Kota Election Results 2024: Counting of votes for the Kota Lok Sabha constituency seat has begun. Incumbent Member of Parliament from the seat Om Birla is eyeing his third consecutive win. What makes this constituency seat interesting in this General Election is Om Birla is being challenged by Prahlad Gunjal, who has switched from the BJP to contest as a Congress candidate. Gunjal's past connections with the BJP, along with his close ties to Vasundhara Raje, add complexity to the electoral dynamics in Kota. Stay tuned to this space and get all the latest updates on leading and trailing candidates as the counting of votes is underway. As per the latest trends, BJP's Om Birla is currently leading on the Lok Sabha seat.
Churu Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Date of polls
The polling in the Kota Lok Sabha constituency was held in the second phase on April 26, along with 87 other constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories. This included All 20 seats in Kerala, 14 in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, 8 each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, 6 in Madhya Pradesh, 5 each in Bihar and Assam, 3 each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal and 1 each in Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur.
Kota Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voter turnout
As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), the total voter turnout in the Kota Lok Sabha constituency seat was 71.26 per cent. The website has listed all the final data from Polling Stations (PS), excluding the data on postal ballot voting.
| Constituency Name | Voter Turnout |
| Bundi | 71.77 % |
| Keshoraipatan | 68.52 % |
| Kota North | 69.60 % |
| Kota South | 70.81 % |
| Ladpura | 72 % |
| Pipalda | 69.68 % |
| Ramganj Mandi | 75.04 % |
| Sangod | 72.66 % |
Kota Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Date of results
The counting of votes for Kota Lok Sabha Elections 2024 will be announced on June 4.
Kota Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Main parties and candidates
The main contest on the Kota Lok Sabha constituency seat is between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress party. From BJP, the party fielded a two-time MP from the seat, Om Birla. On the other hand, Prahlad Gunjal is the Congress party's candidate, who recently switched from BJP to the Congress party.
Kota Lok Sabha Elections 2024: What happened in 2014 and 2019?
In the 2019 elections, Om Birla of the BJP secured a significant victory with a margin of 800,051 votes with a vote share of 58.52 per cent. He defeated Congress candidate Ramnarayan Meena who got 520,374 votes (26.26 per cent) and Harish Kumar Lahri of the BSP who got 9,985 votes (0.73 per cent).
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Om Birla emerged victorious over Ijyaraj Singh of the Congress and Ashok Kumar Jain of the AAP. Birla was polled 644,822 votes with a vote share of 55.83 per cent.
