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Kota Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Rajasthan: BJP's Om Birla defeats Congress' Ramnarayan Meena

BJP's Om Birla and Congress' Ramnarayan Meena were the key candidates in the fray in 2019. In the 4th phase, a total of 71 seats across 8 states witnessed Lok Sabha election 2019.

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Kota Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Rajasthan: BJP's Om Birla defeats Congress' Ramnarayan Meena
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Result Update: Om Birla defeats Congress' Ramnarayan Meena by 279677 votes in Kota as BJP's dominance in Rajasthan continues. 

Kota Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Parliamentary constituency Kota went to polls on April 29 in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election. BJP's Om Birla and Congress' Ramnarayan Meena were the key candidates in the fray in 2019. In the 4th phase, a total of 71 seats across 8 states witnessed Lok Sabha election 2019.  

Kota Lok Sabha constituency profile

Kota Lok Sabha constituency consists of eight assembly segments which are Keshoraipatan (SC), Bundi, Pipalda, Sangod, Kota North, Kota South, Ladpura, Ramganj Mandi (SC). 

Despite belonging to Scheduled Tribe (ST) Ramnarayan Meena has never contested elections from a reserved seat. Given that Kota constituency has a considerable population of people belonging to Meena community, Congress candidate is definitley having an upper hand in the upcoming elections. 

Ramnarayan Meena was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1988 but lost the seat in 1999 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee government fell. 

While Congress banked upon Ramnarayan Meena, BJP kept its hope on the sitting MP Om Birla who won 2014 election after defeating Congress' Ijyaraj Singh by a margin of over 2 lakh votes. 

Kota Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates 

BJP: Om Birla
Congress: Ramnarayan Meena 

Kota Lok Sabha election results in 2014, 2009 and 2004

2014 

Winning candidate: Om Birla (BJP)

Losing candidate: Ijyaraj Singh (Congress)

2009

Winning candidate: Ijyaraj Singh (Congress)
 
Losing candidate: Shyam Sharma Bisnoi (BJP)

2004

Winning candidate: Raghuveer Singh  (BJP)

Losing candidate: Hari Mohan Sharma (Congress)  

Rajasthan has a total of 25 parliamentary seats which will go to polls in two phases.

Rajasthan is one of the key states in the Hindi-belt both the national parties — BJP and Congress — gave a tough competition to each other. Rajasthan has a total of 4,84,79,229 voters.

BJP's alliance in Rajasthan 

The BJP contested polls in alliance with Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Led by Jat leader Hanuman Beniwal, RLP won Khinvsar, Merta and Bhopalgarh seats in 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections.

Hanuman Beniwal was a former BJP leader who was ousted from the party after his differences with former chief minister Vasundhara Raje. However, after the 2018 assembly election results, which led the BJP to lose the state to Congress, it aligned with the RLP. 

Congress' alliance in Rajasthan

Congress contested all 25 seats in the forthcoming election. However, in assembly election 2018, it allied with Rashtriya Lok Dal led by Ajit Singh, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Sharad Yadav’s Loktantrik Janata Dal. 

Lok Sabha election 2019 were held in 7-phases.

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