Sonkatch Assembly constituency

Sonkatch
Sonkatch
Constituency No. 170 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dewas
Lok Sabha constituency	Dewas
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Rajesh Sonkar
Party	Bharatiya Janta Party
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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

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

2023

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

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

^ ^a ^b "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
^ MP Info
^ "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

22°58′N 76°20′E / 22.97°N 76.34°E / 22.97; 76.34

[eci1-1] "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

[election1912-2] MP Info

[byelections-3] "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[election2018-4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[BJP_Candidates_MP_2023-5] "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

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