Constituency
42. Shahpura
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 2008
RJ-SHAHPURA
BJP 40.0%won by 6.5%INC 33.5%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.8% to 6.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.5% between them, down from 94.5% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,11,343
Margin
7,215
6.48%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJP- 1RAO RAJENDRA SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP44,53640.0%
- 2ALOKIndian National Congress · INC37,32133.5%
- 3BIRDI CHAND YADAVIndependent · IND17,92416.1%
- 4HARINARAYAN GHATALABahujan Samaj Party · BSP4,7534.3%
- 5RAMESHWAR PRASAD SAINIIndependent · IND3,6983.3%
- 6MALIRAM PALSANIAIndependent · IND1,6941.5%
- 7MOHANLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP7140.6%
- 8KALU RAMIndependent · IND3840.3%
- 9MEGH RAJ YADAVSamajwadi Party · SP3190.3%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +2.7%
- BJP share
- 49.2% → 40.0%
- INC share
- 45.4% → 33.5%
- Turnout
- — → —