Pali, Rajasthan — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Pali (Rajasthan) was won by P. P. Chaudhary (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 481,597 votes over Badriram Jakhar. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Pali, Rajasthan, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1957	Harish Chandra Mathur	Indian National Congress	95,385	57.0%	Sampat Mal (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)	48,621 (29.1 pts)
1962	Jaswant Raj Mehta	Indian National Congress	99,720	45.4%	Chiman Singh (Swatantra Party)	19,259 (8.8 pts)
1967	S. K. Tapuriah	Swatantra Party	147,509	49.3%	H. Chandra (Indian National Congress)	26,071 (8.7 pts)
1971	Mool Chand Daga	Indian National Congress	162,536	54.5%	Madho Singh (Independent)	38,660 (13.0 pts)
1977	Amrit Nehata	Bharatiya Lok Dal	197,790	61.8%	Mool Chand Daga (Indian National Congress)	88,247 (27.6 pts)
1980	Mool Chand Daga	Congress (I)	209,960	56.6%	Devki Nandan Patodiya (Janata Party)	108,116 (29.2 pts)
1984	Mool Chand Daga	Indian National Congress	188,274	44.3%	Pushpa Jain (Bharatiya Janata Party)	35,721 (8.4 pts)
1989	Gumanmall Lodha	Bharatiya Janata Party	338,797	63.6%	Laxmimail Singhvi (Indian National Congress)	167,328 (31.4 pts)
1991	Gumanmal Lodha	Bharatiya Janata Party	219,715	47.3%	Dharmichand Jain (Indian National Congress)	19,301 (4.2 pts)
1996	Gumanmal Lodha	Bharatiya Janata Party	142,356	38.9%	Mitha Lal Jain (Independent)	14,471 (4.0 pts)
1998	Mitha Lal Jain	Indian National Congress	282,369	50.5%	Gumanmal Lodha (Bharatiya Janata Party)	27,436 (4.9 pts)
1999	Pusp Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	316,844	59.5%	Mithalal Jain (Indian National Congress)	104,666 (19.6 pts)
2004	Pusp Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	264,114	48.7%	Surendra Kumar Surana (Indian National Congress)	63,238 (11.7 pts)
2009	Badri Ram Jakhar	Indian National Congress	387,604	53.6%	Pusp Jain (Bharatiya Janata Party)	196,717 (27.2 pts)
2014	P P Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party	711,772	65.0%	Munni Devi Godara (Indian National Congress)	399,039 (36.4 pts)
2019	P. P. Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party	900,149	66.9%	Badriram Jakhar (Indian National Congress)	481,597 (35.8 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Harish Chandra Mathur	Indian National Congress	95,385	57.0%
Sampat Mal	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	46,764	28.0%
Bul Chand	Praja Socialist Party	25,073	15.0%
Mohta Suraj Ratan Shiv Ratan	Independent	0	0.0%
Loyalka Chiranji Lal Ram Chander	Independent	0	0.0%

1962

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jaswant Raj Mehta	Indian National Congress	99,720	45.4%
Chiman Singh	Swatantra Party	80,461	36.7%
Khangar	Jharkhand Party	25,022	11.4%
Mithalal Trivedi	Communist Party of India	14,264	6.5%

