Constituency
132. Jaisalmer
Community mirrorRajasthan Assembly Election, 2008
RJ-JAISALMER
BJP 28.7%won by 4.9%INC 23.9%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.9% to 4.9%.
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 21.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.6% between them, down from 82.4% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,18,537
Margin
5,775
4.87%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1CHHOTU SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP34,07228.7%
- 2SUNITAIndian National Congress · INC28,29723.9%
- 3GOVERDHANIndependent · IND22,49619.0%
- 4KISHAN SINGHIndependent · IND11,6129.8%
- 5RESHMA RAMIndependent · IND8,2006.9%
- 6BALVEER SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7,2316.1%
- 7ROOPDANLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP2,2271.9%
- 8AMRITLALNationalist Congress Party · NCP2,0501.7%
- 9RANSINGHIndependent · IND1,6061.4%
- 10SARDAR SINGHJGP · JGP7460.6%
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
- −14.0%
- BJP share
- 50.6% → 28.7%
- INC share
- 31.8% → 23.9%
- Turnout
- — → —