BJP hopes for Balakot poll gain
n Kaman, Nagar, Deeg-kumher, Bharatpur, Nadbai, Weir and Bayana. Before delimitation, former Bharatpur royal family members were winning from the seat.
Vishvendra Singh, tourism minister in the present Congress government, was elected Bhar- atpur MP three times on BJP tickets from 1999 to 2009. His wife Divya Singh was elected on a BJP ticket in 1996. Vishvendra’s cousin Krishnendra Kaur Deepa had won the seat from BJP in 1991. His father Maharaja Sawai Brijendra Singh was an independent MP in 1967 and his uncle Giriraj Saran Singh was elected as an independent from the seat in 1952.
Karauli-dholpur Lok Sabha seat was formed after delimitation in 2008. Four assembly seats from Karauli district -- Hindaun City, Karauli, Todabhim and Sapotra -- and four from Dholpur district -- Dholpur, Rajakhera, Bari and Baseri -- were included in the LS seat.
After delimitation, KarauliDholpur Lok Sabha seat was reserved for schedule castes. Khiladi Lal Bairwa of the Congress was elected in 2009 and BJP’S Manoj Rajoria in 2014.
In Tonk-sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha seat, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria was elected on a BJP ticket in 2014. Former IPS officer Namo Narayan Meena was elected on a Congress ticket in 2009. Four assembly seats from Tonk -- Tonk, Malpura, Niwai and Deoli-uniara -- and four from Sawai Madhopur -- Madhopur, Gangapur City, Bamanwas, Khandar -- were merged in the Tonk-sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha seat after the 2008 delimitation.
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