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State: Rajasthan
Constituency: Jhunjhunu
Total Votes Polled: 655953
Winner: AIIC(T) Shees Ram Ola 270049
Runner Up: BJP Matu Ram Saini 257250
Margin: 12799 (1.97%)

The Congress MP in the first three elections from here was industrialist R S R K Morarka, and in the fourth election, too, the constituency returned another industrialist, K K Birla, who contested on the Swatantra Party ticket. In 1996, the Congress-Tiwari made its mark here, its candidate Shees Ram Ola defeating the BJP's Matu Ram Saini by 13,000 votes.

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