Banswara (Lok Sabha constituency)

Banswara Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: बाँसवाड़ा लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 25 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Rajasthan state in western India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Banswara Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:

1. Dungarpur
2. Sagwara
3. Chorasi
4. Ghatol
5. Garhi
6. Banswara
7. Bagidora
8. Kushalgarh

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
First	1952-57	Bheekha Bhai	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-62	P B Bhogji Bhai	Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	Ratan Lal	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71	Heerji Bhai	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1971-77	Hira Lal Doda	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Heera Bhai	Janata Party
Seventh	1980-84	Bheekha Bhai	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	Prabhu Lal Rawat	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	Heera Bhai	Janata Party
Tenth	1991-96	Prabhu Lal Rawat	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996-98	Tarachand Bhagora	Indian National Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999-04	Tarachand Bhagora	Indian National Congress
Fourteenth	2004-2009	Dhan Singh Rawat	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth	2009-2014	Tarachand Bhagora	Indian National Congress
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Manshankar Ninama	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Election, 2004: Banswara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dhan Singh Rawat	269,239	40.42	+40.42
	INC	Prabhu Lal Rawat	247,556	37.17	-21.87
	Janata Dal	Jeetmal Khant	78,556	11.79	-29.17
	Independent	Suryalal Khant	31,132	4.67	+4.67
	BSP	Sunder Lal Parmar	17,841	2.70
	Independent	Nanuram Khant	11,084	1.66
	SP	Bahadur Singh	10,688	1.60
Majority			21,683	3.25	+62.29
Turnout			666,098	48.51	-7.11
	BJP hold		Swing	+40.42

See also

• Banswara district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha