Barmer (Lok Sabha Constituency)
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Barmer Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan
Rajasthan
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 state in western India
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Assembly segments

Presently, Barmer Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha
Vidhan Sabha
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 (legislative assembly) segments. These are:
  1. Jaisalmer
  2. Sheo
  3. Barmer
  4. Baytoo
  5. Pachpadra
  6. Siwana
  7. Gudha Malani
  8. Chohtan

Members of Parliament

  • 1957: Raghunath Singh Bahadur, Independent
    Independent (politician)
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  • 1962: Tan Singh
    Tan Singh
    Tan Singh was an Indian politician and a member of the Lok Sabha twice. He was from Barmer, Rajasthan, India. He was a Mahecha Rathore Rajput. A Bhuswami leader, he was also the founder of Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh, a radical organisation for young Rajputs in modern times...

    , Ram Rajya Parishad
    Ram Rajya Parishad
    Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad , was a traditionalist Hindu party in India. It was founded by Swami Karpatri in 1948. The Ram Rajya Parishad won three Lok Sabha seats in the 1952 elections and two in the 1962 elections. In 1952, 1957 and 1962, it won several dozen Vidhan Sabha seats, all in...

  • 1967: Amrit Nahata, Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
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  • 1971: Amrit Nahata, Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

  • 1977: Tan Singh
    Tan Singh
    Tan Singh was an Indian politician and a member of the Lok Sabha twice. He was from Barmer, Rajasthan, India. He was a Mahecha Rathore Rajput. A Bhuswami leader, he was also the founder of Shri Kshatriya Yuvak Sangh, a radical organisation for young Rajputs in modern times...

    , Janata Party
    Janata Party
    The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

  • 1980: Virdhi Chander Jain, Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

  • 1984: Virdhi Chander Jain, Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

  • 1989: Kalyan Singh Kalvi
    Kalyan Singh Kalvi
    Kalyan Singh Kalvi was a politician from the Indian state of Rajasthan. He hailed from a small village Kalvi in Nagaur District of Rajasthan. He was the cabinet minister in government of India in 1991 with energy portfolio. He died soon after. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1989 from Barmer Lok...

    , Janata Dal
    Janata Dal
    Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

  • 1991: Ram Niwas Mirdha
    Ram Niwas Mirdha
    Ram Niwas Mirdha was an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He served as member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1967 and as speaker of the assembly from 1957 to 1967...

    , Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

  • 1996: Sona Ram
    Sona Ram
    Col. Sona Ram is an Indian politician, a member of the Indian National Congress political party and a former member of the Lok Sabha representing Barmer constituency in Rajasthan, India.-Education and career:...

     Choudhary, Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

  • 1998: Sona Ram
    Sona Ram
    Col. Sona Ram is an Indian politician, a member of the Indian National Congress political party and a former member of the Lok Sabha representing Barmer constituency in Rajasthan, India.-Education and career:...

     Choudhary, Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

  • 1999: Sona Ram
    Sona Ram
    Col. Sona Ram is an Indian politician, a member of the Indian National Congress political party and a former member of the Lok Sabha representing Barmer constituency in Rajasthan, India.-Education and career:...

     Choudhary, Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

  • 2004: Manvendra Singh
    Manvendra Singh
    Manvendra Singh is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Barmer constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party....

    , Bharatiya Janata Party
    Bharatiya Janata Party
    The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

  • 2009: Harish Chaudhary
    Harish Chaudhary
    Harish Chaudhary is a Parliamentarian from the Jaisalmer-Barmer constituency in Rajasthan. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in May 2009....

    , Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...


Election results


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