Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023: Jabalpur Cantt Assembly Constituency Result

Check out the interactive map to know the winners, losers, candidate performance and party performance in Jabalpur Cantt constituency in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections.

In the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023, the Jabalpur Cantt constituency in the Jabalpur district voted on November 17. A total of 5.6 crore registered voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in the Madhya Pradesh polls this year.

The term of the 230-member Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to end on January 6, 2024. The last time Assembly elections were held in the state was on November 28, 2018.

Madhya Pradesh is one of the five states that went to polls this November, in what is being seen as a semi-final to the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

What happened in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2018?

In the last polls, which many believed was a direct contest between the Congress and the BJP, the Sheopur constituency drew eyeballs where Congress heavyweight Arun Yadav went up against then-CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government was attempting to win for their fourth consecutive term while the Congress was eyeing a victory after their last win in 2003. The election ultimately resulted in a hung assembly, and though the Congress emerged as the single largest party, the BJP gained the edge by popular vote. Congress managed to get 40.89% of votes polled and BJP clinched the polls after getting 41.02%.

Jabalpur Cantt is an assembly constituency situated in the Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh.

a) Total electors and voter turnout
For the 2018 Madhya Pradesh elections, Jabalpur Cantt had 188,016 registered electors. Out of these, 126,452 came out to vote, resulting in a voter turnout of 67.26%.

b) Winning candidate and party
Ashok Ishwardas Rohani from the BJP emerged as the winner of the 2018 elections in this constituency, securing 71,898 votes.

c) Runner-up candidate and party
Pt. Alok Mishra from the INC was the runner-up, trailing by a margin of 26,585 votes.

d) Margin details
The margin between Ashok Ishwardas Rohani and Pt. Alok Mishra in this electoral contest was 21.40%.

The Jabalpur Cantt Assembly Constituency data provided above offers a concise snapshot of the electoral outcomes during the 2018 state elections in this part of Madhya Pradesh.

(Disclaimer: This article has been written by a generative AI tool and has been edited and reviewed by the DH Web Desk.)