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Parliamentary constituency Rajsamand went to polls on April 29 in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election. BJP's Diya Kumari and Congress' Devkinandan Gurjar were the key candidates in the fray in 2019.
Updated : May 24, 2019, 03:48 PM IST
Result Update: Diya Kumari of BJP won in Rajsamand, Rajasthan by 551916 votes.
Rajsamand Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Parliamentary constituency Rajsamand went to polls on April 29 in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election. BJP's Diya Kumari and Congress' Devkinandan Gurjar 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.
Rajsamand Lok Sabha constituency consists of eight assembly segments which are Beawar, Merta (SC), Degana, Jaitaran, Bhim, Kumbhalgarh, Rajsamand, Nathdwara.
Rajput, Jat and Brahmin voters have mixed strength in this constituency, therefore, community vote wouldn't be a big issue in the election, rather, other issues like farm distress, welfare schemes will be more on agenda to decide the mandate.
BJP's 2019 candidate in Rajsamand is Diya Kumari, who belongs to one of the Royal families of Rajasthan in the Rajput community. In her poll rallies, she is reaching out to women voters who according to her are more conservative in a state like Rajasthan and prefer women candidates in governance so that they can approach them easily.
Assuring voters that she will not them down, Diya Kumari appealed to voters to do their duty on April 29 and she will take care of her duty.
Rajsamand Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates
BJP: Diya Kumari
Congress: Devkinandan Gurjar
Rajsamand Lok Sabha election results in 2014 and 2009
2014
Winning candidate: Hariom Singh Rathore (BJP)
Losing candidate: Gopal Singh Shekhawat (Congress)
2009
Winning candidate: Gopal Singh Shekhawat (Congress)
Losing candidate: Rasa Singh Rawat (BJP)
Rajasthan has a total of 25 parliamentary seats which went 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.