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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.