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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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