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Kota, Rajasthan — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Kota (Rajasthan) was won by Om Birla (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 279,677 votes over Ramnarain Meena. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Kota, Rajasthan, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Nemi Chandra Kasliwal Indian National Congress 145,794 29.8% Onkar Lal, S/O Jamna Lal (Indian National Congress) 25,799 (5.3 pts)
1962 Unkar Lal Jharkhand Party 96,421 47.2% Onkar Lal (Indian National Congress) 13,705 (6.7 pts)
1967 Onkarlal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 151,258 54.7% Onkarlal (Indian National Congress) 25,883 (9.4 pts)
1971 Onkar Lal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 156,135 54.9% Dhanna Lal (Indian National Congress) 33,251 (11.7 pts)
1977 Krishna Kumar Goyal Bharatiya Lok Dal 241,835 69.9% Kirit Bhai (Indian National Congress) 149,384 (43.2 pts)
1980 Krishan Kumar Goyal Janata Party 151,128 43.9% Brij Suinder (Congress (I)) 6,220 (1.8 pts)
1984 Shanti Kumar Dhariwal Indian National Congress 230,375 52.9% Krishan Kumar Goyal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 54,847 (12.6 pts)
1989 Dau Dayal Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 314,135 58.8% Shanti Kumar Dhariwal (Indian National Congress) 128,640 (24.1 pts)
1991 Dau Dayal Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 227,846 53.5% Shanti Kumar Dhariwal (Indian National Congress) 60,403 (14.2 pts)
1996 Dau Dayal Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 237,673 45.9% Ram Narayan Meena (Indian National Congress) 685 (0.1 pts)
1998 Ram Narain Meena Indian National Congress 364,183 49.7% Raghuveer Singh Kaushal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 17,428 (2.4 pts)
1999 Raghuveer Singh Koushal Bharatiya Janata Party 320,205 50.9% Ramnaryan Meena (Indian National Congress) 24,769 (3.9 pts)
2004 Raghuveer Singh Koshal Bharatiya Janata Party 298,314 51.4% Hari Mohan Sharma (Indian National Congress) 71,778 (12.4 pts)
2009 Ijyaraj Singh Indian National Congress 360,486 52.9% Shyam Sharma (Bharatiya Janata Party) 83,093 (12.2 pts)
2014 Om Birla Bharatiya Janata Party 644,822 55.8% Ijyaraj Singh (Indian National Congress) 200,782 (17.4 pts)
2019 Om Birla Bharatiya Janata Party 800,051 59.1% Ramnarain Meena (Indian National Congress) 279,677 (20.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nemi Chandra Kasliwal Indian National Congress 145,794 29.8%
Onkar Lal, S/O Jamna Lal Indian National Congress 119,995 24.6%
Shridhar Lal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 72,555 14.9%
Ram Nath Independent 55,804 11.4%
Onkar Lal, S/O Kishan Lal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 52,006 10.6%
Chand Mal Independent 42,427 8.7%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Unkar Lal Jharkhand Party 96,421 47.2%
Onkar Lal Indian National Congress 82,716 40.5%
Anandi Devi Socialist Party 25,016 12.3%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Onkarlal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 151,258 54.7%
Onkarlal Indian National Congress 125,375 45.3%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Onkar Lal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 156,135 54.9%
Dhanna Lal Indian National Congress 122,884 43.2%
Shanker Lal Independent 5,504 1.9%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Krishna Kumar Goyal Bharatiya Lok Dal 241,835 69.9%
Kirit Bhai Indian National Congress 92,451 26.7%
Mangi Lal Independent 4,838 1.4%
Kripa Shankar Independent 4,082 1.2%
Abdul Rahim Kari Independent 2,679 0.8%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Krishan Kumar Goyal Janata Party 151,128 43.9%
Brij Suinder Congress (I) 144,908 42.0%
Jasveer Singh Janata Party (Secular) 29,749 8.6%
Panna Lal Independent 4,530 1.3%
Ram Raghunath Independent 4,248 1.2%
Kripa Shankar Independent 3,254 0.9%
Kanhaiya Lal Independent 2,988 0.9%
Durga Shankar Independent 2,768 0.8%
