Gohad is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes.[1] It came into existence in 1951, as Gohad Mehgaon, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2]
| Gohad | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 13 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Bhind |
| LS constituency | Bhind |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Keshav Desai | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
Overview
editGohad (constituency number 13) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Bhind district. This constituency covers the entire Mau Tehsil and Gohad tehsil of the district.[3]
Gohad is part of Bhind Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Ater, Bhind, Lahar and Mehgaon in this district and Sewda, Bhander and Datia in Datia district.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Ram Dhan | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1957 | Sushila Devi Bhadoriya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Ramcharanlal Thapak | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | Kanhaiyalal Mahor | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Bhurelal Firojiya | ||
| 1977 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Shriram Jatav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Chaturbhuj Bhadkariya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Shriram Jatav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Chaturilal Barahadiya | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1998 | Lal Singh Arya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | Makhan Lal Jatav | Indian National Congress[4] | |
| 2009 (By-election) | Ranvir Jatav[5] | ||
| 2013 | Lal Singh Arya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2018 | Ranvir Jatav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020 (By-election) | Mevaram Jatav | ||
| 2023 | Keshav Desai |
Election results
edit2023
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Keshav Desai | 69941 | 47.32 |  1.26
| |
| BJP | Lal Singh Arya | 69334 | 46.91 |  16.84
| |
| BSP | Suresh Singh Solankee | 2919 | 1.98 | 18.1
| |
| Majority | 607 | 0.41 | |||
| Turnout | 147796 | 61.52 | 2.19
| ||
| Swing | |||||
2018
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ranvir Jatav | 62,981 | 48.58 | ||
| BJP | Lal Singh Arya | 38992 | 30.07 | ||
| Majority | 23989 | 18.51 | |||
| Turnout | 129800 | 59.33 | |||
| INC gain from | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ "BJP increases its tally in MP assembly". Mid-Day. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.