Jawad Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Jawad | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | type = SLA | map_image = 230-Jawad.svg | district = [[Neemuch district|Neemuch]] | constituency_no = 230 | loksabha_cons = [[Mandsaur Lok Sabha constituency|Mandsaur]] | established = 1951 | reservation = None | mla = [[Om Prakash Sakhlecha]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = [[Ghanshyam Patidar]] }}

'''Jawad''' is one of the 230 [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]].<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=28 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> This constituency came into existence in 1951 as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile [[Madhya Bharat]] state.<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat|page=5|publisher=Election Commission of India website|access-date=2011-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721155640/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Overview== Jawad (constituency number 230) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Neemuch district]]. This constituency covers the entire Jawad [[tehsil]] of the district.<ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=249, 251}}</ref>

Jawad is part of [[Mandsaur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mandsaur Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Manasa Assembly constituency|Manasa]] and [[Neemuch Assembly constituency|Neemuch]] in this district, [[Jaora Assembly constituency|Jaora]] in [[Ratlam district]] and [[Mandsaur Assembly constituency|Mandsaur]], [[Malhargarh Assembly constituency|Malhargarh]], [[Suwasra Assembly constituency|Suwasra]] and [[Garoth Assembly constituency|Garoth]] in [[Mandsaur district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

==Members of Vidhan Sabha== === Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Name !colspan=2|Party |- |[[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1952]] |Badri Datt<ref name="eci2" /> |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |}

=== Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Name !colspan=2|Party |- |[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]] | rowspan="3" |[[Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha]] |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=3}} |- |[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]] |- |[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]] |- |[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]] |Kanhiyalal Nagauri |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] | rowspan="2" |[[Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha]] |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] |Chunnilal Dhakad |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |Duli Chand |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] | rowspan="2" |[[Ghanshyam Patidar]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] |- |[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] | rowspan="5" |[[Om Prakash Sakhlecha]] |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=5}} |- |[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] |- |[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] |- |[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] |- |[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] |}

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Jawad<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Om Prakash Sakhlecha]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:60458}} |percentage = 38.0 |change = +0.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[Samandar Patel]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:58094}} |percentage = 36.51 |change = +2.16 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Puranmal Ahir |party = Independent |votes = {{formatnum:36151}} |percentage = 22.72 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1315}} |percentage = 0.83 |change = -0.56 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:2364}} |percentage = 1.49 |change = -1.56 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:159111}} |percentage = 87.58 |change = +3.12 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2018 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Jawad<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Om Prakash Sakhlecha]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:52316}} |percentage = 37.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Rajkumar Rameshchandra Ahir |votes = {{formatnum:48045}} |percentage = 34.35 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Samandar Patel |votes = {{formatnum:33712}} |percentage = 24.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1941}} |percentage = 1.39 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:4271}} |percentage = 3.05 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:139889}} |percentage = 84.46 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===1998=== * Ghanshyam Patidar (INC) : 55,502 votes <ref name="election1998">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1998-election-results.html|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1998|website=www.elections.in}}</ref> * Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha (IND) : 46,609

===1967=== * Virendrakumar (Jana Sangh) : 21,882 votes <ref name="election1967">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967|website=www.elections.in}}</ref> * Jagjeewan (INC) : 18,632

==See also== * [[Jawad, India|Jawad]]

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Neemuch district]] [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:1951 establishments in India]]