Tonk | |
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Constituency for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Rajasthan |
District | Tonk |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 2,24,106 (2018) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Indian National Congress |
Elected year | 2023 |
Preceded by | Ajit Singh Mehta |
Tonk is a constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly covering the city of Tonk in the Tonk district of Rajasthan, India. [1]
Tonk is one of eight assembly constituencies in the Tonk–Sawai Madhopur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 96 amongst 200 constituencies. [2] [3] [4]
Currently this seat belongs to the INC candidate Sachin Pilot, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan who won in 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election by defeating BJP candidate Yunus Khan , who was the transport minister in Vasundhara Raje government, by a margin of 54,179 votes. [5] [6]
The constituency comprises parts of Tonk tehsil and Todaraisingh tehsil (Partly) – (I) ILRC Khareda (II) ILRC Lamba Kalan. [7]
# | Member of Legislative Assembly | Party | From | To | Comment | |
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01 | Ram Ratan | Indian National Congress | 1951 | 1957 | two seat | |
02 | Lalu Ram | |||||
03 | Narayan Singh | 1957 | 1962 | two seat | ||
04 | Lalu Ram | |||||
05 | Radha Krishan | Swatantra Party | 1962 | 1967 | ||
06 | D. Vyas | Indian National Congress | 1967 | 1970 | ||
07 | S.Prasad | NCJ | 1970 | 1972 | By election | |
08 | Ajit Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 1972 | 1977 | ||
09 | Janata Party | 1977 | 1980 | |||
10 | Mahaveer Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1980 | 1985 | ||
11 | Zakiya Imam | Indian National Congress | 1985 | 1990 | ||
12 | Mahaveer Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1990 | 1993 | ||
13 | 1993 | 1998 | ||||
14 | Zakiya Imam | Indian National Congress | 1998 | 2003 | ||
15 | Mahaveer Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2003 | 2008 | ||
16 | Zakiya Imam | Indian National Congress | 2008 | 2013 | ||
17 | Ajit Singh Mehta | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2013 | 2018 | ||
18 | Sachin Pilot | Indian National Congress | 2018 | 2023 | Former Deputy Chief Minister | |
19 | 2023 | Incumbent | ||||
In 2018, Tonk legislative assembly constituency had total 2,24,106 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1,71,566. Indian National Congress candidate Sachin Pilot won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 1,09,040 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Yunus Khan stood second with total 54,861 votes. He lost by 54,179 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Sachin Pilot | 109,040 | 63.56 | 48.25 | |
BJP | Yunus Khan | 54,861 | 31.98 | 14.98 | |
BSP | Mohd Ali | 1,785 | 1.04 | 0.31 | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,485 | 0.87 | 1.04 | |
SHS | Panchu | 1,221 | 0.71 | 0.71 | |
Remaining 5 Candidates | 3,154 | 1.85 | |||
Majority | 54,179 | 31.58 | 10.26 | ||
Turnout | 1,71,566 | 76.56 | 1.52 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | 16.60 | |||
In 2013, Tonk legislative assembly constituency had total 1,89,707 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1,42,351. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ajit Singh Mehta won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 66,845 votes. Independent candidate Saud Saidi stood second with total 36,502 votes. He lost by 30,343 votes. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Ajit Singh Mehta | 66,845 | 46.96 | ||
Independent | Saud Saidi | 36,502 | 25.64 | ||
INC | Zakiya Imam | 21,645 | 15.21 | ||
Independent | Shiv Pratap | 10,366 | 7.28 | ||
None of the Above | None of the Above | 2,715 | 1.91 | ||
NCP | Ajmal Khan | 1,216 | 0.85 | ||
CPI(M) | Akhatar Jung | 1,145 | 0.80 | ||
BSP | Mahesh Joshi | 1,036 | 0.73 | ||
JD (U) | Ram Prasad | 881 | 0.62 | ||
Majority | 30,343 | 21.32 | |||
Turnout | 1,42,351 | 75.04 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
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