Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha seat
BJP is riding on its victory chariot in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, the Meena-Gurjar dominated Lok Sabha seat of Rajasthan. BJP has won this seat twice consecutively in the three elections held so far and this time in the Lok Sabha elections this party has entered the fray to score a hat-trick. At the same time, Congress is also trying hard to save its traditional vote bank. The first election on this Lok Sabha seat, which came into existence during the delimitation of the year 2008, was held in the year 2009 and the Congress Party was able to win from here only in this election.
Since then this party has to continuously remain in the role of runner up. According to the report of the Election Department, Namonorayan Meena of Congress had won the first election of this seat held in 2009. Then in 2014, when the second election was held on this seat, Sukhbir Jaunapuriya on BJP ticket elected Vijayashree on this seat. Jaunapuriya was successful in hoisting the saffron flag on this seat in the year 2019 also. Now he is trying to score a hat-trick. On the other hand, Congress also considers Gurjar-Meena vote bank as its traditional vote and this seat is also Gurjar Meena dominated.
Sachin Pilot himself is taking command
In such a situation, Congress has used all its strength to capture this seat. Sachin Pilot, the most powerful Gurjar leader of Rajasthan Congress, has himself taken command of this seat. According to the report, in the last elections, Congress had placed stake on this seat twice on the Meena community and once on the minority candidate. Although victory was achieved only once. In such a situation, this time Congress is preparing to experiment something new on this seat. It is believed that this time both BJP and Congress will field only Gurjar or Meena candidates.
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Both parties have four MLAs each
This seat came into existence just before the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Dudu and Phulera assembly constituencies were included in this seat. BJP currently holds four out of 8 assembly seats in this Lok Sabha constituency. Congress is in control of the remaining four seats. In such a situation, this time the competition is considered to be equal. Since Sachin Pilot himself is representing Congress on Tonk Assembly seat. In such a situation, Congress is also assuming its lead.
Azharuddin had contested on Congress ticket
After winning the 2009 elections, the Congress party had given ticket to former cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin in the second elections held in 2014. However, he lost badly to businessman and Gurjar leader Sukhbir Singh Jaunpuriya, resident of Gurugram in Haryana. Because at that time Modi wave was going on in the country. Therefore Jaunpuriya won by 1 lakh 35 thousand votes. At the same time, Congress's formula of fielding a minority candidate failed. Then in 2019, when elections were held, Congress made a new experiment and gave ticket to Namonarayan Meena on this seat.
Jaunapuriya won for the second time also
However, he also lost the election and this time too Jaunapuriya won by more than 1 lakh votes. Let us tell you that before the delimitation in 2008, Tonk was a Lok Sabha seat. The first elections were held here in 1952. From then till 2004, a total of 14 Lok Sabha elections were held. In this, Congress has got Vijayashree 5 times, Janata Party and Bharatiya Janata Party 6 times. Whereas in all the three elections held in 1962, 1967 and 1971, independent candidates had won. The situation was similar in Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha seat. A total of 16 Lok Sabha elections were held here between 1952 and 2009. In this, Congress candidates won 10 times.
These will be the issues of 2024
Actually, the basis of election on this seat has always been caste based. Despite this, the issue of railway service has been raised here since the time of independence. Once again both BJP and Congress are trying to stir up this issue. BJP claims that this demand will be fulfilled in the double engine government. Namonarayan Meena had made the same claim in the 2009 and 2013 elections also. Apart from this, the issue of delivering water from Bisalpur dam to every village can also be very important.
social structure
Four assembly seats of Sawai Madhopur and four of Tonk district come under the ambit of this general category Lok Sabha seat. The number of Scheduled Caste voters here is approximately 396649. If we look at the 2011 census, this figure is around 20.5 percent. Similarly, the number of Scheduled Tribe voters is also 326994. According to the 2011 census it is approximately 16.9 percent. Similarly, there are 8.4 percent i.e. 163136 Muslim voters here. The number of rural voters in this Lok Sabha constituency is 1524681 i.e. 78.8 percent. The remaining 410193 i.e. 21.2 percent voters are urban. In the 2019 elections, 63.1 percent voters on this seat had exercised their franchise.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com”