Sailana Assembly constituency

Sailana 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. It was abolished in 1956 but again came into existence in 1961. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes since its inception.^[2]

Sailana
Constituency No. 221 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ratlam
Lok Sabha constituency	Ratlam
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kamleshwar Dodiyar
Party	Bharat Adivasi Party

Overview

Sailana (constituency number 221) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Ratlam district. This constituency covers the entire Bajna and Sailana tehsils of this district.^[3]

Sailana is part of Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Ratlam Rural and Ratlam City in this district, Alirajpur and Jobat in Alirajpur district and Jhabua, Thandla and Petlawad in Jhabua district.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:

• 1951: Jeta Bhagga, Indian National Congress^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1962: Laxmansingh Jhitra, Socialist Party
• 1967: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Kamji Gamira, Janata Party
• 1980: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress (Indira)
• 1985: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Kamji Gamira, Janata Dal
• 1993: Lahling Devra, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Independent
• 2003: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress
• 2008: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress^[4]
• 2013: Sangeeta Charel, Bharatiya Janata Party

Year	Member	Party
2018	Harsh Vijay Gehlot[5]		Indian National Congress
2023	Kamleshwar Dodiyar		Bharat Adivasi Party

Election results

2023

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BAP	Kamleshwar Dodiyar	71,219	37.36
	INC	Harsh Vijay Gehlot "guddu"	66,601	34.93	9.8
	BJP	Sangeeta Charel	41,584	21.81	5.6
	Independent	Suraj Bhabhar	2,404	1.26	0.33
	NOTA	None of the above	2,580	1.35	0.76
Majority			4,618	2.43	14.89
Turnout			190,650	90.73	1.73
	BAP gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sailana^[7][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harsh Vijay Gehlot "Guddu"	73,597	44.73
	BJP	Narayan Maida	45,099	27.41
	Independent	Kamleshwar Dodiyar	18,726	11.38
	Loktantrik Janta Dal	Vijay Hari Vijay	11,525	7.01
	SS	Kalusingh Bhabhar	2,704	1.64
	Independent	Pavan Charapota	2,455	1.49
	BSP	Jalam Sih Ninama	1,543	0.94
	Independent	Suraj Bhabhar	1,537	0.93
	NOTA	None of the above	3,477	2.11
Majority			28,498	17.32
Turnout			164,520	89.0
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
• Sailana