Alirajpur Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Alirajpur
Constituency No. 191 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Alirajpur
LS constituency	Ratlam
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mukesh Rawat
Party	Indian National Congress

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

Overview

Alirajpur (constituency number 191) is one of the two Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Alirajpur district. This constituency covers the Alirajpur municipality and part of Alirajpur tehsil of this district.^[3]

Alirajpur is part of Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Jobat in this district, Jhabua, Thandla and Petlawad in Jhabua district and Ratlam Rural, Ratlam City and Sailana in Ratlam district.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:

1951: Bhima, Socialist Party^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

1957: Chatrarsingh, Indian National Congress
1962: Bhagirath Bhanwar, Socialist Party
1967: Chhitusingh, Indian National Congress
1972: Magan Singh Patel, Indian National Congress
1977: Bhagwan Singh Chauhan, Janata Party
1980: Magan Singh Patel, Indian National Congress (I)
1985: Magan Singh Patel, Indian National Congress
1990: Magan Singh Patel, Indian National Congress
1993: Magan Singh Patel, Indian National Congress
1998-1999: Magan Singh Patel, Indian National Congress (died during his reign)
1999-2003: Vesta Singh Patel (Rawat), Indian National Congress
2003: Nagar Singh Chouhan, Bharatiya Janata Party
2008: Nagar Singh Chouhan, Bharatiya Janata Party
2013: Nagar Singh Chouhan, Bharatiya Janata Party^[4]

Election	Name	Party
2018	Mukesh Rawat^[5]		Indian National Congress
2023	Nagar Singh Chouhan		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Alirajpur^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Mukesh Patel
	BJP	Nagar Singh Chouhan
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Alirajpur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Mukesh Rawat
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 2015-12-01. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 245, 252.
^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.