Gohad Assembly constituency

Gohad
Constituency No. 13 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictBhind
LS constituencyBhind
Established1951
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Keshav Desai
PartyIndian National Congress

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]

Overview

Gohad (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

Madhya Bharat: Gohad Mehgaon
Year MLA Party
1951 Ram Dhan Indian National Congress[2]


Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Keshav Desai 69941 47.32 Decrease1.26
BJP Lal Singh Arya 69334 46.91 Increase16.84
BSP Suresh Singh Solankee 2919 1.98 Decrease18.1
Majority 607 0.41
Turnout 147796 61.52 Increase2.19
Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad[7]
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

References

  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  4. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  5. ^ "BJP increases its tally in MP assembly". Mid-Day. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  6. ^ "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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