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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Gohad
| type= SLA
| constituency_no = 13
| state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| map_image = 13-Gohad.svg
| district = [[Bhind district|Bhind]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bhind Lok Sabha constituency|Bhind]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = SC
| mla = [[Keshav Desai]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by = [[Mevaram Jatav]]
}}
'''Gohad''' is one of the 230 [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]]. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the [[Dalit|Scheduled castes]].<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=4 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> It came into existence in 1951, as Gohad Mehgaon, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile [[Madhya Bharat]] state.<ref name=eci2>{{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=6|publisher=Election Commission of India website|access-date=2011-02-04|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==
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.<ref name="ceo">{{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=227, 250}}</ref>

Gohad is part of [[Bhind (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhind Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Ater Assembly constituency|Ater]], [[Bhind Assembly constituency|Bhind]], [[Lahar Assembly constituency|Lahar]] and [[Mehgaon Assembly constituency|Mehgaon]] in this district and [[Sewda Assembly constituency|Sewda]], [[Bhander Assembly constituency|Bhander]] and [[Datia Assembly constituency|Datia]] in [[Datia district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+[[Madhya Bharat]]: Gohad Mehgaon
!Year
!MLA
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|1951
|Ram Dhan
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<ref name="eci2" />
|}
{{Pie chart
| caption = [[Indian National Congress]] is the most successful political party in [[Gohad Assembly constituency]] (Madhya Pradesh) elections.
| value1 = 41.18
| label1 = [[Indian National Congress|'''INC''']] (7 terms)
| color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}
| value2 = 41.18
| label2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|'''BJP''']] / [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (7 terms)
| color2 = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| value3 = 5.88
| label3 = [[Bahujan Samaj Party|'''BSP''']] (1 term)
| color3 = {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| value4 = 5.88
| label4 = [[Praja Socialist Party|'''PSP''']] (1 term)
| color4 = #ff69b4
| value5 = 5.88
| label5 = [[Janata Party|'''Janata Party''']] (1 term)
| color5 = {{party color|Janata Party}}
}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
!Year
!MLA
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| Sushila Devi Bhadoriya
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| Ramcharanlal Thapak
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| Kanhaiyalal Mahor
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| Rowspan="2" | Bhurelal Firojiya
|-
|[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Shriram Jatav
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Chaturbhuj Bhadkariya
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|1988^
|Sopat Jatav
|-
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Shriram Jatav
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
| Chaturilal Barahadiya
|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|-
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Lal Singh Arya]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|-
|[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|Makhan Lal Jatav
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<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|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=10 February 2011}}</ref>
|-
|2009^
|[[Ranvir Jatav]]<ref name="election2009">{{cite news|title=BJP increases its tally in MP assembly|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/sep/140909-BJP-increases-its-tally-in-MP-assembly.htm|access-date=4 February 2011|newspaper=[[Mid-Day]]|date=14 September 2009}}</ref>
|-
|[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|[[Lal Singh Arya]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|[[Ranvir Jatav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections|2020]]^
|[[Mevaram Jatav]]
|-
|[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|[[Keshav Desai|Keshav Desai Jatav]]
|}
^ byelection

