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Kota constituency of Rajasthan Lok Sabha Election 2024: Date of voting, result, candidates list, main parties, schedule

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Kota Lok Sabha , one of Rajasthan 's 25 constituencies, falls under the General category. It spans parts of Bundi and the entirety of Kota district. In 2019, with 1,948,010 electors, the constituency witnessed 1,367,034 valid votes. Om Birla of the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious with 800,051 votes, defeating Indian National Congress ' Ramnarain Meena by 279,677 votes.

In 2014, amidst 1,744,539 electors and 1,154,960 valid votes, Birla secured 644,822 votes, triumphing over Congress' Ijyaraj Singh by 200,782 votes.

Lok Sabha Speaker and BJP leader Om Birla has expressed confidence in his victory in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Om Birla has been serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, from Kota-Bundi constituency in Rajasthan since 2014.

The 25 parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan will go to the polls in two phases. In Phase 1 of polling in the state on April 19, which is also the opening phase of the seven-phased elections, voting will be conducted for 12 seats.

The remaining 13 seats in the state will be contested in the second phase on April 26. Bypolls for 26 Assembly seats in the state will also be held alongside the Lok Sabha elections. Nearly 96.8 crore people are eligible to cast their votes in the upcoming general elections at over 12 lakh polling stations.

Under Phase 1, on April 19, polling will be held in Ganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa, and Nagaur. Phase 2 of polling on April 26 will take place in Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, and Jhalawar-Baran.

The BJP won all 25 parliamentary seats in Rajasthan in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. However, in 2019, the BJP bagged 24 seats while the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) managed to secure the other remaining seat.
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