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Barmer (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Barmer Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in western India. It is the second largest parliamentary constituency covering an area of 71,601 km2, over twice the size of Belgium. Jaisalmer district , Jaisalmer and Barmer, the third and fifth largest districts in India, both fall under this Lok Sabha seat. Former Defense Minister Jaswant Singh contested from this seat as a rebel BJP candidate in 2014. His son Manvendra Singh has also contested a few times from here. Vidhan Sabha segments Presently, Barmer Lok Sabha constituency comprises Eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are: Members of Lok Sabha Election results General Election 2024 General Election 2019 General Election 2014 General Election 2009 General Election 2004 See also * Barmer district * Ladakh (Lok Sabha constituency) and Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency), noted for th ...
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Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first modern Nationalism, nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other Decolonization, anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. The INC is a "big tent" party that has been described as sitting on the Centrism, centre of the Indian politics, Indian political spectrum. The party held its first session in 1885 in Mumbai, Bombay where Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, W.C. Bonnerjee presided over it. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress eme ...
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Manvendra Singh
Manvendra Singh Jasol is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004-2009 representing the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency of Rajasthan. Early life Colonel Manvendra Singh was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. His father is Jaswant Singh, a former Finance Minister and Defence Minister of India, and mother is Sheetal Kanwar. Singh is married to Chitra Singh daughter of Bhainsrorgarh. They have two children. He is an alumnus of Mayo College and has an MA, having studied at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He is a Colonel in Territorial Army (India). Before entering politics, he worked as a journalist at the Statesman and the Indian Express, with a specialization in defence and national security affairs. Singh worked as a media advisor for General Ved Prakash Malik during the Kargil War. Political life Though Singh entered politics in the ...
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Aduram Meghwal
Aduram Meghwal (03 December 1966) is an Indian Politician currently Serving as a 16th, Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Chohtan in Barmer district. He is Member of the Bhartiya Janta Party. Career Following the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, he was elected as an MLA from the Chohtan Assembly constituency, defeating Padmaram, the candidate from the Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ... (INC), by a margin of 14,28 votes. References Living people Rajasthan MLAs 2023–2028 People from Barmer district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan Indian Hindus Year of birth missing (living people) {{Rajasthan-BJP-politician-stub ...
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KK Vishnoi
Krishan Kumar Vishnoi (also known as KK Vishnoi) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who is serving as a Minister of State in the Government of Rajasthan. He represents the Gudamalani constituency in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Early life and education Krishan Kumar Vishnoi was born on 8 August 1976 in Gudamalani, Barmer district, Rajasthan. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marwad College, Kuchaman City, affiliated with Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, in 2021. Political career Vishnoi has been associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan and served as the State Secretary of the party's Rajasthan unit from 2020 to 2023. In the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan on 2023 elections in India, 25 November 2023 to elect List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, 199 of the 200 members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The res ...
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Hameersingh Bhayal
Hameer Singh Bhayal is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing the Siwana Rajasthan. Political career Hameer Singh Bhayal contested assembly elections as a Bhartiya Janta Party candidate from Siwana Siwana is a Municipality & Tehsil in Balotra district in Indian state of Rajasthan, located 151 km from Barmer. The place is known for its fort which is locally known as Gadh Siwana, Gadh means Fort. Siwana contains 130 villages and has a ... Assembly constituency in 2013 and won a seat for the BJP. Similarly, in 2018 he also again won the assembly elections. In 2023 he again contested assembly elections and won again defeating Independent Sunil Parihar and Manvendra Singh Jasol. References Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan Rajasthan MLAs 2013–2018 1958 births Rajasthan MLAs 2018–2023 Rajasthan MLAs 2023–2028 {{Rajasthan-BJP-politician-stu ...
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Arun Choudhary
Arun Choudhary is an Indian politician serving as a member of the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, representing the Pachpadra in Barmer district Barmer District is a district in Rajasthan state of India. It is located in the western part of Rajasthan state forming a part of the Thar Desert. Barmer was the third largest district by area in Rajasthan and fifth largest district in India, o .... References Living people Rajasthan MLAs 2023–2028 People from Barmer district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan Indian Hindus Year of birth missing (living people) {{Rajasthan-BJP-politician-stub ...
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Harish Chaudhary
Harish Singh Godara, better known as Harish Chaudhary, is an Indian politician. He is member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Baytoo, Rajasthan. He is member of the Indian National Congress. He also served as the Cabinet Minister of Revenue, Colonization and Water Cooperation of Rajasthan. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Barmer in 2009. He was national secretary of the All India Congress Committee from 2014 to 2019. He was also incharge of the Congress party in Punjab. Early life and education Chaudhary was born on 13 May 1970 in Baytu tehsil in Barmer district of Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhary, Harish Living people 1970 births India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan Memb ...
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Priyanka Chaudhary
Priyanka Chaudhary (born 1973) is an Indian politician and doctor from Barmer, Rajasthan. She was elected to the 16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Barmer. She is granddaughter of Gangaram Choudhary, cabinet minister in Government of Rajasthan. Political career In the 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections Chaudhary defeated Mewaram Jain of Indian National Congress by securing 105420 votes. Before 2023 Assembly elections Chaudhary was a member of Bhartiya Janta Party but the party chose Deepak Karwasara as candidate while Chaudhary nominated as Independent candidate and won the elections. Education Chaudhary's educational qualifications are Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ... in Public Administration from University of Rajas ...
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Ravindra Singh Bhati
Ravindra Singh Bhati (born 3 December 1997) is an Indian politician currently serving as a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Sheo Assembly constituency. He also served as the President of Jai Narain Vyas University Student Union from 2019-2022. Early life and education Bhati was born on 3 December 1997 in Doodhora village of Barmer district, Rajasthan. His father, Shaitan Singh Bhati, is a school teacher and his mother, Ashok Kanwar, is a homemaker. He did his BA and LLB from Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. Political career Student politics Bhati initiated his political journey through student politics at JNVU. Following ABVP's refusal of ticket, he contested independently, securing victory as the inaugural independent student union president in JNVU's 57-year history. During his tenure, he prioritized numerous student concerns, including addressing fee issues amid the challenging COVID-19 pandemic, he had been jailed multiple times for that. Main ...
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Barmer District
Barmer District is a district in Rajasthan state of India. It is located in the western part of Rajasthan state forming a part of the Thar Desert. Barmer was the third largest district by area in Rajasthan and fifth largest district in India, occupying an area of 28,387 km2 before creation of new districts. Being in the western part of the state, it includes a part of the Thar Desert. Jaisalmer is to the north of this district while Jalore is in its south. Balotra form its eastern border and it shares a border with Pakistan in the west. Partially being a desert, this district has a large variation in temperature. The temperature in summer can rise up to 51 °C and falls near to 0 °C in winter. Luni is the longest river in Barmer district. After travelling a length of almost 500 km, it passes through Jalore and merges in the marshy land of Runn of Kutch. District headquarters is in the town of Barmer. The other major towns in the district are: Guda Malani, ...
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Independent Politician
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or r ...
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Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling political parties by country, ruling political party in India under the incumbent Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics and has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Far-right politics, far-right Paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisation. Its policies adhere to Hindutva, a Hindu nationalism, Hindu nationalist ideology. it is the country's biggest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as State legislature (India), state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by In ...
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