Rajasthan is a state in northern India. It covers 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern side,where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west,along the Sutlej-Indus River valley. It is bordered by five other Indian states:Punjab to the north;Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast;Madhya Pradesh to the southeast;and Gujarat to the southwest. Its geographical location is 23°.3' to 30°.12' North latitude and 69°.30' to 78°.17' East longitude,with the Tropic of Cancer passing through its southernmost tip.
Parasram Maderna was an Indian politician who was a nine-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Rajasthan between 1957 and 2003. He was the Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2004 and a three-time Leader of the Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. A senior Jat leader,he served as a Cabinet Minister in the Rajasthan government for several portfolios. He also served as the President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee from 1989 to 1994. He was an MLA from the Bhopalgarh constituency six times,which included four consecutive terms from 1967 to 1985. He also served as MLA twice from the Osian constituency and once from the Gudamalani constituency.
This is the alphabetical categorised list of statewide,regional and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Rajasthan state of India at state and National level.
Ashok Gehlot is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1998 to December 2003,then again from 2008 to December 2013,and later from 2018 to December 2023. He represents Sardarpura constituency of Jodhpur as Member of Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan since 1999. He was a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Jodhpur from 1991 to 1999 and from 1980 to 1989 and Union Minister of State for Textile from 1991 to 1993,Tourism and Civil aviation from 1984 to 1984 and Deputy Union minister for Sports from 1984 to 1984. He was also a national General secretary of Congress Party,in-charge of organisations and training from March 2018 to 23 January 2019. He was also made in-charge of Gujarat state in 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.
Colonel Manvendra Singh Jasol is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He joined Congress on 17 October 2018. He was the member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004-2009 representing the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan.
Jitendra Singh is the former Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and the Minister of State for Defence,Government of India. He assumed this charge on 28 October 2012. Formerly,Jitendra Singh was the Minister of State for Home Affairs,Government of India;a position that he assumed in July 2011. He was the Member of Parliament representing the Alwar constituency of Rajasthan. Jitendra Singh is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the present titular Maharaja of Alwar and hence the cultural head of Naruka clan of Rajputs.
Harish Chaudhary popularly known as 'Harishji' in his loksabha constituency Barmer-Jaisalmer,is a farmer leader &politician serving as the incharge of Indian National Congress organisation in Punjab and Chandigarh and Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Baytu constituency of Barmer district in Rajasthan as an Indian National Congress party candidate which he won in the 2018 legislative assembly elections. He has also served as the Cabinet Minister of Revenue,Colonization and Water Cooperation of Rajasthan for about 3 years. He had won Lok Sabha elections in 2009 from the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency in Rajasthan. But in 2014 elections,he lost. He was National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee till 2014–2019.
Thakur Kesari Singh Barhath was an Indian revolutionary leader,freedom fighter,and educator from the state of Rajasthan. He was the patriarch of the Barhath family,members of which participated in anti-British activities Barhath was also known as Rajasthan Kesari.
Kailash Bhansali was an Indian politician who served as a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Jodhpur constituency in Rajasthan from 2008 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2018.
Zakir Hussain Gesawat,is a politician and the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Makrana for the state of Rajasthan,India. He is current candidate for Indian National Congress for 113,Makrana Assembly and won election with huge margin He is president of Congress Committee,Nagaur District from 11 February 2016. He was also elected as Congress Candidate for the Rajasthan Assembly Election in 2018,2013 and 2008,but got succeeded only in 2008. He has been serving Indian National Congress for the past 25 years. He was also the president of Makrana Marble Vikas Samiti,a local marble mining industry.
Ravana Rajput is an Indian upper caste. Ravana Rajputs,a sub-set of Rajput clan and they are culturally similar to Rajput but have historically faced caste descrimination. They are among the castes known as Darogas. It is the only caste to protect the princely states of the warrior race,which is known as Ravana Rajput. This name came to existence in 1912 in the Jodhpur city progeny under the patronage of Sir Pratap Singh Rai Bahadur,the regent of the Marwar state.
Pratap Singh Khachariyawas is an Indian National Congress politician,who is Former Cabinet Minister of Food &Civil Supplies Consumer affairs Government of Rajasthan. He is also one of the Cabinet Ministers in the government,which is headed by Ashok Gehlot. Pratap Singh has held the post of the spokesperson of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee and president of Jaipur Congress since 2015,previously he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Civil Lines
Divya Maderna is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. She is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and was elected as MLA of the Osian constituency in the 2018 elections.
Panwar is a Rajput clan found in Northern India.
Neeraj Dangi is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha,upper house of the Parliament of India from Rajasthan in the June 2020 Rajya sabha elections as an Indian National Congress candidate.
Chetan Singh Choudhary,also known as Chetan Dudi,is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He is a member of the 15th Assembly of Rajasthan representing the Deedwana constituency as an Indian National Congress nominee.
Meena Kanwar is an Indian politician who is an elected member from Shergarh Assembly constituency in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan and is a member of the Congress Party.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan on 25 November 2023 to elect 199 of the 200 members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3 December 2023. The election for the Karanpur seat was adjourned following the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Kooner.
The Motiram Punamramji Koli is an Indian politician,social worker and current Member of Legislative Assembly from Reodar Assembly constituency as a member of Indian National Congress party. Motiram Koli defeated the Jagasi Ram Koli of Bharatiya Janata Party by the margin of 3,564 votes in 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.
Rajasthan is a state in northern India. It shares its western boundary with Pakistan and Gujarat to the southwest,Madhya Pradesh to the southeast,Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to the northeast,and Punjab to its north. The state encompasses a total area of 342,239 square kms.