==Election results==
=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gohad<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 = [[Keshav Desai| Keshav Desai (Jatav)]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:69941}}
|percentage = 47.32
|change = {{decrease}}4.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Lal Singh Arya]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:69334}}|percentage=46.91|change={{increase}}4.98}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Suresh Singh Solanki|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes={{formatnum:2919}}|percentage=1.98|change={{decrease}}0.95}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Yashwant Patwari|votes={{formatnum:1366}}|percentage=0.92|change=''New''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate= Anita Kamal Nagar
|party=Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)
|votes=1245
|percentage=0.8
|change=''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|votes={{formatnum:790}}|percentage=0.53|change={{decrease}}0.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate= Mohan Lal Mahor
|party=Samajwadi Party
|votes=444
|percentage=0.3
|change=''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|votes={{formatnum:607}}|percentage=0.41|change={{decrease}}9.23}}
{{Election box turnout|votes={{formatnum:147796}}|percentage=61.65|change={{increase}}6.99}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 By-polls ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections]]: Gohad<ref name=byelection2020>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12753-bye-elections-2020-parliamentary-and-assemblies/ |title=Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies) |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=25 January 2022 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Mevaram Jatav]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 63,643
|percentage = 51.57
|change = +2.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ranvir Jatav]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 51,744
|percentage = 41.93
|change = +11.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Yashwant Patwari
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 3,614
|percentage = 2.93
|change = -9.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 991
|percentage = 0.8
|change = +0.04
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 11,899
|percentage = 9.64
|change = -8.87
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 123,408
|percentage = 54.66
|change = -4.60
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gohad<ref name="election2018">{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2018 Statistical Report|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ranvir Jatav]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:62981}}
|percentage = 48.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Lal Singh Arya]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:38992}}|percentage=30.07|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Dr. Jagdish Sagar|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes={{formatnum:15477}}|percentage=11.94|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Gulab Singh Jatav|party=Bahujan Sangharsh Dal|votes={{formatnum:4386}}|percentage=3.38|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Prem Narayan Mahor|votes={{formatnum:1734}}|percentage=1.34|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Guddu Valmik|votes={{formatnum:1173}}|percentage=0.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|votes={{formatnum:982}}|percentage=0.76|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes={{formatnum:23989}}|percentage=18.51|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes={{formatnum:129656}}|percentage=59.26|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== 2013 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gohad<ref name="election2013">{{cite web|title=State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MPAE_2013_stat_report.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Lal Singh Arya]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=51711|percentage=45.65|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Mevaram Jatav|votes=31897|percentage=28.16|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate||candidate=[[Phool Singh Baraiya]]|party=BSD|votes=14633|percentage=12.92|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Krishnagopal Chaurasiya (Jatav)|votes=5890|percentage=5.20|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Premnarayan Mahor|votes=4748|percentage=4.19|change=|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=19814|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=108879|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box swing with party link||winner=Bharatiya Janata Party|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 By-polls ===
{{Election box begin|title=2009 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election: Gohad}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Ranvir Jatav]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=55442|percentage=60.47|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Master Sobaran Jatav|votes=32871|percentage=35.85|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=[[Keshav Desai]]|votes=955|percentage=1.04|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Hariom Jatav|votes=595|percentage=0.65|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=B. S. Lodheki Pali|votes=468|percentage=0.51|change=|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=22571|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=90331|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box swing with party link||winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Bharatiya Janata Party|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2008 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gohad}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Makhan Lal Jatav|party=Indian National Congress|votes=27751|percentage=30.37|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Lal Singh Arya]]|votes=26198|percentage=28.67|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Mevaram Jatav|votes=18603|percentage=20.36|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Prem Narayan Mahaur|votes=7541|percentage=8.25|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Lok Jan Shakti Party|candidate=Chaturilal Barahdiya|votes=6429|percentage=7.04|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=Oumprakash Baba|votes=866|percentage=0.95|change=|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1553|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=87388|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box swing with party link||winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Bharatiya Janata Party|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2003 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gohad}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Lal Singh Arya]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=27646|percentage=32.58|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Shriram Jatav|votes=16997|percentage=20.03|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Chaturilal Barahdiya|votes=9719|percentage=11.45|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Yashwant (ex Patawari)|votes=8817|percentage=10.39|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Prem Narayan Mahor|votes=7962|percentage=9.38|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=[[Mevaram Jatav]]|votes=5426|percentage=6.39|change=|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=10649|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=76567|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box swing with party link||winner=Bharatiya Janata Party|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
===1998===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gohad}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[Lal Singh Arya]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 18869
|percentage = 31.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Chaturilal Barahdiya
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 14531
|percentage = 24.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Dataram Bansal
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 12737
|percentage = 21.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Premnarayan Mahor (Kori)
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|votes = 11548
|percentage = 19.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 4338
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 57685
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box swing with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 1993 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gohad}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Chaturilal Barahdiya|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=21235|percentage=35.17|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Barelal Mandeliya|votes=18013|percentage=29.83|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Shriram Jatav|votes=14611|percentage=24.20|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Hariram Jatav|votes=3931|percentage=6.51|change=|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=3222|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=57790|percentage=|change=|}}
{{Election box swing with party link||winner=Bahujan Samaj Party|loser=Indian National Congress|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[Gohad]]
* [[Bhind Lok Sabha constituency|Bhind Lok Sabha Constituency]]
* [[Fourth Mayawati ministry]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

Gohad Assembly constituency - Revision history

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