Ashta Assembly constituency

Ashta
Constituency No. 157 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictSehore
Lok Sabha constituencyDewas
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byRaghunath Singh Malviya

Ashta is one of the 230 constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the state of Madhya Pradesh, in central India.[1][2]

It is part of Sehore district, and Dewas Lok Sabha constituency. As of 2023, its representative is Gopal Singh Engineer of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Bhopal Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
1952 Chandan Mal Indian National Congress
Gopi Das

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
1962 Umrao Singh Indian National Congress
1967 G. Goyal Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Umrao Singh Indian National Congress
1977 Narayan Singh Kesri Janata Party
1980 Devi Lal Rekwal Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Ajit Singh Indian National Congress
1990 Nand Kishor Khatri Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Ranjit Singh Gunwan
1998
2003 Raghunath Singh Malviya
2008[3] Ranjeet Singh Gunwan
2013[4]
2018[5] Raghunath Singh Malviya
2023[6] Gopal Singh Engineer

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ashta[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gopal Singh Engineer 118,750 50.44 +5.7
INC Kamal Singh Chauhan 110,847 47.08 +5.27
NOTA None of the above 1,467 0.62 −0.4
Majority 7,903 3.36 +0.43
Turnout 235,425 84.84 +1.86
BJP hold Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ashta[7][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Raghunath Singh Malviya 92,292 44.74
INC Gopal Singh Engineer 86,248 41.81
Prajatantrik Samadhan Party Kamal Singh Chauhan 17,577 8.52
BSP Shailesh Vaidya 4,487 2.18
NOTA None of the above 2,108 1.02
Majority 6,044 2.93
Turnout 206,286 82.98
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

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