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
S. K. Tapuriah	Swatantra Party	147,509	49.3%
H. Chandra	Indian National Congress	121,438	40.6%
K. S. Choudhary	Independent	13,327	4.5%
R. Khan	Independent	10,032	3.4%
R. P. Gandhi	Independent	6,842	2.3%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mool Chand Daga	Indian National Congress	162,536	54.5%
Madho Singh	Independent	123,876	41.5%
Monohar Chhajer	BKD	6,551	2.2%
Shanti Lal	Independent	4,087	1.4%
Som Chand Singhvi	Independent	1,435	0.5%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Amrit Nehata	Bharatiya Lok Dal	197,790	61.8%
Mool Chand Daga	Indian National Congress	109,543	34.2%
Mitha Lal	Independent	12,563	3.9%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mool Chand Daga	Congress (I)	209,960	56.6%
Devki Nandan Patodiya	Janata Party	101,844	27.5%
Mohan Singh	Congress (U)	31,908	8.6%
Binja Ram	Independent	7,383	2.0%
Maha Dutt	Independent	5,702	1.5%
Mool Chand Daga	Independent	4,613	1.2%
Rao Jawahar Singh	Independent	3,840	1.0%
Bajrang Singh	Independent	2,963	0.8%
Mangi Lal Meghwal	Independent	2,532	0.7%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mool Chand Daga	Indian National Congress	188,274	44.3%
Pushpa Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	152,553	35.9%
Malla Ram Sirvi	Independent	33,959	8.0%
Saleem	Independent	11,279	2.7%
Narpat Singh Purohit	Independent	9,401	2.2%
Mohan Punmiya	LKD	8,324	2.0%
Poosa Ram	Independent	4,618	1.1%
Lalit	Independent	3,096	0.7%
Hanwat Singh	Independent	2,455	0.6%
Mangi Lal	Independent	2,213	0.5%
Tej Raj	Independent	2,102	0.5%
Ram Narain	Independent	2,097	0.5%
Meetha Lal	Independent	2,006	0.5%
Chhagan Lal Bhardwaj	Independent	1,443	0.3%
Sawai Singh	Independent	1,376	0.3%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gumanmall Lodha	Bharatiya Janata Party	338,797	63.6%
Laxmimail Singhvi	Indian National Congress	171,469	32.2%
Ashok Kumar	DDP	5,980	1.1%
Ramniwas	Independent	3,298	0.6%
Chela Ram Sonal	Independent	2,512	0.5%
Rooparam	Independent	1,844	0.3%
Laxminarayan Agarwal	Independent	1,745	0.3%
Kalu Ram	Independent	1,373	0.3%
Mujawar Asif	Independent	995	0.2%
Madhu Singh	Independent	898	0.2%
Babu Das	Independent	737	0.1%
Nijamuddin	Independent	637	0.1%
Om Prakash	Independent	579	0.1%
Poonaram Choudhary	Independent	462	0.1%
Abdul Rehman	Independent	422	0.1%
Dalaram	Independent	363	0.1%
Shankarlal Narban	Independent	281	0.1%
Malaram Meghawal	Independent	132	0.0%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gumanmal Lodha	Bharatiya Janata Party	219,715	47.3%
Dharmichand Jain	Indian National Congress	200,414	43.2%
Gordhan Raika	Independent	8,593	1.9%
Dhagla Ram	Independent	4,911	1.1%
Ram Kumar	Janata Dal	4,083	0.9%
Budhraj	Independent	2,948	0.6%
Kan Singh	Independent	2,894	0.6%
Dharmichand	Independent	2,369	0.5%
Rajpurohit Mukan Singh	Janata Party	2,325	0.5%
Allah Bux Samriya	Independent	1,671	0.4%
Ugam Singh	Independent	1,661	0.4%
Lalu Ram	Independent	1,509	0.3%
Dungarmal Khandpa	Independent	1,178	0.3%
Tejraj	Independent	1,115	0.2%
Mahaveer Raj Jain	LKD	1,074	0.2%
Mohd. Safi	Independent	988	0.2%
Kamrudin Kheradi	Independent	749	0.2%
Safi Mohammed	Independent	727	0.2%
Surendra Singh Lodha	Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh	635	0.1%
Jagdish Kumar Rathore	Independent	562	0.1%
Ram Karan	Independent	533	0.1%
O.P. Gehlot	Independent	529	0.1%
Kalyan Singh	Independent	378	0.1%
Himta Ram Kadela	Independent	374	0.1%
Meena Vagha Ram	Independent	362	0.1%
Shankar Lal Narban	Independent	323	0.1%
Bhagi Rath	DDP	308	0.1%
Ghanshyam	Independent	279	0.1%
Shantilal Jain	Independent	278	0.1%
Indra (Indraj Singh)	Independent	270	0.1%
Sukhlal Sencha	Independent	237	0.1%
Tika Ram Gurjar	Independent	186	0.0%
Vinod Kumar Vaghela	Independent	63	0.0%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gumanmal Lodha	Bharatiya Janata Party	142,356	38.9%
Mitha Lal Jain	Independent	127,885	35.0%
Ch. Dhasmi Chand	Indian National Congress	41,344	11.3%
Sukh Lal Saincha	AIIC(T)	7,878	2.2%
Mohammed Ali	Independent	6,188	1.7%
Chena Ram	Independent	3,835	1.0%
Abdul Jabbar Chadwa	Independent	2,421	0.7%
Jain Khuja Sampat	Shiv Sena	2,229	0.6%
Vaga Ram	Independent	2,090	0.6%
Pokarlal Parihar	Bahujan Samaj Party	2,082	0.6%
Dharama Ram Meghwal	Independent	1,987	0.5%
Dala Ram Badri	Independent	1,959	0.5%
Shankar Lal Narban	Independent	1,955	0.5%
Babu Lal	Independent	1,805	0.5%
Panna Ram	Independent	1,586	0.4%
Lal Chand	Independent	1,572	0.4%
Kalyan Singh Rajpurohit	Independent	1,466	0.4%
