Kathumar Assembly constituency

Kathumar is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India.^[2][3]

Kathumar
Constituency No. 69 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Rajasthan
District	Alwar
Lok Sabha constituency	Bharatpur
Established	1972
Total electors	229,399[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramesh Khinchi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

It is part of Alwar district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. It consists of Kathumar tehsil and parts of Laxmangarh tehsil, both in Alwar district.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1972	Gokul Chand[4]		Indian National Congress
1977	Ganga Sahai[5]		Janata Party
1980	Babulal Bairwa[6]		Independent
1985[7]			Indian National Congress
1990	Jagan Nath Pahadia[8]
1993	Mangal Ram Koli[9]		Independent
1998	Ramesh Chand Khinchi[10]		Indian National Congress
2003	Ramesh Chand Khinchi[11]
2008	Babulal Bairwa[12]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Mangal Ram Koli[13]
2018	Babulal Bairwa[14]		Indian National Congress
2023	Ramesh Khinchi		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kathumar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Khinchi	79,756	48.52
	INC	Sanjana Jatav	79,347	48.27
	None of the Above	None of the Above	738	0.45
Majority			409
Turnout			1,64,389
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kathumar^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Babulal Bairwa	54,110	37.16
	BJP	Babulal Manager	39,942	27.43
	Independent	Ramesh Chand Khinchi	32,916	22.60
	RLD	Narsee Kumar Kirid	10,846	7.45
	BSP	Iswar Singh	2332	1.60
	Independent	Roop Narain Singh	1626	1.12
	Independent	Babulal	1304	0.90
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1071	0.74
	BRSP	Monu Ram Koli	628	0.43
	Bharatiya Yuva Shakti	Girvar Singh	615	0.42
	APOI	Vinod	232	0.16
Majority			14,168	9.80
Turnout			1,45,622	70.74%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2013

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kathumar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mangal Ram Koli	53,483	39.93
	INC	Ramesh Chand Khinchi	37,753	28.18
	NPP	Babulal Bairwa	31,318	23.38
Majority			15,730
Turnout			1,33,958	75.16%
	BJP hold		Swing

2008

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Kathumar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Babulal Bairwa	49,572	45.98
	INC	Ramesh Chand Khinchi	47,879	44.41
	BSP	Banni Ram	4622	4.29
Majority			1693
Turnout			1,07,817	69.56%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

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