Pokaran Assembly constituency

Pokaran is one of constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the Jodhpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Pokaran
Constituency No. 133 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer district
Lok Sabha constituency	Jodhpur
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mahant Pratap Puri[1]
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
2008	Saleh Mohammad		Indian National Congress[2]
2013	Shaitan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party[3]
2018	Saleh Mohammad		Indian National Congress[4]
2023	Mahant Pratap Puri		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Pokaran

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahant Pratap Puri	112,925	56.83	9.12
	INC	Saleh Mohammad	77,498	39	9.22
	RLP	Devilal	4,690	2.36	New
	NOTA	None of the above	773	0.39	0.26
Majority			35,427	17.83	17.32
Turnout			1,98,713
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Pokaran

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Saleh Mohammad	82,964	48.22	12.89
	BJP	Mahant Pratap Puri	82,094	47.71	11.69
	Independent	Paramaram	2,748	1.60	New
	BSP	Tulchha Ram	2,187	1.27	0.01
	NOTA	None of the above	1,122	0.65	0.41
Majority			872	0.51	23.56
Turnout			1,72,315	88.09	0.46
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2013

2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election: Pokaran

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shaitan Singh	85,010	59.40
	INC	Saleh Mohammad	50,566	35.33
	Independent	Khajoo Khan	2,824	1.97
	BSP	Tulchha Ram	1,800	1.26
	NOTA	None of the above	1,519	1.06
Majority			34,444	24.07
Turnout			1,43,287	87.73
	BJP hold		Swing