Barmer Lok Sabha constituency

Barmer Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi pronunciation: [baːɽ.meːɾ]) is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in western India. It is the second largest parliamentary constituency covering an area of 71,601 km²,^[3] over twice the size of Belgium. Jaisalmer and Barmer, the third and fifth largest districts in India, both fall under this Lok Sabha seat.

Barmer RJ-17
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Barmer Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Rajasthan
Assembly constituencies	Jaisalmer Sheo Barmer Baytoo Pachpadra Siwana Gudha Malani Chohtan
Established	1952
Total electors	22,06,237[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Ummeda Ram Beniwal [2]
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Former Defense Minister Jaswant Singh contested from this seat as a rebel BJP candidate in 2014. His son Manvendra Singh has also contested a few times from here.

Vidhan Sabha segments

Presently, Barmer Lok Sabha constituency comprises Eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[4]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
132	Jaisalmer	Jaisalmer	Chhotu Singh Bhati		BJP		IND
134	Sheo	Barmer	Ravindra Singh Bhati		IND		IND
135	Barmer		Priyanka Chaudhary		IND		INC
136	Baytoo		Harish Chaudhary		INC		INC
137	Pachpadra		Arun Choudhary		BJP		IND
138	Siwana		Hameer Singh Bhayal		BJP		IND
139	Gudha Malani		KK Vishnoi		BJP		INC
140	Chohtan (SC)		Aduram Meghwal		BJP		INC

Members of Lok Sabha

Year	Member	Party
1952	Bhawani Singh		Independent
1957	Raghunath Singh Bahadur
1962	Tan Singh		Ram Rajya Parishad
1967	Amrit Nahata		Indian National Congress
1971
1977	Tan Singh		Janata Party
1980	Virdhi Chand Jain		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Kalyan Singh Kalvi		Janata Dal
1991	Ram Niwas Mirdha		Indian National Congress
1996	Sona Ram
1998
1999
2004	Manvendra Singh Jasol		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Harish Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
2014	Sona Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Kailash Choudhary
2024	Ummeda Ram Beniwal		Indian National Congress

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Barmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ummeda Ram Beniwal	704,676	41.74	+4.99
	Independent	Ravindra Singh Bhati	586,500	34.74	N/A
	BJP	Kailash Choudhary	286,733	16.99	−42.52
	NOTA	None of the Above	17,903	1.06
Majority			128,731	7.00
Turnout			1,688,051	75.93	+2.63
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Barmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kailash Choudhary	846,526	59.52	+19.62
	INC	Manvendra Singh	5,22,718	36.75	+3.35
	Independent	Popal Lal	18,996	1.34
	BMP	Ramesh Kumar	16,699	1.17
Majority			3,23,808	22.77
Turnout			14,22,875	73.30	+0.74
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Barmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sona Ram	488,747	40.62
	IND.	Jaswant Singh	4,01,286	33.35
	INC	Harish Chaudhary	2,20,881	18.36
	IND.	Rama Ram	17,563	1.44
	NOTA	None of the above	15,889	1.30
Majority			87,461	7.17
Turnout			12,19,174	72.56
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Barmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harish Chaudhary	416,497	53.04
	BJP	Manvendra Singh	2,97,391	37.87
	Independent	Popat Lal	18,806	2.40
	BSP	Mahendra Vyas	18,320	2.33
Majority			1,19,106	15.17
Turnout			7,85,199	54.47
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General Election 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Barmer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manvendra Singh	631,851	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			10,48,698	63.99	+4.67
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+13.01

See also

• Barmer district
• Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency) and Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency), noted for their large area
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha