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Elections 98

State: Rajasthan
Constituency: Barmer
Total Votes Polled: 852994
Winner: INC Col.Sonaram Chowdhary 446107
Runner Up: BJP Lokendra Singh Kalvi 360567
Margin: 85540 (19%)


Elections 96

State: Rajasthan
Constituency: Barmer
Total Votes Polled: 655776
Winner: INC Sona Ram 329738
Runner Up: BJP Jograj Singh 265072
Margin: 64666 (10.05%)


Congressman Ram Niwas Mirdha was elected in 1991, who took the seat back from the JD for his party. In 1996 , the Congress's Sona Ram defeated the BJP's Jograj Singh by 64,000 votes. Interestingly, this large constituency has not so far voted for the BJP.

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