Radhey Shyam	Independent	1,406	0.4%
Sawai Singh Devra	Independent	1,227	0.3%
Pratap Ram Sargara	Independent	1,161	0.3%
Dharma Ram	Independent	1,132	0.3%
Prabhu Ram	Independent	1,081	0.3%
Razak Shah	Independent	1,062	0.3%
Mohammed Khan Sindhi	Independent	706	0.2%
Jeeva Ram	Independent	679	0.2%
Guman Singh	Independent	603	0.2%
Bhanwar Lal Rathore	Independent	590	0.2%
Namichand Khichi	Independent	540	0.1%
Khima Ram	Independent	529	0.1%
Paras Mal Soni	Independent	529	0.1%
Hukma Ram Sargara	Independent	448	0.1%
Anna Raj Bhati	Independent	433	0.1%
Devki Nandan	Independent	418	0.1%
Kanti Lal Khichi	Independent	411	0.1%
Labu Ram Kumawat	Independent	355	0.1%
Mani Kumar Jain	Independent	338	0.1%
Inder Singh	Independent	290	0.1%
Mangilal Bidoya	Independent	284	0.1%
Hari Prakash	Independent	273	0.1%
Laxman Gurjar	Independent	176	0.0%
Om Prakash	Independent	150	0.0%
Kan Singh	Independent	139	0.0%
Lumb Singh Rawat	Independent	123	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mitha Lal Jain	Indian National Congress	282,369	50.5%
Gumanmal Lodha	Bharatiya Janata Party	254,933	45.6%
Ramesh Chandra	Janata Dal	10,051	1.8%
Sohan Lal Singariya	Bahujan Samaj Party	4,448	0.8%
Subhash Sharma	Rashtriya Janata Dal	3,864	0.7%
Shashi Kala	SAP	2,644	0.5%
Mithalal	Independent	627	0.1%
Shahab Haider	Independent	623	0.1%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pusp Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	316,844	59.5%
Mithalal Jain	Indian National Congress	212,178	39.8%
Pannalal	Bahujan Samaj Party	2,896	0.5%
Annaraj Bhati	Independent	943	0.2%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pusp Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	264,114	48.7%
Surendra Kumar Surana	Indian National Congress	200,876	37.0%
Madhav Singh Diwan	Independent	38,664	7.1%
Heera Ram	Independent	10,784	2.0%
Mithalal Jain	Nationalist Congress Party	10,451	1.9%
Sohan Singh Sankhala	Bahujan Samaj Party	6,368	1.2%
Moola Ram	Independent	5,969	1.1%
Lahara Ram Sargara	Independent	2,901	0.5%
Barkat Ali	Independent	2,611	0.5%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Badri Ram Jakhar	Indian National Congress	387,604	53.6%
Pusp Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	190,887	26.4%
Shambhu Singh Khetasar	Bahujan Samaj Party	108,388	15.0%
Hari Lal Kalal	Independent	12,098	1.7%
Surendra Singh	Independent	6,228	0.9%
Ganpat Singh Rajpurohit	JGP	3,628	0.5%
Moola Ram Mali	Independent	3,513	0.5%
Indra Singh Rajpurohit	Independent	2,194	0.3%
Mahendra Singh	Independent	1,968	0.3%
Bhaga Ram Prajapat	Independent	1,703	0.2%
Mishri Lal Nayak	ABHM	1,375	0.2%
Prem Mehra	Independent	1,336	0.2%
Kanhaiya Lal Pareek	Independent	1,091	0.2%
Tanmay	Independent	857	0.1%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
P P Choudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party	711,772	65.0%
Munni Devi Godara	Indian National Congress	312,733	28.5%
None Of The Above	Independent	17,703	1.6%
Bhojraj	Bahujan Samaj Party	16,469	1.5%
Jagdish	BMP	7,186	0.7%
Dr. Ramlal Mohbarsha	Independent	5,794	0.5%
Sher Singh Safa	Independent	5,198	0.5%
Mahesh Bhandari	Aam Aadmi Party	5,031	0.5%
Om Prakash Mali	Independent	3,306	0.3%
Shobharam Mali	JMBP	2,825	0.3%
Dinesh Mev	Independent	2,358	0.2%
Udaram	Independent	2,058	0.2%
Kanhaiyalal Pareek	Independent	1,890	0.2%
Dev Kishan Dehiya	MDP	1,264	0.1%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
P. P. Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party	900,149	66.9%
Badriram Jakhar	Indian National Congress	418,552	31.1%
Kanhaiyalal Vaishnav	Shiv Sena	7,745	0.6%
Ramprasad Jatav	API	6,244	0.5%
Hemant Kumar Singhvi	Independent	5,139	0.4%
Dr. Ramlal Mohbarsha	IIC(R)	2,569	0.2%
Jagdish Chandra	Independent	2,337	0.2%
Laxman Kumar	PSS	1,884	0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

Trend

Pali 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, Swatantra Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Pali in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

P. P. Chaudhary (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Pali, Rajasthan, in 2019 with 900,149 votes (66.9%), a margin of 481,597 votes over Badriram Jakhar.

Which parties have won Pali since 1957?

Since 1957, Pali has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Swatantra Party.

What was the closest result in Pali?

The closest result on record for Pali was 1996, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Independent by just 14,471 votes (4.0 percentage points).