Sonkatch Assembly constituency

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

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Sonkatch

| type= SLA

| constituency_no = 170

| map_image = Vidhan_Sabha_constituencies_of_Madhya_Pradesh_(170-Sonkatch_highlighted).png

| district = Dewas

| loksabha_cons = Dewas

| established = 1957

| reservation = SC

| mla = Rajesh Sonkar

| party = Bharatiya Janta Party

| state = Madhya Pradesh

}}

Sonkatch 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=9 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}[http://mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/English/election_commission/191208.asp MP Info]

It is in Dewas district, and is a segment of the Dewas Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1957: Bhagirathsingh Puransingh: BJS
1962: Bhagirath Singh: JS
1964 (bypoll): V. Singh: JS{{cite web |url=http://www.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls |title=Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise) |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 December 2021}}
1967: Khoobchand: BJS
1972: Bapulal Kishanlal, INC
1977: Devilal Raikwal Bulchand: JNP
1980: Bapulal Kishan Lal Malviya, INC(I)
1985: Sajjan Singh Verma, INC
1990: Kailash: BJP
1993: Surender Verma,: BJP
1998: Sajjan Singh Verma, INC
2003: Sajjan Singh Verma, INC
2008: Sajjan Singh Verma, INC
2013: Rajendra Phulchand Verma : BJP

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2018

|Sajjan Singh Verma

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2023

| Rajesh Sonkar

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

Election results

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