Gohad Assembly constituency

Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh

Gohad
Constituency No. 13 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Bhind
LS constituency	Bhind
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Keshav Desai
Party	Indian National Congress

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]

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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
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 (By-election)	Ranvir Jatav^[5]	Indian National Congress^[4]
2013	Lal Singh Arya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Ranvir Jatav	Indian National Congress
2020 (By-election)	Mevaram Jatav
2023	Keshav Desai

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Mevaram Jatav
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	INC gain from		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.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.