Khanpur, Rajasthan Assembly constituency

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

Khanpur
Constituency No. 199 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Lok Sabha constituency	Jhalawar-Baran
Established	1951
Total electors	247,156[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suresh Gurjar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

It is part of Jhalawar district.

Birth and extent of the constituency

The constituency was created by The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951.^[4] It had its first election in 1951. As of the latest delimitation in 2008, it consists of Khanpur tehsil and parts of Jhalrapatan tehsil (including Mandawar, Ratlai, Salawad, Bakani, Reechwa ILRCs and Gagron and Govindpura Patwari Circles of Jhalawar ILRC).^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1951	Bhairav Lal		Indian National Congress
1962	Prabhu Lal Senter		Independent politician
1967	H. Chandra		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967 (By Poll)	S.Kumari		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Gauri Shanker		Indian National Congress
1977	Bhairav Lal		Janata Party
1980	Prithvi Singh		Indian National Congress
1985	Harish		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Chaturbhuj		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Bharat Singh		Indian National Congress
1998[5]	Minakshee Chandrawat		Indian National Congress
2003[6]	Narendra Nagar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008[7]	Anil Jain
2013[8]	Narendra Nagar
2018[9]
2023	Suresh Gurjar		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Khanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Suresh Gurjar	101,045	49.76%	+4.08%
	BJP	Narendra Nagar	92,620	45.61%	−1.31%
	AAP	Deepesh Kumar	2,634	1.30%	+0.57%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,106	1.04%	−0.28%
	BSP	Sanju	1,778	0.88%	−0.08%
	Independent	Ajay Kumar	1,665	0.82%	N/A
	Independent	Kanhaiya Lal	1,216	0.60%	N/A
Majority			8,425	4.15%	+2.91%
Turnout			2,03,064	82.16%	+1.64%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.91

2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Khanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narendra Nagar	85,984	46.92%	+1.17%
	INC	Suresh Gurjar	83,719	45.68%	+19.08%
	Independent	Arjun Singh Gaur	5,534	3.02%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,415	1.32%	−0.46%
	BSP	Mohan Lal	1,756	0.96%	−0.05%
	AAP	Nandkishor Sharma	1,334	0.73%	N/A
	Independent	Pramod Kumar Tiwari	1,334	0.73%	N/A
Majority			2,269	1.24%	−17.91%
Turnout			1,83,254	80.52%	−0.48%
	BJP hold		Swing	17.91

2013

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Khanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narendra Nagar	73,955	45.75%	−3.00%
	INC	Sanjay Gurjar	42,999	26.60%	−18.35%
	NPP	Anil Jain	33,624	20.80%	N/A
	Independent	Anil Kumar	5,324	3.29%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,874	1.78%	+1.78%
	BSP	Ramswaroop Bairwa	1,639	1.01%	−1.26%
	Independent	Rajesh Singhvi	1,220	0.75%	N/A
Majority			30,956	19.15%	+15.35%
Turnout			1,61,835	81.00%	+10.61%
	BJP hold		Swing	15.35

2008

2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Khanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anil	63,664	48.75%	+10.67%
	INC	Meenakshi Chandrawat	58,709	44.95%	+14.45%
	BSP	Mohan Lal Bhil	2,959	2.27%	N/A
	ABCD	Ramswaroop Bairwa	2,807	2.15%	N/A
	JD(S)	Ram Pratap	1,015	0.78%	N/A
	BJSH	Arvind Singh	532	0.41%	N/A
	BBP	Nathu Lal	473	0.36%	N/A
	SP	Abdul Farid Khan	441	0.34%	N/A
Majority			4,955	3.80%	−3.78%
Turnout			1,30,600	70.39%	+0.71%
	BJP hold		Swing	3.78

See also

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