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Rajasthan Lok Sabha Election 2024: Jalore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies, consisting of eight assembly segments in Rajasthan. Prior to the 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, the Jalore constituency was a stronghold of the Congress, however, since then, the BJP has steamrolled the rival party’s bastion, winning the seat four consecutive times with sitting MP Devji Patel registering a hatrick of victories in the 2019 polls.
In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sitting BJP MP Devji Patel retained the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) grip on the seat by defeating his closest rival, Congress candidate Ratan Devasi by a chunky margin of 2,61,110 votes.
In a fiercely contested poll battle, Patel secured 7,72,833 votes while Devasi received 5,11,723 votes, amid a 65 percent turnout.
Elections for the Jalore Lok Sabha constituency will be held on April 26, 2024– Phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls– while votes will be counted on June 4 and results declared on the same day.
Lumbaram Choudhary – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Vaibhav Gehlot – Congress
(Note: The candidate(s) list will be updated as and when they are announced.)
Date of polling: April 26, 2024
Date of counting/results: June 4, 2024
The Jalore Lok Sabha constituency has been a BJP stronghold since the 20o4 Lok Sabha polls with sitting MP Devji Patel winning the seat the thrice since 2009. In the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, the ruling party will be eyeing to register a fifth straight victory from the constituency.
However, Patel has not been given a poll ticket this election, instead the saffron party has fielded Lumbaram Choudhary against Congress’ Vaibhav Gehlot who will be looking to restore the grand-old-party former glory in the constituency.
Since the 1952 Lok Sabha Elections, the Congress has won the Jalore seat 8 times, while the BJP has 5 wins under its belt, including five on the trot since 2004.
Elections for the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan will be held in first two phases, April 19 (phase 1) and April 26 (phase 2) of the general elections. Votes will be counted on June 4 and results declared on the same day, the Election Commission has announced.
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