Jawad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Jawad Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951 as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.Overview
Jawad is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Neemuch district. This constituency covers the entire Jawad tehsil of the district.
Jawad is part of Mandsaur Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Manasa and Neemuch in this district, Jaora in Ratlam district and Mandsaur, Malhargarh, Suwasra and Garoth in Mandsaur district.Members of Vidhan Sabha
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat state:
As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh state:
- 1957: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1962: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1967: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1972: Kanhiyalal Nagauri, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Janata Party
- 1980: Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1985: Chunnilal Dhakad, defeated V K Sakhlecha
- 1990: Duli Chand, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1993: Ghanshyam Patidar, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Ghanshyam Patidar, defeated Sakhlecha who was again a rebel BJP candidate from here
- 2003: Omprakash Virendra Kumar Saklecha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2008: Om Prakash Sakhlecha, BJP
- 2013: Om Prakash Sakhlecha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2018: Omprakash Virendra Kumar Saklecha, Bharatiya Janata Party
1967 Vidhan Sabha
- Virendrakumar : 21,882 votes
- Jagjeewan : 18,632
1998 Vidhan Sabha
- Ghanshyam Patidar : 55,502 votes
- Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha : 46,609
2003 Vidhan Sabha
- Omprakash Virendra Kumar Saklecha : 81,390 votes
- Ghanshyam Patidar : 54,765
