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Sonkatch Assembly constituency

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Sonkatch
Constituency No. 170 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictDewas
Lok Sabha constituencyDewas
Established1957
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janta Party

Sonkatch is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1][2]

It is in Dewas district, and is a segment of the Dewas Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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  • 1957: Bhagirathsingh Puransingh: BJS
  • 1962: Bhagirath Singh: JS
  • 1964 (bypoll): V. Singh: JS[3]
  • 1967: Khoobchand: BJS
  • 1972: Bapulal Kishanlal, INC
  • 1977: Devilal Raikwal Bulchand: JNP
  • 1980: Bapulal Kishan Lal Malviya, INC(I)
  • 1985: Sajjan Singh Verma, INC
  • 1990: Kailash: BJP
  • 1993: Surender Verma,: BJP
  • 1998: Sajjan Singh Verma, INC
  • 2003: Sajjan Singh Verma, INC
  • 2008: Sajjan Singh Verma, INC
  • 2013: Rajendra Phulchand Verma : BJP
Election Name Party
2018 Sajjan Singh Verma[4] Indian National Congress
2023 Rajesh Sonkar Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sonkatch[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajesh Sonkar 108,869 54.21 +10.85
INC Sajjan Singh Verma 83,432 41.54 −7.38
Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Kailash Kaleshria 3,401 1.69
BSP Babulal Chouhan 1,914 0.95 −1.12
NOTA None of the above 1,262 0.63 −0.49
Majority 25,437 12.67 +7.11
Turnout 200,837 85.73 +1.81
BJP gain from INC Swing


2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sonkatch[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sajjan Singh Verma 86,396 48.92
BJP Rajendra Phulchand Verma 76,578 43.36
BSP Babulal Chouhan 3,657 2.07
Independent Dharmraj Pradhan 2,263 1.28
NOTA None of the above 1,975 1.12
Majority 9,818 5.56
Turnout 176,594 83.92
INC gain from Swing


References

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