Gohad Assembly constituency

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]

Gohad
Constituency No. 13 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Bhind
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhind
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Keshav Desai
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Mevaram Jatav

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]

Indian National Congress is the most successful political party in Gohad Assembly constituency (Madhya Pradesh) elections.

1. INC (7 terms) (41.2%)
2. BJP / Bharatiya Jana Sangh (7 terms) (41.2%)
3. BSP (1 term) (5.88%)
4. PSP (1 term) (5.88%)
5. Janata Party (1 term) (5.88%)

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Year	MLA	Party
1957	Sushila Devi Bhadoriya		Indian National Congress
1962	Ramcharanlal Thapak		Praja Socialist Party
1967	Kanhaiyalal Mahor		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Bhurelal Firojiya
1977			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
2008	Makhan Lal Jatav		Indian National Congress[4]
2009^	Ranvir Jatav[5]
2013	Lal Singh Arya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Ranvir Jatav		Indian National Congress
2020^	Mevaram Jatav
2023	Keshav Desai

^ byelection

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Keshav Desai	69,941	47.32	4.25
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya	69,334	46.91	4.98
	BSP	Suresh Singh Solanki	2,919	1.98	0.95
	AAP	Yashwant Patwari	1,366	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	790	0.53	0.27
Majority			607	0.41	9.23
Turnout			147,796	61.65	6.99
	INC hold		Swing

2020 bypolls

2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections: Gohad^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mevaram Jatav	63,643	51.57	+2.99
	BJP	Ranvir Jatav	51,744	41.93	+11.86
	BSP	Yashwant Patwari	3,614	2.93	−9.01
	NOTA	None of the above	991	0.8	+0.04
Majority			11,899	9.64	−8.87
Turnout			123,408	54.66	−4.60
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Gohad^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ranvir Jatav	62,981	48.58
	BJP	Lal Singh Arya	38,992	30.07
	BSP	Jagdish Sagar	15,477	11.94
	Bahujan Sangharsh Dal	Gulab Singh Jatav	4,386	3.38
	CPI(M)	Prem Narayan Mahore	1,734	1.34
	AAP	Guddu Valmik	1,173	0.9
	NOTA	None of the above	982	0.76
Majority			23,989	18.51
Turnout			129,656	59.26
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Gohad
• List of Jatav
• Fourth Mayawati ministry