Tonk-sawai Madhopur

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The Rajasthan has 25 Lok Sabha constituencies and Tonk-sawai Madhopur is one of them.

According to the census, the total population of Tonk-sawai Madhopur is 27,56,877, among which 20.56% of voters are from Scheduled Caste while 16.83% voters belong to Scheduled Tribes. Further, 21.19% of voters live in urban areas while 78.81% voters stay in rural areas.

There are a total of 17,16,441 voters in the constituency. Among which, 9,06,967 are male voters and 8,09,473 are female voters.

The sitting MP Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria from BJP defeated INC's Md. Azharuddin by a huge margin of 135,311 votes in the previous elections.

The voter turnout recorded was 61%.

In what qualifies as a great political thriller, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria of Bharatiya Janata Party defeated Indian National Congress's Namonarayan by a margin of 111,291. After a close shave, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria will now govern Tonk-sawai Madhopur for the next five years.

For this seat, Indian National Congress placed its bet on Namonarayan while the Bahujan Samaj Party fielded Laxmi Kant (Bairwa). Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria was the candiate from Bharatiya Janata Party.