Bikaner Lok Sabha election result: Arjun Ram Meghwal retained his Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency by winning by the margin of 2,64,081. While he got 657743 votes, his nearest rival, Madan Gopal Meghwal of the Congress received 393662 votes
Bikaner is one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies of Rajasthan that went to polls on May 6, during the fifth phase. Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal represents this constituency in Lok Sabha.
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In the 2014 polls, Meghwal had defeated his nearest rival Shankar Pannu of the Congress by a margin of 3,08,079 votes. While he got 5,84,932 votes, his nearest rival polled 2,76,853. Meghwal received 62.84 percent of votes compared to Pannu’s 29.74. BJP saw its vote share go up by a staggering 19.92 percent while Congress’ went down by 9.74 per cent.
It is the same seat where actor Dharmendra contested from BJP ticket in 2004. He, however, did not contest in 2009, nor is he in the fray ths time as well. Taking the family tradition ahead, his son and actor Sunny Deol is contesting from Punjab’s Gurdaspur.
In 2004, Dharmendra defeated his nearest rival Rameshwar Lal Dudi of the Congress by the margin of 57,175 votes. While got 5,17, 802 votes, his nearest rival got 4,60,627 votes in the constituency. Arjan Ram of BSP bagged third position with 38,729 votes.
Bikaner has five Assembly eight Assembly segments which are Khajuwala, Bikaner West, Bikaner East, Kolayat, Lunkaransar, Dungargarh, Nokha and Anupgarh. Bikaner is one if Rajasthan’s famous tourist attractions. Among places to visit here include Junagar Fort, Laxmi Niwas Palace, Karni Mata Temple, Mukam Bishnoi Temple, Laxminath Temoe, Bhandasar Temple among others. Bikaner is located close nearly 330 km from state capital Jaipur.
As per the 2011 Census, the total population of Bikaner is 23.64 lakh. It has 3,81,203 number of voters. Of them, 7,38,809 are male and 6,41,394 are females. The percentage of literacy rate is at least 66.