Ashta
Assembly seat no. 157 in Madhya Pradesh · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1962.
Winner, 2023
Gopal Singh Engineer
BJP
Elections held
13
1962–2023
Most successful party
BJP
won 9 of 13
Margin, 2023
7,903
3.36% of valid votes
Result, 2023
Runner-up
INCKamal Singh Chauhan
- Votes
- 1,10,847
- Vote share
- 47.08%
- Behind by
- 7,903
Electors
2,77,494
Total votes polled
2,35,425
Valid votes
2,35,425
NOTA votes
1,467
0.62% of votes polled
Turnout
84.8%
Full result, 2023
9 candidates · 2,35,425 valid votes
Gopal Singh EngineerBJPwon
1,18,750
50.4%
Kamal Singh ChauhanINC
1,10,847
47.1%
Badrilal KatariaBSP
1,854
0.8%
Ajay ParmarASPKR
887
0.4%
Santosh Kumar DamdiyaIND
474
0.2%
Kamalsingh JangdhaRTJAWP
459
0.2%
Naresh Chandra SuryavanshiIND
278
0.1%
Ambaram MalviyaSP
264
0.1%
Sobhal SisodiyaSAMSP
145
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gopal Singh Engineer | BJP | 1,18,750 | 50.44% | Kamal Singh Chauhan | 7,903 |
| 2018 | RAGHUNATH SINGH MALVIYA | BJP | 92,292 | 44.74% | GOPAL SINGH ENGINEER | 6,044 |
| 2013 | RANJEET SINGH GUNWAN | BJP | 84,252 | 45.21% | GOPAL SINGH ENGINEER | 5,504 |
| 2008 | RANJEET-SINGH GUNWAN | BJP | 60,134 | 44.11% | GOPAL SINGH ENGINEER (VILL. MULLANI) | 16,906 |
| 2003 | RAGHUNATH SINGH MALVIYA | BJP | 51,503 | 38.29% | AJEET UMRAO SINGH | 10,652 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