Sukh Lal Panjwani Independent 1,071 0.3%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shanti Kumar Dhariwal Indian National Congress 230,375 52.9%
Krishan Kumar Goyal Bharatiya Janata Party 175,528 40.3%
Munir Khan Independent 7,170 1.6%
Vasant Giri Independent 5,284 1.2%
Gokal Chand Nebhani Independent 4,797 1.1%
Bihari Lal Gupta Janata Party 3,369 0.8%
Panna Lal Gurjar Independent 2,376 0.5%
Kripa Shankar Independent 1,569 0.4%
Mirza Munawar Beg Independent 1,373 0.3%
Ram Swaroop Pareshan Independent 1,095 0.3%
Prem Chand Jain Independent 870 0.2%
Ahsan Ali Independent 819 0.2%
Devendra Kumar Suarna Independent 804 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dau Dayal Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 314,135 58.8%
Shanti Kumar Dhariwal Indian National Congress 185,495 34.7%
Durga Lal Kumawat DDP 6,551 1.2%
Ram Swaroop Gautam Independent 5,602 1.0%
Ashok Kumar Jain Independent 5,231 1.0%
Vijay Shankar Jha Independent 5,098 1.0%
Kishan Lal Sharma Independent 3,070 0.6%
Dinesh Kumar Independent 2,655 0.5%
Mohammad Fhayaz Independent 1,241 0.2%
Samudra Singh Hada Independent 1,169 0.2%
Kari Abdul Rahim Independent 1,136 0.2%
Prem Chand Jain Independent 875 0.2%
Mohan Lal Independent 869 0.2%
Munir Khan Indian Union Muslim League 652 0.1%
Brahma Nand Dhaker Independent 384 0.1%
Salim Ansari Independent 278 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dau Dayal Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 227,846 53.5%
Shanti Kumar Dhariwal Indian National Congress 167,443 39.3%
Sohan Lal Janata Dal 6,936 1.6%
Tejveer Singh Independent 4,126 1.0%
Jawahar Singh Independent 3,008 0.7%
Jasweer Singh Janata Party 2,737 0.6%
Mohammad Ramjhan Independent 2,090 0.5%
Bhanwar Lal Independent 1,863 0.4%
Mukesh Chand Katariya Independent 1,329 0.3%
Birdhi Lal Independent 1,222 0.3%
Babu Independent 1,212 0.3%
Madan Gopal Independent 1,070 0.3%
Samudra Singh Independent 848 0.2%
Ashok Kumar Joshi Independent 843 0.2%
Durga Lal DDP 767 0.2%
Tejmal Porwal Independent 704 0.2%
Ram Swaroop Independent 494 0.1%
Pandit Ramesh Chand Gotam Independent 452 0.1%
Ravindra Genmind Independent 390 0.1%
Panna Lal Gurjar Independent 275 0.1%
Abdul Salam Indian Union Muslim League 261 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dau Dayal Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 237,673 45.9%
Ram Narayan Meena Indian National Congress 236,988 45.8%
Bhagwandas Parmani Kshatriya Independent 7,692 1.5%
Dhanna Lal Suman AIIC(T) 7,240 1.4%
Prem Chand Independent 3,967 0.8%
Pramod Chaturvedi Shiv Sena 3,489 0.7%
Neeraj Tiwari Independent 2,830 0.5%
Vikram Singh Shekhawat Independent 2,449 0.5%
Vaidhya Mohan Lal Gupta ABJS 2,119 0.4%
Dilip Kumar Janata Dal 1,791 0.3%
Ram Kishan Verma Bahujan Samaj Party 1,790 0.3%
Jai Kishan Independent 1,171 0.2%
Lokesh Independent 1,138 0.2%
Kamal Kumar ABRAHP 1,125 0.2%
Sneh Kumar Sharma Independent 737 0.1%
Sita Ram Kachhawa Independent 728 0.1%
Rajesh Kumar Independent 706 0.1%
Khemraj Nagar Independent 684 0.1%
Naresh Kumar Independent 640 0.1%
Kanhaiya Lal Guruji Independent 587 0.1%
Samudra Singh Hada ABMSKP 577 0.1%
Abdul Salam Independent 514 0.1%
Abdul Salam Baileem Independent 460 0.1%
Radhey Shyam Independent 415 0.1%
Narendra Kumar Independent 409 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ram Narain Meena Indian National Congress 364,183 49.7%
Raghuveer Singh Kaushal Bharatiya Janata Party 346,755 47.4%
Haji Mohammed Rafiq Bahujan Samaj Party 5,443 0.7%
Mahandra Singh Gurjar Janata Dal 5,111 0.7%
Hem Raj Jain Shiv Sena 3,593 0.5%
Sudarshan Joshi Samajwadi Party 3,130 0.4%
Lokesh Thada PRISM 1,595 0.2%
Dr.Shakuntala Upadhayay RJVP 1,099 0.2%
Chandra Kant Saxena SAP 1,025 0.1%
Dr.V.K.Bagla ABRAHP 306 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raghuveer Singh Koushal Bharatiya Janata Party 320,205 50.9%
Ramnaryan Meena Indian National Congress 295,436 47.0%
Bhairu Lal Independent 7,833 1.2%
Rajendra Kumar Nationalist Congress Party 2,201 0.3%
Satish Pachori Samajwadi Party 1,723 0.3%
Atul Srivastav Janata Dal (Secular) 1,165 0.2%
