP	863,039	69.55	Devkinandan (Kaka)		INC	311,123	25.07	551,916	44.48
23	Bhilwara	Subhash Chandra Baheria		BJP	938,160	71.56	Ram Pal Sharma		INC	326,160	24.88	612,000	46.68
24	Kota	Om Birla		BJP	800,051	58.49	Ramnarain Meena		INC	520,374	38.04	279,677	20.45
25	Jhalawar-Baran	Dushyant Singh		BJP	887,400	64.77	Pramod Sharma		INC	433,472	31.64	453,928	33.13

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Rajasthan

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Gajendra Singh Shekhawat	Jodhpur	Cabinet Minister	Minister of Jal Shakti	31 May 2019	9 June 2024		BJP
2	Bhupender Yadav	Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan)		Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister of Labour and Employment	7 July 2021
3	Arjun Ram Meghwal	Bikaner (SC)	MoS (I/C); MoS	Ministry of Law and Justice (Ind. Charge from May 2023) Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Ministry of Culture (from July 2021) Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises (until July 2021)	31 May 2019
4	Kailash Choudhary	Barmer	MoS	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2023 election)
	BJP	176	115
	INC	16	70
	RLP	7	2
	BAP	–	3
	Others	–	11
Total		200

References

1. Singh, Vijaita (1 September 2018). "General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 4 January 2019.