Sailana Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Sailana

| type= SLA

| constituency_no = 221

| map_image = Vidhan_Sabha_constituencies_of_Madhya_Pradesh_(221-Sailana).png

| state = Madhya Pradesh

| district = Ratlam

| loksabha_cons = Ratlam

| established = 1951

| reservation = ST

| mla = Kamleshwar Dodiyar

| party = Bharat Adivasi Party

}}

Sailana is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=3 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015}} 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.{{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=4|publisher=Election Commission of India website}}

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.{{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=248, 252}}

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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:

1951: Jeta Bhagga, Indian National Congress

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{{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=3 June 2011}}
2013: Sangeeta Charel, Bharatiya Janata Party

class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Member !colspan=2\|Party
2018 \|Harsh Vijay Gehlot{{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}} \|{{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
2023 \| Kamleshwar Dodiyar \|{{Full party name with color\|Bharat Adivasi Party}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

!Member

!colspan=2|Party

2018

|Harsh Vijay Gehlot{{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}}

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

2023

| Kamleshwar Dodiyar

|{{Full party name with color|Bharat Adivasi Party}}

Election results

=2023=

{{Election box begin | title= 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sailana{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/madhya-pradesh-assembly-polls-2023/story/madhya-pradesh-election-bjp-second-candidate-list-shivraj-singh-chouhan-2440421-2023-09-25|title=3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls|work=India Today|accessdate=25 September 2023}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Kamleshwar Dodiyar

|party = Bharat Adivasi Party

|votes = 71,219

|percentage = 37.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Harsh Vijay Gehlot "guddu"|party=Indian National Congress|votes=66,601|percentage=34.9|change={{decrease}}10.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Sangeeta Charel|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=41,584|percentage=21.8|change={{decrease}}6.2}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=2,580|percentage=0.6|change={{decrease}}1.3}}

{{Election box majority|votes=4,618|percentage=2.5|change={{decrease}}15.2}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Bharat Adivasi Party

|loser = BJP

|swing =

}}

=2018=

{{Election box begin | title= 2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sailana{{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}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Harsh Vijay Gehlot "Guddu"

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 73,597

|percentage = 45.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Narayan Maida|party=Bharatiya Janta Party|votes=45,099|percentage=28.0|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Kamleshwar Dodiyar|party=Independent|votes=18,726|percentage=11.6|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=3,477|percentage=1.9|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Indian National Congress