Jawad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Jawad Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: जावद विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951 as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2]
Overview
Jawad (constituency number 230) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Neemuch district. This constituency covers the entire Jawad tehsil of the district.[3]
Jawad is part of Mandsaur Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Manasa and Neemuch in this district, Jaora in Ratlam district and Mandsaur, Malhargarh, Suwasra and Garoth in Mandsaur district.[3]
Members of Vidhan Sabha
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat state:
- 1951: Badri Datt, Indian National Congress[2]
As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh state:
- 1957: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1962: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1967: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1972: Kanhiyalal Nagauri, Indian National Congress (defeated Jana Sangh's Sakhlecha)
- 1977: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Janata Party
- 1980: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1985: Chunnilal Dhakad (Congress), defeated V K Sakhlecha (Rebel BJP / Independent)
- 1990: Duli Chand, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1993: Ghanshyam Patidar, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Ghanshyam Patidar (Congress), defeated Sakhlecha who was again a rebel BJP candidate from here
- 2003: Omprakash Virendra Kumar Saklecha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2008: Om Prakash Sakhlecha, BJP
- 2013: Om Prakash Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Janata Party[4]
- 2018: Omprakash Virendra Kumar Saklecha, Bharatiya Janata Party
Election Results
1967 Vidhan Sabha
- Virendrakumar (Jana Sangh) : 21,882 votes [5]
- Jagjeewan (INC) : 18,632
1998 Vidhan Sabha
- Ghanshyam Patidar (INC) : 55,502 votes [6]
- Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha (IND / BJP Rebel) : 46,609
2003 Vidhan Sabha
- Omprakash Virendra Kumar Saklecha (BJP) : 81,390 votes [7]
- Ghanshyam Patidar (INC) : 54,765
See also
References
- "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
- "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 249, 251.
- "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html
- https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1998-election-results.html
- https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/2003-election-results.html