In a major setback to the BJP in Rajasthan, which goes to assembly
polls later this year, the Congress swept bypolls to three seats in the
state earlier held by the ruling party. Thursday Feb 01,2018’s results in the Ajmer
and Alwar Lok Sabha seats and Mandalgarh assembly seat indicated a
massive swing in vote share towards the Congress.
The Congress vote share in Alwar and Ajmer increased by 25 per cent and 11 per cent compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, while the BJP’s share in the same seats dipped by 20 per cent and 10 per cent. In Alwar, the Congress vote share jumped almost 25 per cent compared to its showing in 2014 when it lost by 2.83 lakh votes. The BJP had polled more than 60 per cent in 2014 and was down to 40 per cent this time.
On Thursday, the Congress’ Dr Karan Singh Yadav defeated the BJP’s Dr Jaswant Singh Yadav. BJP incumbent Mahant Chand Nath had died in September last year following a prolonged illness. The Congress vote share increased from 33.71 per cent of votes polled in 2014 to almost 58 per cent in 2018.
State Congress President Sachin Pilot, in 2014, had lost the Ajmer seat to the BJP’s Sanwar Lal Jat – who died in July last year – by a margin of almost 1.71 lakh votes, a trend that reversed Thursday. After securing 40 per cent of the vote share in 2014, the Congress, under candidate Raghu Sharma, recorded 51 per cent of the vote share. The BJP had fielded Jat’s son Ramswaroop Lamba.
The Congress also gained an assembly seat after winning the Mandalgarh constituency bypoll, necessitated after the death of BJP incumbent Kirti Kumari, in August last year while undergoing treatment for Swine Flu.
Kumari, in 2013, had cornered 50.07 per cent of total votes polled, ahead of Congress candidate Vivek Dhakar’s 38.90 per cent. On Thursday, Dhakar, nominated again, won 39.50 per cent of total votes polled, while the BJP’s Shakti Singh Hada secured 32.19 per cent of votes polled.
The Congress vote share in Alwar and Ajmer increased by 25 per cent and 11 per cent compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, while the BJP’s share in the same seats dipped by 20 per cent and 10 per cent. In Alwar, the Congress vote share jumped almost 25 per cent compared to its showing in 2014 when it lost by 2.83 lakh votes. The BJP had polled more than 60 per cent in 2014 and was down to 40 per cent this time.
On Thursday, the Congress’ Dr Karan Singh Yadav defeated the BJP’s Dr Jaswant Singh Yadav. BJP incumbent Mahant Chand Nath had died in September last year following a prolonged illness. The Congress vote share increased from 33.71 per cent of votes polled in 2014 to almost 58 per cent in 2018.
State Congress President Sachin Pilot, in 2014, had lost the Ajmer seat to the BJP’s Sanwar Lal Jat – who died in July last year – by a margin of almost 1.71 lakh votes, a trend that reversed Thursday. After securing 40 per cent of the vote share in 2014, the Congress, under candidate Raghu Sharma, recorded 51 per cent of the vote share. The BJP had fielded Jat’s son Ramswaroop Lamba.
The Congress also gained an assembly seat after winning the Mandalgarh constituency bypoll, necessitated after the death of BJP incumbent Kirti Kumari, in August last year while undergoing treatment for Swine Flu.
Kumari, in 2013, had cornered 50.07 per cent of total votes polled, ahead of Congress candidate Vivek Dhakar’s 38.90 per cent. On Thursday, Dhakar, nominated again, won 39.50 per cent of total votes polled, while the BJP’s Shakti Singh Hada secured 32.19 per cent of votes polled.
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