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{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Alirajpur
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 191
| map_image = 191-Alirajpur.svg
| state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| district = [[Alirajpur district|Alirajpur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency|Ratlam]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = ST
| mla = [[Nagar Singh Chouhan]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by = Mukesh Rawat
}}
'''Alirajpur''' is one of the 230 [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]].<ref name=ceo1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=1 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=2015-12-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 [[Adivasi|Scheduled tribes]] since its inception.<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat|page=5|publisher=Election Commission of India website|access-date=2011-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721155640/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Overview==
Alirajpur (constituency number 191) is one of the two Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Alirajpur district]]. This constituency covers the Alirajpur municipality and part of Alirajpur [[tehsil]] of this district.<ref name="eci2">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=245, 252}}</ref>

Alirajpur is part of [[Ratlam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Jobat Assembly constituency|Jobat]] in this district, [[Jhabua Assembly constituency|Jhabua]], [[Thandla Assembly constituency|Thandla]] and [[Petlawad Assembly constituency|Petlawad]] in [[Jhabua district]] and [[Ratlam Rural Assembly constituency|Ratlam Rural]], [[Ratlam City Assembly constituency|Ratlam City]] and [[Sailana Assembly constituency|Sailana]] in [[Ratlam district]].<ref name="eci2"/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:
* 1951: Bhima, [[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]<ref name=eci1/>

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Chatrarsingh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Bhagirath Bhanwar
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|-
|[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Chatrarsingh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Magan Singh Patel
|-
|[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Bhagwan Singh Chauhan
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="5" |Magan Singh Patel
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}}
|-
|[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|-
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|-
|1999*
|Vesta Singh Patel (Rawat)<ref name="election1999">{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC Bye Election: Alirajpur 1999 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/366 |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>
|-
|[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Nagar Singh Chouhan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|-
|[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<ref name="ceom">{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi) |url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/OtherLinks/Election_Result_2008.pdf |access-date=1 April 2011 |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website}}</ref>
|-
|[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|[[Mukesh Rawat]]<ref name=election2018/>
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| [[Nagar Singh Chouhan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>By-election

==Election results==
=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Alirajpur<ref name="BJP Candidates MP 2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-announces-candidates-for-39-assembly-seats-in-madhya-pradesh-3-months-ahead-of-state-election-101692298341918.html|title=BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=18 August 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Nagar Singh Chouhan]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:83764}}
|percentage = 44.63
|change = +6.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Mukesh Patel
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:80041}}
|percentage = 42.65
|change = -9.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Surendra Thakrala
|votes = {{formatnum:11361}}
|percentage = 6.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Patel Antar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:3705}}
|percentage = 1.97
|change = +0.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Nawal Singh Mandloi
|votes = {{formatnum:2706}}
|percentage = 1.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hirla Chouhan
|votes = {{formatnum:2275}}
|percentage = 1.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3814}}
|percentage = 2.03
|change = -1.08
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:3723}}
|percentage = 1.98
|change = -12.11
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:187666}}
|percentage = 70.85
|change = +0.83
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Alirajpur<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Mukesh Rawat]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:82017}}
|percentage = 52.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Nagar Singh Chouhan]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:60055}}
|percentage = 38.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jalm Singh Patel
|votes = {{formatnum:4680}}
|percentage = 3.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Bhadiya Dawar
|votes = {{formatnum:2687}}
|percentage = 1.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Shamsher Singh Chouhan
|votes = {{formatnum:1654}}
|percentage = 1.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:4843}}
|percentage = 3.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:21962}}
|percentage = 14.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:155936}}
|percentage = 70.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Alirajpur]]
* [[Niranjan Singh Patel]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}
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[[Category:Alirajpur district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]

Alirajpur Assembly constituency - Revision history

Dangerpanditankit at 08:41, 19 April 2026