Jobat Assembly constituency

Jobat 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]

Jobat
Constituency No. 192 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Alirajpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Ratlam
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sena Mahesh Patel
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Overview

Jobat (constituency number 192) is one of the two Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Alirajpur district. This constituency covers the entire Bhavra tehsil, Jobat nagar panchayat and parts of Jobat and Alirajpur tehsils of this district.^[3]

Jobat is part of Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Alirajpur 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: Premsingh, Socialist Party^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1957: Ganga, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Raysinha, Socialist Party
• 1967: Ajmer Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Ajmer Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Ajmer Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1980: Amar Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Ajmer Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Ajmer Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1993: Ajmer Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Sulochana Rawat, Indian National Congress
• 2003: Madho Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Sulochana Rawat, Indian National Congress^[4]
• 2013: Madhosingh Dawar, Bharatiya Janata Party^[5]
• 2018: Kalawati Bhuria, Indian National Congress^[6]

Election	Name	Party
2021 byelection	Sulochana Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[7][8]	Sena Mahesh Patel		Indian National Congress

Election results

2021 Bypoll

By-election, 2021: Jobat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sulochana Rawat	68,949	46.92	+14.92
	INC	Mahesh Rawat	62,845	42.77	+8.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,611	3.82
	BTP	Sardar Harmal Parmar	3,071	2.09
Margin of victory			6,104
Turnout			1,47,014	53.42
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Jobat
• Ajay Kanesh