Sonkatch Assembly constituency

Sonkatch is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.^[1][2]

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

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	%	±%
	INC
	BJP	Rajesh Sonkar
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sonkatch^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sajjan Singh Verma
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	INC gain from		Swing

References

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

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