Dholpur Assembly constituency

Dholpur Assembly constituency is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India.^[2][3] It is in Dholpur district and is a segment of the Karauli–Dholpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Dholpur
Constituency No. 79 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Rajasthan
District	Dholpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Karauli–Dholpur
Established	1951
Total electors	223,263[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shobha Rani Kushwaha
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1951	Gopal Bhargava		Indian National Congress
1957	Bahadur Singh
1962	Hari Shanker		Socialist Party
1967	Banwari Lal Sharma		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Jagdish Singh		Janata Party
1980	Banwari Lal Sharma		Indian National Congress
1985	Vasundhara Raje		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
1993	Banwari Lal Sharma		Indian National Congress
1998	Shiv Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Banwari Lal Sharma		Indian National Congress
2008	Abdul Sagir Khan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Banwari Lal Kushwaha		Bahujan Samaj Party
2017 (by-poll)	Shobha Rani Kushwaha[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018
2023			Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Dholpur^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shobharani Kushwah	69,724	39.97	+7.34
	BSP	Ritesh Sharma	52,935	30.34	+15.89
	BJP	Shivcharan Singh Kushwaha	45,637	26.16	−19.63
	ASP(KR)	Nasiruddin Khan	1,822	1.04
	NOTA	None of the above	1,430	0.82	−0.09
Majority			16,789	9.63	−3.53
Turnout			174,458	78.14	+5.59
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Dholpur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shobha Rani Kushwaha	67,349	45.79
	INC	Dr. Shiv Charan Singh Kushawah	47,989	32.63
	BSP	Kishan Chand Sharma	21,253	14.45
	Independent	Chand Prakash Sharma Urf C.P. Sharma	6,244	4.24
	NOTA	None of the above	1,335	0.91
Majority			19,360	13.16
Turnout			147,092	72.55
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

By-election, 2017: Dholpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shobha Rani Kushwaha	91,548	62.19
	INC	Banwari Lal Sharma	52,875	35.92
	Independent	Harvilash Jatav	919	0.62
Majority			38,673	26.09
Turnout			1,48,250	77.20
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing

2013

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Dholpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	B L Kushwah	49,892	37.86
	INC	Banwari Lal Sharma	40,683	30.87
	BJP	Abdul Sagir Khan	35,351	26.89
Majority			9,209	6.99
Turnout			1,31,990	81.34
	BSP gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
• Dholpur district