Jobat
Constituency No. 192 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictAlirajpur
LS constituencyRatlam
Established1951
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Sulochana Rawat
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2021

Jobat is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes since its inception.[2]

Overview

Jobat (constituency number 192) is one of the two Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Alirajpur district. This constituency covers the entire Bhavra tehsil, Jobat nagar panchayat and parts of Jobat and Alirajpur tehsils of this district.[3]

Jobat is part of Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Alirajpur in this district, Jhabua, Thandla and Petlawad in Jhabua district and Ratlam Rural, Ratlam City and Sailana in Ratlam district.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

Election Name Party
2021 byelection Sulochana Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 Sena Mahesh Patel Indian National Congress

Election results

2021 Bypoll

By-election, 2021: Jobat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sulochana Rawat 68,949 46.92 +14.92
INC Mahesh Rawat 62,845 42.77 +8.77
NOTA None of the Above 5,611 3.82
BTP Sardar Harmal Parmar 3,071 2.09
Margin of victory 6,104
Turnout 1,47,014 53.42
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 245, 252.
  4. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  6. ^ "2018 Vidhan Sabha Elections Result Book of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Retrieved November 21, 2020.

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