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State: Rajasthan
Constituency: Pali
Total Votes Polled: 373853
Winner: BJP Gumanmal Lodha 142356
Runner Up: INC Mitha Lal Jain 127885
Margin: 14471 (3.96%)

In 1952 this constituency returned an Independent, but later stuck on to the Congress, deviating a couple of times to the BLD/JD. In the last three elections, it has returned the BJP's Gumanmal Lodha -- former chief justice of the Assam high court -- despite his vote count falling from a high of 63.6 % in 1989 to 38.92 % in 1996.

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