Barmer (Lok Sabha constituency)

Barmer Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in western India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Barmer Lok Sabha constituency comprises Eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[1]

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-1957	Bhawani Singh (politician)	Independent
Second	1957-1962	Raghunath Singh Bahadur	Independent
Third	1962-1967	Tan Singh	Ram Rajya Parishad
Fourth	1967-1971	Amrit Nahata	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1971-1977	Amrit Nahata	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-1980	Tan Singh	Janata Party
Seventh	1980-1984	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-1989	Virdhi Chand Jain	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-1991	Kalyan Singh Kalvi	Janata Dal
Tenth	1991-1996	Ram Niwas Mirdha	Indian National Congress
Elevanth	1996-1998	Sona Ram	Indian National Congress
twelfth	1998-1999	Sona Ram	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999-2004	Sona Ram	Indian National Congress
Fourteenth	2004-2009	Manvendra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth	2009-2014	Harish Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Sona Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party

Indian general elections, 2014: Barmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sona Ram	4,88,747	40.62
	Independent	Jaswant Singh	4,01,286	33.35
	INC	Harish Chaudhary	2,20,881	18.36
	AAP	Mangilal Gaur	14,906	1.24
	BSP	Malam Singh	12,883	1.07
Majority
Turnout			12,03,285
	BJP hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

General Election, 2004: Barmer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manvendra Singh	6,31,851	60.25	+13.01
	INC	Sona Ram Choudhry	3,59,963	34.32	-16.79
	Independent	Arjun Ram	20,945	2.00
	BSP	Sharvan Kumar	19,636	1.87	+1.34
	INLD	Hastimal Doshi	16,753	1.60
Majority			2,71,888	25.93	+29.80
Turnout			1,048,698	63.99	+4.67
	BJP hold		Swing	+13.01