Gohad Assembly constituency

Gohad
Gohad
Constituency No. 13 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Bhind
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhind
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Keshav Desai
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Mevaram Jatav

Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh

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

Overview

Gohad (constituency number 13) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Bhind district. This constituency covers the entire Mau Tehsil and Gohad tehsil of the district.^[3]

Gohad is part of Bhind Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Ater, Bhind, Lahar and Mehgaon in this district and Sewda, Bhander and Datia in Datia district.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Bharat: Gohad Mehgaon
Year	MLA	Party
1951	Ram Dhan		Indian National Congress^[2]

Indian National Congress is the most successful political party in Gohad Assembly constituency (Madhya Pradesh) elections.

INC (7 terms) (41.2%)
BJP / Bharatiya Jana Sangh (7 terms) (41.2%)
BSP (1 term) (5.88%)
PSP (1 term) (5.88%)
Janata Party (1 term) (5.88%)

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Year	MLA
1957	Sushila Devi Bhadoriya	Indian National Congress
1962	Ramcharanlal Thapak	Praja Socialist Party
1967	Kanhaiyalal Mahor	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Bhurelal Firojiya	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Bhurelal Firojiya	Janata Party
1980	Shriram Jatav	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Chaturbhuj Bhadkariya	Indian National Congress
1988^	Sopat Jatav	Indian National Congress
1990	Shriram Jatav	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Chaturilal Barahadiya	Bahujan Samaj Party
1998	Lal Singh Arya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Lal Singh Arya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Makhan Lal Jatav	Indian National Congress^[4]
2009^	Ranvir Jatav^[5]	Indian National Congress^[4]
2013	Lal Singh Arya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Ranvir Jatav	Indian National Congress
2020^	Mevaram Jatav
2023	Keshav Desai Jatav

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Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Keshav Desai (Jatav)	69,941	47.32	4.25
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya	69,334	46.91	4.98
	BSP	Suresh Singh Solanki	2,919	1.98	0.95
	AAP	Yashwant Patwari	1,366	0.92	New
	ASP(KR)	Anita Kamal Nagar	1245	0.8	New
	NOTA	None of the above	790	0.53	0.27
	SP	Mohan Lal Mahor	444	0.3	New
Majority			607	0.41	9.23
Turnout			147,796	61.65	6.99
	INC hold		Swing

2020 By-polls

2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections: Gohad^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mevaram Jatav	63,643	51.57	+2.99
	BJP	Ranvir Jatav	51,744	41.93	+11.86
	BSP	Yashwant Patwari	3,614	2.93	−9.01
	NOTA	None of the above	991	0.8	+0.04
Majority			11,899	9.64	−8.87
Turnout			123,408	54.66	−4.60
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ranvir Jatav	62,981	48.58
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya	38,992	30.07
	BSP	Dr. Jagdish Sagar	15,477	11.94
	Bahujan Sangharsh Dal	Gulab Singh Jatav	4,386	3.38
	CPI(M)	Prem Narayan Mahor	1,734	1.34
	AAP	Guddu Valmik	1,173	0.9
	NOTA	None of the above	982	0.76
Majority			23,989	18.51
Turnout			129,656	59.26
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya	51,711	45.65
	INC	Mevaram Jatav	31897	28.16
	BSD	Phool Singh Baraiya	14633	12.92
	BSP	Krishnagopal Chaurasiya (Jatav)	5890	5.20
	CPI(M)	Premnarayan Mahor	4748	4.19
Majority			19814
Turnout			108879
	Swing to BJP from INC		Swing

2009 By-polls

2009 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Gohad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ranvir Jatav	55,442	60.47
	BJP	Master Sobaran Jatav	32871	35.85
	SP	Keshav Desai	955	1.04
	Independent	Hariom Jatav	595	0.65
	Independent	B. S. Lodheki Pali	468	0.51
Majority			22571
Turnout			90331
	Swing to INC from BJP		Swing

2008

2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Makhan Lal Jatav	27,751	30.37
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya	26198	28.67
	BSP	Mevaram Jatav	18603	20.36
	CPI(M)	Prem Narayan Mahaur	7541	8.25
	LJP	Chaturilal Barahdiya	6429	7.04
	SP	Oumprakash Baba	866	0.95
Majority			1553
Turnout			87388
	Swing to INC from BJP		Swing

2003

2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya	27,646	32.58
	INC	Shriram Jatav	16997	20.03
	Independent	Chaturilal Barahdiya	9719	11.45
	Independent	Yashwant (ex Patawari)	8817	10.39
	CPI(M)	Prem Narayan Mahor	7962	9.38
	BSP	Mevaram Jatav	5426	6.39
Majority			10649
Turnout			76567
	Swing to BJP from INC		Swing

1998

1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya	18,869	31.28
	BSP	Chaturilal Barahdiya	14531	24.09
	INC	Dataram Bansal	12737	21.12
	CPI(M)	Premnarayan Mahor (Kori)	11548	19.14
Majority			4338
Turnout			57685
	Swing to BJP from BSP		Swing

1993

1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BSP	Chaturilal Barahdiya	21,235	35.17
	INC	Barelal Mandeliya	18013	29.83
	BJP	Shriram Jatav	14611	24.20
	Independent	Hariram Jatav	3931	6.51
Majority			3222
Turnout			57790
	Swing to BSP from INC		Swing

References

^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
^ "BJP increases its tally in MP assembly". Mid-Day. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
^ "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2018 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
^ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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[eci1-1] "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

[eci2-2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-04.

[ceo-3] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.

[ceom-4] "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 10 February 2011.

[election2009-5] "BJP increases its tally in MP assembly". Mid-Day. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

[BJP_Candidates_MP_2023-6] "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[byelection2020-7] "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[election2018-8] "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2018 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[election2013-9] "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.