Barmer Lok Sabha constituency: Candidates for 2019 LS poll, past results, all updates

Barmer Lok Sabha constituency: The Barmer constituency will vote on April 29 in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election. BJP's Kailash Choudhry and Congress' Manvendra Singh will be up in the key contest in 2019. In the 4th phase, the election will be held on 71 seats across 8 states.  

Barmer constituency consists of eight assembly segments which are Jaisalmer, Sheo, Barmer, Baytoo, Pachpadra, Siwana, Gudha Malani, Chohtan (SC). The constituency has a formidable presence of people belonging to the Jat and Rajput whose ballot would be an important deciding factor in the upcoming polls.

The contest in Barmer is going to be tricky and intense between the BJP and Congress candidates. Sona Ram Choudhary, who is the sitting BJP MP in Barmer, has been denied ticket this time and instead the party has fielded Kailash Choudhary, which might upset the sitting MP and affect BJP mandate. 

In another development, the Congress is banking upon the son of former BJP leader Jaswant Singh, Manvendra Singh. Jaswant Singh had contested 2014 polls as an independent candidate but lost to Choudhary.

Barmer Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates 

BJP: Kailash Chaudhry

Congress: Manvendra Singh 

Barmer Lok Sabha election results in 2014, 2009 and 2004

2014 

Winning candidate: Sona Ram (BJP)

Losing candidate: Jaswant Singh (Independent)

2009

Winning candidate: Harish Choudhary (Congress)
 
Losing candidate: Manvendra Singh (BJP)

2004

Winning candidate: Manvendra Singh (BJP)

Losing candidate: Col Sona Ram Choudhary  

Rajasthan has a total of 25 parliamentary seats which will go to polls in two phases. Here is the seat-wise break-up in which phase, election will be held in Rajasthan constituencies. 

13 out of 25 Rajasthan constituencies will go to polls in Lok Sabha election 4th phase, April 29: Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran. 

Remaining 12 Rajasthan constituencies will go to polls in Lok Sabha election 5th phase, May 06: Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, Nagaur

Rajasthan is one of the key states in the Hindi-belt both the national parties — BJP and Congress — are set to give a tough competition to each other. Rajasthan has a total of 4,84,79,229 voters.

BJP's alliance in Rajasthan 

The BJP is contesting polls in alliance with Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Led by Jat leader Hanuman Beniwal, RLP won Khinvsar, Merta and Bhopalgarh seats in 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections.

Hanuman Beniwal is a former BJP leader who was ousted from the party after his differences with former chief minister Vasundhara Raje. However, after the 2018 assembly election results, which led the BJP to lose the state to Congress, it has aligned with the RLP. Looking at the presence of RLP's presence in some regions, BJP may encash benefit in districts like Ajmer, Pali, Barmer, and Jodhpur. 

Congress' alliance in Rajasthan

Congress is going to contest all 25 seats in the forthcoming election. However, in assembly election 2018, it has allied with Rashtriya Lok Dal led by Ajit Singh, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Sharad Yadav’s Loktantrik Janata Dal. 

Role of Rajasthan Assembly election 2018 results

In 2018, Congress dethrone BJP from power after it won 100 seats in 200 constituency assembly. The BJP which was in power secured 73 seats and couldn't retain the state. Going by the 2018 results, if anti-incumbency wave continues against the BJP, then it will affect BJP's tally which won all 25 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 elections. It was for the first time since 1989 that Congress failed to win even a single seat in 2014 Lok Sabha polls. 

However, it is very hard to predict whether there will be a repeat of 2018 assembly polls or the Modi factor would once again work. In 2014, BJP's total vote share was 54.9

Lok Sabha election 2019 is being held in 7-phases. The first, second and third voting have already taken place. The remaining phases will go to polls on April 29 (4th phase), May 06 (5th phase), May 12 (6th phase) and May 19 (7ht phase).