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{{Short description|Constituency of the Rajasthan legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kolayat
| map_image = Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan-15-Kolayat.svg
| mla = [[Anshuman Singh Bhati]]
| party =[[Bhartiya Janta Party]]
| established = 1962
| state = [[Rajasthan]]
| district = [[Bikaner district]]
| type = SLA
| reservation = None
| constituency_no = 15
}}

'''Kolayat Assembly constituency''' is one of [[List of constituencies of Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha|constituencies]] of [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] in the [[Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency]].

Kolayat constituency covers all voters from [[Kolayat|Kolayat tehsil]] and parts of [[Bikaner|Bikaner tehsil]], which include [[Deshnoke|ILRC Deshnoke]] including Deshnoke Municipal Board.<ref name="election2008">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 2008]</ref>

==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year!!Name!!colspan=2|Party
|-
| [[1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<ref name="election1962">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Rajasthan_1962.pdf 1962 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref>|| Manik Chand Surana || {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1967 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<ref name="election1967">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Rajasthan%201967.pdf 1967 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref>|| rowspan=2 |Kathuria Kanta || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<ref name="election1972">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_RJ_72.pdf 1972 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref>
|-
|[[1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<ref name="election1977">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Rajasthan.pdf 1977 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref> || Ram Krishan Dass Gupta || {{Full party name with color|Janata Party|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<ref name="election1980">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Rajasthan.pdf 1980 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref>||rowspan=7| [[Devi Singh Bhati]]
|-
|[[1985 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<ref name="election1985">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%201985%20Rajasthan.pdf 1985 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref>
|-
|[[1990 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<ref name="election1990">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/StatRep_RJ_90.pdf 1990 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref>
|-
|[[1993 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1993]]<ref name="election1993">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/StatRep_RJ_93.pdf 1993 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref>|| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|1998]]<ref name="election1998">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-RAJ98.pdf 1998 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref>
|-
|[[2003 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2003]]<ref name="election2003">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_RAJ_Nov2003.pdf 2003 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref> ||{{Full party name with color|Rajasthan Samajik Nyaya Manch}}
|-
| [[2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<ref name="election2008-1">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2008/Stats_report_RJ2008.pdf 2008 Rajasthan Assembly results]</ref>||{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| [[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2013]]|| rowspan=2 | [[Bhanwar Singh Bhati]] ||{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|-
| [[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2023]] || [[Anshuman Singh Bhati]] || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]: Kolayat<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Rajasthan General Legislative Election 2023|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/rajasthan-legislative-election-2023-including-statistical-report |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Anshuman Singh Bhati
|votes = {{formatnum:101093}}
|percentage = 50.04
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Bhanwar Singh Bhati
|votes = {{formatnum:68160}}
|percentage = 33.74
|change = -16.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
|candidate = Revat Ram Panwar
|votes = {{formatnum:27854}}
|percentage = 13.79
|change = +12.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1856}}
|percentage = 0.92
|change = -0.94
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:32933}}
|percentage = 16.3
|change = +10.15
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:202018}}
|percentage = 78.86
|change = +0.03
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]: Kolayat<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9645-statistical-data-of-rajasthan-la-2018/ |title=Statistical Data of Rajasthan LA 2018 |website=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 12 February 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Bhanwar Singh Bhati]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:89505}}
|percentage = 49.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Poonam Kanwar Bhati
|votes = {{formatnum:78489}}
|percentage = 43.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Loktantrik Party
|candidate = Dr. Suresh Kumar Bishnoi
|votes = {{formatnum:2915}}
|percentage = 1.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hanutaram Meghwal
|votes = {{formatnum:1977}}
|percentage = 1.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3332}}
|percentage = 1.86
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:11016}}
|percentage = 6.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:179053}}
|percentage = 78.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)]]

{{Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan}}

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[[Category:Bikaner district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Politics of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in Rajasthan]]

Kolayat Assembly constituency - Revision history

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