Tonk Assembly constituency

Tonk is a constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly covering the city of Tonk in the Tonk district of Rajasthan, India.^[1]

Tonk
Constituency for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Rajasthan
District	Tonk
Established	1951
Total electors	2,24,106 (2018)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sachin Pilot
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Ajit Singh Mehta

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 Assembly	Party		From	To	Comment
01	Ram Ratan		Indian National Congress	1951	1957	two seat
02	Lalu Ram
03	Narayan Singh			1957	1962	two seat
04	Lalu Ram
05	Radha Krishan		Swatantra Party	1962	1967
06	D. Vyas		Indian National Congress	1967	1970
07	S.Prasad		NCJ	1970	1972	By election
08	Ajit Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh	1972	1977
09			Janata Party	1977	1980
10	Mahaveer Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party	1980	1985
11	Zakiya Imam		Indian National Congress	1985	1990
12	Mahaveer Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party	1990	1993
13				1993	1998
14	Zakiya Imam		Indian National Congress	1998	2003
15	Mahaveer Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party	2003	2008
16	Zakiya Imam		Indian National Congress	2008	2013
17	Ajit Singh Mehta		Bharatiya Janata Party	2013	2018
18	Sachin Pilot		Indian National Congress	2018	2023	Former Deputy Chief Minister
19				2023	Incumbent

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sachin Pilot	109,040	63.56	48.25
	BJP	Yunus Khan	54,861	31.98	14.98
	BSP	Mohd Ali	1,785	1.04	0.31
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,485	0.87	1.04
	SS	Panchu	1,221	0.71	0.71
		Remaining 5 Candidates	3,154	1.85
Majority			54,179	31.58	10.26
Turnout			1,71,566	76.56	1.52
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	16.60

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajit Singh Mehta	66,845	46.96
	Independent	Saud Saidi	36,502	25.64
	INC	Zakiya Imam	21,645	15.21
	Independent	Shiv Pratap	10,366	7.28
	None of the Above	None of the Above	2,715	1.91
	NCP	Ajmal Khan	1,216	0.85
	CPI(M)	Akhatar Jung	1,145	0.80
	BSP	Mahesh Joshi	1,036	0.73
	JD(U)	Ram Prasad	881	0.62
Majority			30,343	21.32
Turnout			1,42,351	75.04
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

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. "Tonk Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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