Tonk Assembly constituency

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Tonk
Constituency for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Rajasthan
District Tonk
Established1951
Total electors2,24,106 (2018)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year2023
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]

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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]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Tonk tehsil and Todaraisingh tehsil (Partly) – (I) ILRC Khareda (II) ILRC Lamba Kalan. [7]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#Member of Legislative AssemblyPartyFromToComment
01Ram Ratan Indian National Congress 19511957two seat
02Lalu Ram
03Narayan Singh19571962two seat
04Lalu Ram
05Radha Krishan Swatantra Party 19621967
06D. Vyas Indian National Congress 19671970
07S.Prasad NCJ 19701972 By election
08Ajit Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 19721977
09 Janata Party 19771980
10Mahaveer Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 19801985
11 Zakiya Imam Indian National Congress 19851990
12Mahaveer Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 19901993
1319931998
14Zakiya Imam Indian National Congress 19982003
15Mahaveer Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 20032008
16Zakiya Imam Indian National Congress 20082013
17 Ajit Singh Mehta Bharatiya Janata Party 20132018
18 Sachin Pilot Indian National Congress 20182023Former Deputy Chief Minister
192023Incumbent

Elections Result

2018

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.

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Tonk [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Sachin Pilot 109,040 63.56 Increase2.svg48.25
BJP Yunus Khan 54,86131.98Decrease2.svg14.98
BSP Mohd Ali1,7851.04Increase2.svg0.31
None of the Above None of the Above 1,4850.87Decrease2.svg1.04
SHS Panchu1,2210.71Increase2.svg0.71
Remaining 5 Candidates3,1541.85Steady2.svg
Majority54,17931.58Increase2.svg10.26
Turnout 1,71,56676.56Increase2.svg1.52
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase2.svg16.60

2013 Assembly Election Result

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]

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Tonk [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ajit Singh Mehta 66,84546.96Steady2.svg
Independent Saud Saidi36,50225.64Steady2.svg
INC Zakiya Imam21,64515.21Steady2.svg
Independent Shiv Pratap10,3667.28Steady2.svg
None of the Above None of the Above 2,7151.91Steady2.svg
NCP Ajmal Khan1,2160.85Steady2.svg
CPI(M) Akhatar Jung1,1450.80Steady2.svg
BSP Mahesh Joshi1,0360.73Steady2.svg
JD(U) Ram Prasad8810.62Steady2.svg
Majority30,34321.32Steady2.svg
Turnout 1,42,35175.04Steady2.svg
BJP gain from INC Swing Steady2.svg

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References

  1. ↑ "Tonk (Rajasthan Assembly) Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rajasthan - Tonk Results". www.news18.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress breaks 46-year-old tradition by fielding Sachin Pilot from Tonk". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sachin Pilot wins in Tonk with a margin of 54,179 votes". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "TONK Election Results 2018". NDTV. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tonk election result: Sachin Pilot vs Yoonus Khan". www.financialexpress.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 "Tonk Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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