Alirajpur Assembly constituency

Alirajpur 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]

Alirajpur
Constituency No. 191 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Alirajpur
LS constituency	Ratlam
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mukesh Patel
Party	Indian National Congress

Overview

Alirajpur (constituency number 191) is one of the two Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Alirajpur district. This constituency covers the Alirajpur municipality and part of Alirajpur tehsil of this district.^[3]

Alirajpur is part of Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Jobat 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:

• 1951: Bhima, Socialist Party^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

Election	Name	Party
1957	Chatrarsingh		Indian National Congress
1962	Bhagirath Bhanwar		Socialist Party
1967	Chatrarsingh		Indian National Congress
1972	Magan Singh Patel		Indian National Congress
1977	Bhagwan Singh Chauhan		Janata Party
1980	Magan Singh Patel		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Magan Singh Patel		Indian National Congress
1990	Magan Singh Patel		Indian National Congress
1993	Magan Singh Patel		Indian National Congress
1998	Magan Singh Patel		Indian National Congress
1999*	Vesta Singh Patel (Rawat)[4]		Indian National Congress
2003	Nagar Singh Chouhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Nagar Singh Chouhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Nagar Singh Chouhan		Bharatiya Janata Party[5]
2018	Mukesh Rawat[6]		Indian National Congress
2023	Nagar Singh Chouhan		Bharatiya Janata Party

*By-election

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Alirajpur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukesh Patel
	BJP	Nagar Singh Chouhan
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Alirajpur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mukesh Rawat
	BJP	Nagar Singh Chouhan
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Alirajpur
• Niranjan Singh Patel

References

1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 2015-12-01. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
2. "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 2011-04-01.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 245, 252.
4. "IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Alirajpur 1999". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
5. "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
7. "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

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