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Assembly constituency 170 · Madhya Pradesh · SC

Sonkatch is assembly constituency number 170 in Madhya Pradesh, in Dewas district, and one of the segments of the Dewas Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Dr. Rajesh Sonkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 54.2% of the vote, 25,437 votes ahead of Sajjan Singh Verma (INC).

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Sonkatch · 2023AC 170
  1. 01
    Dr. Rajesh Sonkar
    BJP
    1,08,869
    54.21%
  2. 02
    Sajjan Singh Verma
    INC
    83,432
    41.54%
  3. 03
    Kailash Kaleshria
    ASPKR
    3,401
    1.69%
  4. 04
    Babulal Chouhan
    BSP
    1,914
    0.95%
  5. 05
    Rajesh Sonkar
    Independent
    708
    0.35%
  6. 4 other candidates · 1,251 votesNOTA · 1,262 (0.63%)

Margin 25,437 votes · 12.67% of valid votes

2,34,272
Registered electors
2023 election
85.8%
Turnout
+1.9 pts vs 2018
25,437
Victory margin
12.7% of valid votes
Nov 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,00,837 valid votes, NOTA included.

Sonkatch 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Rajesh SonkarMale · 55 yrs · SCBJP1,08,869
54.21%
2Sajjan Singh VermaMale · 71 yrs · SCINC83,432
41.54%
3Kailash KaleshriaMale · 52 yrs · SCASPKR3,401
1.69%
4Babulal ChouhanMale · 56 yrs · SCBSP1,914
0.95%
—NOTANOTA1,262
0.63%
5Rajesh SonkarMale · 55 yrs · SCIndependent708
0.35%
6Rajender VermaMale · 51 yrs · SCIndependent448
0.22%
7Dariyav Singh MalviyaMale · 54 yrs · SCIndependent385
0.19%
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8Rakesh SonkarMale · 45 yrs · SCIndependent233
0.12%
9ParhladsinghMale · 55 yrs · SCIndependent185
0.09%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2018, BJP in 2023.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023BJP 54.2%INC 41.5%ASPKR 1.7%BSP 0.9%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Dr. Rajesh SonkarBJP · 54.2% · margin 25,437Turnout85.8%
2018Sajjan Singh VermaINC · 48.9% · margin 9,818Turnout83.9%
2013Rajendra Phulchand VermaBJP · 45.5% · margin 1,880Turnout80.2%
2008Sajjansingh VermaINC · 43.2% · margin 191Turnout77.9%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Sonkatch result 2018

Sonkatch 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sajjan Singh VermaINC86,396
48.92%
2Rajendra Phulchand VermaBJP76,578
43.36%
3Babulal ChouhanBSP3,657
2.07%
4Dharmraj PradhanIndependent2,263
1.28%
—NOTANOTA1,975
1.12%
5Prahlad RathoreAAP1,332
0.75%
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6Rajendra VermaIndependent1,249
0.71%
7Sagar (sajjan Bhaiya)Independent903
0.51%
8Dharmendra SolankyIndependent614
0.35%
9Akhilesh, Bagri BalonIndependent563
0.32%
10Madanlal SolankiPRSP514
0.29%
11Mohanlal RekwalBASD305
0.17%
12Deepak MalviyaIndependent245
0.14%

Sonkatch result 2013

Sonkatch 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rajendra Phulchand VermaBJP72,644
45.54%
2Arjun VermaINC70,764
44.36%
3Ratanlal MalviyaIndependent4,715
2.96%
—NOTANOTA2,617
1.64%
4Sanjay Sangta BhayyaBSP2,072
1.30%
5Hemraj Singh BamniyaIndependent1,820
1.14%
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6Rajesh SilawatIndependent1,353
0.85%
7Dr. Anwar Singh SisodiyaBHBP1,029
0.65%
8Rajendra VermaIndependent970
0.61%
9Prof. B.S. MalviyaPRSP533
0.33%
10Ramesh Chandra MalviyaIndependent354
0.22%
11GoverdhanlalIndependent338
0.21%
12Tejsingh Sisodiya (malviya)SP211
0.13%
13Deepak MalviyaSAMSP111
0.07%

Sonkatch result 2008

Sonkatch 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sajjansingh VermaINC54,787
43.17%
2Phool Chand VermaBJP54,596
43.02%
3Satish Chandra JatavBSP8,839
6.97%
4Sapna VermaIndependent3,352
2.64%
5Phoolchand VermaIndependent1,318
1.04%
6Vikramlal JogchndSP1,171
0.92%
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7Rajendra Kumar Malviya (advocate)Independent1,159
0.91%
8Malviya Vikram SinghBJSH867
0.68%
9Bhagirath MaliveLJP408
0.32%
10Deepak VermaIndependent404
0.32%
Map

Sonkatch outlined in orange among the other Madhya Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Dewas district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPINCBAPBSPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Sonkatch is one of the assembly segments of Dewas. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Dewas candidates.

  • Mahendra Singh SolankyBJP1,14,639 64.2%
  • Rajendra Radhakishan MalviyaINC60,262 33.7%
  • Rajendrasingh ChokhutiyaBSP1,653 0.9%
  • RamprasadASPKR937 0.5%
  • Nitin VermaIndependent359 0.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 54,377 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Sonkatch.

Who won the Sonkatch assembly seat in 2023?

Dr. Rajesh Sonkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Sonkatch in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly election with 1,08,869 votes, which was 54.21% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Sonkatch?

The margin was 25,437 votes (12.67% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sajjan Singh Verma of the Indian National Congress with 83,432 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Sonkatch in 2023?

Turnout was 85.81%: 2,01,038 of 2,34,272 registered electors voted, across 290 polling stations. That is 1.9 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Sonkatch part of?

Sonkatch is an assembly segment of the Dewas Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Mahendra Singh Solanky got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Sonkatch a reserved constituency?

Yes. Sonkatch is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Sonkatch?

The Madhya Pradesh assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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