Salasar Balaji is the famous temple of Lord Hanuman in Salasar of Sujangarh.
The assembly election campaign is gaining momentum in Rajasthan, voting is to be held here on 25th November. The ruling Congress is trying to return to power while the BJP is also looking for a comeback. There are 6 assembly seats under Churu district, out of which BJP won 2 while Congress won 4 seats. Only one seat in the district is reserved for Scheduled Caste. Congress also won the by-election on reserved Sujangarh seat.
How many voters, how much population
Talking about the election results of Sujangarh Assembly seat in the 2018 elections, the contest here was triangular. Congress candidate Master Bhanwarlal Meghwal got 83,632 votes while BJP’s Khemaram got 44,883 votes. While independent candidate Santosh Meghwal got 38,603 votes. Bhanwarlal Meghwal won by a margin of 38,749 (21.5%) votes.
In the then elections, there were a total of 2,51,696 voters in Sujangarh assembly seat, out of which the number of male voters was 1,31,814 and the number of female voters was 1,19,881. A total of 1,80,117 (72.8%) voters cast their votes. Whereas 3,201 (1.3%) votes were cast in favor of NOTA. However, after the death of MLA Bhanwarlal Meghwal in 2021, by-election was held here. Bhanwarlal Meghwal’s son Manoj Meghwal won the 2021 by-election.
How was the political history?
Talking about the political history of Sujangarh assembly seat, this seat is known by the name of Bhanwarlal Meghwal. Of the 8 elections held since 1990, Congress has won 5 elections while BJP has won 3 times. Bhanwarlal Meghwal was elected from here 5 times from 1980 to 2018 on Congress ticket.
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Whereas since 1990, BJP has won from here thrice. After 1993, BJP won in 2003 and 2013. Khemaram had won in the elections of 2003 and 2013. If we look at the trend of victory and defeat on this seat since 1985, BJP has won once and Congress has won once. In such a situation, this time BJP can win. Now it remains to be seen whether this trend continues this time.
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Salasar Balaji is a famous temple of Lord Hanuman in Salasar town near Sujangarh in Churu district. Fairs are organized every year on Chaitra Purnima and Ashwin Purnima in Salasar Balaji Temple. Rani Sati temple and Khatu Shyamji temple are also located here. Salasar Balaji is also called Salasar Dham.