Bhangi Lokesh Anand Independent 397 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raghuveer Singh Koshal Bharatiya Janata Party 298,314 51.4%
Hari Mohan Sharma Indian National Congress 226,536 39.1%
Kundan Cheeta Samajwadi Party 18,237 3.1%
Moti Lal Meena Bahujan Samaj Party 15,156 2.6%
Samudra Singh Hada Independent 10,308 1.8%
Badam Berwa Independent 4,703 0.8%
Daulat Kunwar Sharma Alias Daulat Bahin Ji Independent 4,050 0.7%
Bharat Singh ABRAHP 2,801 0.5%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ijyaraj Singh Indian National Congress 360,486 52.9%
Shyam Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 277,393 40.7%
Dr. K. Shringi Independent 14,323 2.1%
Govind Singh Parmar Bahujan Samaj Party 10,400 1.5%
Priyank JGP 4,679 0.7%
Shyam Sunder Sharma Independent 3,969 0.6%
Rameshwar Mamore Meena Independent 2,581 0.4%
Farheen Khan Samajwadi Party 1,479 0.2%
Ram Krishan Sharma Independent 1,411 0.2%
Samudra Singh Hada ABMSKP 1,197 0.2%
Badam Berwa Independent 1,169 0.2%
Jamuna Prasad Independent 959 0.1%
Ramhet IJP 889 0.1%
Babu Lal Meghwal BHBP 871 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Om Birla Bharatiya Janata Party 644,822 55.8%
Ijyaraj Singh Indian National Congress 444,040 38.4%
Ashok Kumar Jain Aam Aadmi Party 16,981 1.5%
None Of The Above Independent 12,760 1.1%
Ashok Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 10,862 0.9%
Ajmat Ali BYS 7,559 0.7%
Shyam Sunder Sharma Independent 5,091 0.4%
Mohan Lal Mahawar Independent 4,822 0.4%
Mahendra Kumar Independent 2,307 0.2%
Tejpal Independent 1,825 0.2%
Asfak Ali Independent 1,713 0.1%
Rajesh Kumar JMBP 1,168 0.1%
Mahesh Kumar Raniwal AVIRP 1,010 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Om Birla Bharatiya Janata Party 800,051 59.1%
Ramnarain Meena Indian National Congress 520,374 38.4%
Harish Kumar Lahri Bahujan Samaj Party 9,985 0.7%
Hergovind Meena Independent 4,511 0.3%
Engineer Praveen Khandelwal Independent 4,097 0.3%
Sunil Madan Independent 3,036 0.2%
Satish Bhardwaj Independent 2,464 0.2%
Keshari Lal Independent 1,678 0.1%
Chandra Prakash RKSP 1,488 0.1%
Bhim Singh Kuntal Shiv Sena 1,308 0.1%
Abdul Asiph Independent 1,251 0.1%
Rajendra Prasad Singor MCPI(U) 1,161 0.1%
Captain Somesh Bhatnagar BKP 1,154 0.1%
Shobha Ram Nirmal PSS 996 0.1%
Mahesh Kumar Raniwal AVIRP 891 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Indian National Congress margin 5.3 pts 1962: Jharkhand Party margin 6.7 pts 1967: Bharatiya Jana Sangh margin 9.4 pts 1971: Bharatiya Jana Sangh margin 11.7 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 43.2 pts 1980: Janata Party margin 1.8 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 12.6 pts 1989: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 24.1 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 14.2 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 0.1 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 2.4 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 3.9 pts 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 12.4 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 12.2 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 17.4 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 20.6 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Kota has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Jharkhand Party, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Kota in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Om Birla (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Kota, Rajasthan, in 2019 with 800,051 votes (59.1%), a margin of 279,677 votes over Ramnarain Meena.

Which parties have won Kota since 1957?

Since 1957, Kota has been won by: Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Indian National Congress, Janata Party, Jharkhand Party.

What was the closest result in Kota?

The closest result on record for Kota was 1996, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 685 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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