Tonk is a constituency of the

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covering the city of Tonk in the

Tonk district Tonk district is a district of the States and territories of India, state of Rajasthan in western India. The city of Tonk, India, Tonk is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is bounded on the north by Jaipur district ...

of Rajasthan, India. Tonk is one of eight assembly constituencies in the Tonk–Sawai Madhopur (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 96 amongst 200 constituencies. Currently this seat belongs to the INC candidate

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, the former

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who won in

2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Rajasthan on 7 December 2018. The Indian National Congress became the single largest party with 100 seats, short of the majority by 1 seat. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 73 seats, ...

by defeating BJP candidate

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, who was the transport minister in Vasundhara Raje government, by a margin of 54,179 votes.

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises parts of Tonk tehsil and Todaraisingh tehsil (Partly) – (I) ILRC Khareda (II) ILRC Lamba Kalan.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Elections Result

2018

In 2018, Tonk legislative assembly constituency had total 2,24,106 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1,71,566.

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candidate

won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 1,09,040 votes.

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candidate

stood second with total 54,861 votes. He lost by 54,179 votes.

2013 Assembly Election Result

In 2013, Tonk legislative assembly constituency had total 1,89,707 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1,42,351.

candidate Ajit Singh Mehta won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 66,845 votes.

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Saud Saidi stood second with total 36,502 votes. He lost by 30,343 votes.

References

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