Tonk (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)

Tonk is a constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly covering the city of Tonk in the Tonk district of Rajasthan, India.[1]

Tonk
टोंक
Assembly constituency
DistrictTonk
StateRajasthan
Electorate2,24,106 (2018)
Current Assembly constituency
Created2018
PartyIndian National Congress
MLASachin Pilot
ReservationNone
Ex MLAAjit Singh Mehta (BJP)
Most Successful PartyIndian National Congress (7 Times)

Tonk is one of eight assembly constituencies in the Tonk–Sawai Madhopur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 96 amongst 200 constituencies.[2][3][4]

Currently this seat belongs to the INC candidate Sachin Pilot, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan who won in 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election by defeating BJP candidate Yunus Khan, who was the transport minister in Vasundhara Raje government, by a margin of 54,179 votes.[5][6]

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Tonk tehsil and Todaraisingh tehsil (Partly) – (I) ILRC Khareda (II) ILRC Lamba Kalan.[7]

Member of the Legislative Assembly
# Member of Legislative Assembly Party From To Comment
01Ram RatanIndian National Congress19511957two seat
02Lalu Ram
03Narayan Singh19571962two seat
04Lalu Ram
05Radha KrishanSwatantra Party19621967
06D. VyasIndian National Congress19671970
07S.PrasadNCJ19701972By election
08Ajit SinghBharatiya Jana Sangh19721977
09Janata Party19771980
10Mahaveer PrasadBhartiya Janata Party19801985
11Zakiya InamIndian National Congress19851990
12Mahaveer PrasadBhartiya Janata Party19901993
1319931998
14Zakiya InamIndian National Congress19982003
15Mahaveer PrasadBhartiya Janata Party20032008
16Zakiya InamIndian National Congress20082013
17Ajit Singh MehtaBhartiya Janata Party20132018
18Sachin PilotIndian National Congress2018IncumbentFormer Deputy Chief Minister

Elections Result

2018 Assembly Election Result

In 2018, Tonk legislative assembly constituency had total 2,24,106 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1,71,566. Indian National Congress candidate Sachin Pilot won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 1,09,040 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Yunus Khan stood second with total 54,861 votes. He lost by 54,179 votes.

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Tonk [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sachin Pilot 1,09,040 63.56 48.25
BJP Yunus Khan 54,861 31.98 14.98
BSP Mohd Ali 1,785 1.04 0.31
NOTA None of the Above 1,485 0.87 1.04
SHS Panchu 1,221 0.71 0.71
Remaining 5 Candidates 3,154 1.85
Majority 54,179 31.58 10.26
Turnout 1,71,566 76.56 1.52
INC gain from BJP Swing 16.60

2013 Assembly Election Result

In 2013, Tonk legislative assembly constituency had total 1,89,707 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1,42,351. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ajit Singh Mehta won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 66,845 votes. Independent candidate Saud Saidi stood second with total 36,502 votes. He lost by 30,343 votes.[8]

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Tonk [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ajit Singh Mehta 66,845 46.96
Independent Saud Saidi 36,502 25.64
INC Zakiya Imam 21,645 15.21
Independent Shiv Pratap 10,366 7.28
NOTA None of the Above 2,715 1.91
NCP Ajmal Khan 1,216 0.85
CPI (M) Akhatar Jung 1,145 0.80
BSP Mahesh Joshi 1,036 0.73
JD(U) Ram Prasad 881 0.62
Majority 30,343 21.32
Turnout 1,42,351 75.04
BJP gain from INC Swing

References
  1. "Tonk (Rajasthan Assembly) Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. "Rajasthan - Tonk Results". www.news18.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. "Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress breaks 46-year-old tradition by fielding Sachin Pilot from Tonk". www.hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. "Sachin Pilot wins in Tonk with a margin of 54,179 votes". www.indiatoday.in. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. "TONK Election Results 2018". NDTV. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  6. "Tonk election result: Sachin Pilot vs Yoonus Khan". www.financialexpress.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  7. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. "Tonk Assembly Constituency Election Result". resultuniversity.com. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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