Barmer (Lok Sabha Constituency)
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Barmer Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha
(parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan
state in western India
.
(legislative assembly) segments. These are:
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
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
state in western India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Assembly segments
Presently, Barmer Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan SabhaVidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
(legislative assembly) segments. These are:
- Jaisalmer
- Sheo
- Barmer
- Baytoo
- Pachpadra
- Siwana
- Gudha Malani
- Chohtan
Members of Parliament
- 1957: Raghunath Singh Bahadur, IndependentIndependent (politician)In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
- 1962: Tan SinghTan SinghTan 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 ParishadRam Rajya ParishadAkhil 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 CongressIndian National CongressThe 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...
- 1971: Amrit Nahata, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe 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 SinghTan SinghTan 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 PartyJanata PartyThe 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 CongressIndian National CongressThe 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 CongressIndian National CongressThe 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 KalviKalyan Singh KalviKalyan 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 DalJanata DalJanata 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 MirdhaRam Niwas MirdhaRam 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 CongressIndian National CongressThe 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 RamSona RamCol. 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 CongressIndian National CongressThe 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 RamSona RamCol. 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 CongressIndian National CongressThe 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 RamSona RamCol. 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 CongressIndian National CongressThe 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 SinghManvendra SinghManvendra 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 PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe 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 ChaudharyHarish ChaudharyHarish Chaudhary is a Parliamentarian from the Jaisalmer-Barmer constituency in Rajasthan. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in May 2009....
, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe 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...