Merta Assembly constituency

Merta
Constituency No. 111 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Rajasthan
District	Nagaur
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajsamand
Established	1957
Total electors	286,760[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Laxmanram Meghwal
Party	BJP
Elected year	2023

Merta Assembly constituency is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India.^[2][3] It is in Nagaur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. It is also part of Rajsamand Lok Sabha constituency.^[4][5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1957	Gopal Lal		Indian National Congress
1962	Nathu Ram
1967	Gordhan		Swatantra Party
1972	Ram Lal		Indian National Congress
1977	Ram Lal
1980	Ram Lal		Indian National Congress
1985	Nathu Ram		Lok Dal
1990	Ram Karan		Janata Dal
1993	Bhanwar Singh Dangawas		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Mangi Lal Danga		Indian National Congress
2003	Bhanwar Singh Dangawas		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 (By-election)	Ramchandra		Indian National Congress
2008	Sukharam Netdiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2018	Indira Devi[6]		Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
2023	Laxmanram Meghwal		Bhartiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Merta^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Laxman Ram	77,493	38.36	+15.12
	INC	Shivratan (Chiman Valmiki)	59,978	29.69	+16.35
	RLP	Indira Devi	56,761	28.1	−3.92
	Abhinav Rajasthan Party	Madan Lal Balotiya	3,540	1.75
	NOTA	None of the above	1,939	0.96	−0.69
Majority			17,515	8.67	+1.54
Turnout			202,030	70.45	−0.9
	BJPgain from RLP		Swing

2018

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Merta^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RLP	Indira Devi	57,662	32.02
	Independent	Laxman Ram Meghwal	44,827	24.89
	BJP	Bhanwraram Rithadiya	41,860	23.24
	INC	Sonu Chitara Choudhary	24,018	13.34
	AAP	Jagdish Kumar Nayak	3,180	1.77
	NOTA	None of the above	2,970	1.65
Majority			12,835	7.13
Turnout			180,092	71.35

See also

• Merta City
• Nagaur district
• List of constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

References

1. "State Election,2023 to the legislative assembly of Rajasthan"(PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. "New Assembly Constituencies"(PDF). ceorajasthan.nic.in. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008"(PDF). Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008.
5. Sitting and previous MLAs from Merta Assembly Constituency
6. "Statistical Data of Rajasthan LA (Legislative Assembly Election) 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

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