Constituency
20. Taranagar
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 2008
RJ-TARANAGAR
BJP 38.8%won by 12.5%INC 26.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 12.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 4.7% to 38.8% of the vote here (+34.0%).
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,40,662
Margin
17,613
12.52%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1RAJENDRA RATHOREBharatiya Janata Party · BJP54,51738.8%
- 2DR.CHANDRASHEKHAR BAIDIndian National Congress · INC36,90426.2%
- 3JAINARAYAN PUNIAIndependent · IND32,53323.1%
- 4SHAKUNTALA KANWARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP12,0088.5%
- 5KISHANLALIndependent · IND1,8971.3%
- 6HANUMAN PRASADIndependent · IND1,8261.3%
- 7BUDDHARAM MEGHAWALBHBP · BHBP5870.4%
- 8SUSHILA SARANLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP3900.3%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–INC swing
- +42.5%
- BJP share
- 4.7% → 38.8%
- INC share
- 34.7% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —