Congress Sanjana Jatav celebrates Lok Sabha win in Rajasthan's Bharatpur
Jun 05, 2024
Bharatpur (Rajasthan) [India], June 5 : Congress's Sanjana Jatav who was declared winner from Bharatpur Lok Sabha Constituency trumping Bhartiya Janata Party's Ramswaroop Koli has thanked senior leaders of the party and the people of her constituency.
Speaking with ANI, Jatav said, "I would like to thank all the senior leaders--Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Ashok Gehlot, and Sachin Pilot for giving me the opportunity. I also thank the people of Bharatpur for their immense support."
The 25-year-old danced and celebrated with her supporters after her victory over Ramswaroop Koli whom she defeated by 51,983 votes in the Lok Sabha elections. A video of her celebratory dance has gone online.
Sanjana Jatav secured 5,79,890 votes while Ramswaroop Koli garnered 5,27,907 votes.
Notably, in Rajasthan, the BJP won 14 out of 25 seats while the Congress managed to secure eight seats. The CPI (M), Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and Bharat Adivasi Party managed to clinch one seat each.
The BJP had secured a majority in Rajasthan in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections getting 24 seats while the Congress which got zero seats in 2019 managed to notch up 8 seats this time.
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal won the Bikaner seat by a margin of 55,711 votes. Union Minister Bhupender Yadav won from Alwar by a margin of 48,282 votes. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat bagged the Jodhpur seat by 1,15,677 votes. Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla won from Kota by 41,974 votes.
Congress candidate Murari Lal Meena won from Dausa by 2,37,340 votes, Brijendra Singh Ola--Jhunjhunu by 18,235, Harish Chandra Meena--Tonk Sawai Madhopur by 64,949 and Ummeda Ram Beniwal--Barmer by 1,18,176 votes.
Voting for Rajasthan's 25 seats was concluded in the first and second phases on April 19 and 26 respectively.
