Elections 98

State:	Rajasthan
Constituency:	Sawai Madhopur (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	593263
Winner: INC	Usha	282472
Runner Up: BJP	Ramesh Chand	220138
Margin: 62334 (22%)

Elections 96

State:	Rajasthan
Constituency:	Sawai Madhopur (ST)
Total Votes Polled:	398894
Winner: INC	Usha Devi	166103
Runner Up: BJP	Kunji Lal	143853
Margin: 22250 (5.64%)

The BJP won this seat for the first time in 1989, and despite a change of candidate managed to hold on in 1991. In 1996, sitting MP Kunjilal was defeated by the Congress's Usha Devi by 23,000 votes. The JD's Moti Lal, who came third, cornered 67,015 votes. In the past, Congressman R K Meena had represented this constituency twice, in 1980 and 1984.