Gohad Assembly constituency

Gohad
Constituency No. 13 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Bhind
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhind
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Keshav Desai
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

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	1.26
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya	69334	46.91	16.84
	BSP	Suresh Singh Solankee	2919	1.98	18.1
	ASP(KR)	Anita Kamal Nagar	1245	N/A	New
Majority			607	0.41
Turnout			147796	61.52	2.19
			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

• Gohad

References

1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
2. "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. "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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