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{{short description|Assembly constituency in Rajasthan}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Tonk
| map =
| state = [[Rajasthan]]
| parl_name = [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Tonk district|Tonk]]
| electorate =2,24,106 (2018)
| year = 2018
| reserved = None
| mla = [[Sachin Pilot]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
'''Tonk''' is a constituency of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of [[Tonk, India|Tonk]] in the [[Tonk district]] of Rajasthan, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bhilwara24.blogspot.com/2019/08/2482019.html |title=Tonk (Rajasthan Assembly) Results|work=www.elections.in|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2018/rajasthan/tonk-election-result-s20a096/|title=Rajasthan - Tonk Results|website=www.news18.com|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/rajasthan-elections/rajasthan-assembly-election-2018-congress-breaks-46-year-old-tradition-by-fielding-sachin-pilot-from-tonk/story-A8dip7Zs4Ezem2vMufwkUI.html|title=Rajasthan assembly election 2018: Congress breaks 46-year-old tradition by fielding Sachin Pilot from Tonk|work=www.hindustantimes.com|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/sachin-pilot-wins-in-tonk-with-a-margin-of-54-179-votes-1407177-2018-12-11|title=Sachin Pilot wins in Tonk with a margin of 54,179 votes|work=www.indiatoday.in|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref>

Currently this seat belongs to the [[Indian National Congress|INC]] candidate '''[[Sachin Pilot]],''' the former [[Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan|Deputy Chief Minister]] of [[Rajasthan]] who won in [[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]] by defeating [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]] candidate '''[[Yunus Khan (politician)|Yunus Khan]]''', who was the transport minister in [[Vasundhara Raje]] government, by a margin of 54,179 votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/rajasthan/tonk-mla-results|title=TONK Election Results 2018|work=NDTV|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/tonk-election-result-sachin-pilot-vs-yoonus-khan-check-winner-of-this-rajasthan-assembly-election-constituency-here/1410758/|title=Tonk election result: Sachin Pilot vs Yoonus Khan|website=www.financialexpress.com|access-date=18 December 2018}}</ref>

==Geographical scope==
The constituency comprises parts of [[Tonk, India|Tonk tehsil]] and [[Todaraisingh|Todaraisingh tehsil]] (Partly) – (I) ILRC Khareda (II) ILRC Lamba Kalan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008|date=20 August 2018|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>

==Member of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="font-size: x-big;"
|-
!Scope=col|#
!scope=col|Member of Legislative Assembly
!scope=col|Party
!scope=col|From
!scope=col|To
!scope=col|Comment
|-
|01 ||Ram Ratan||rowspan="4"|[[Indian National Congress]]||rowspan="2"|1951||rowspan="2"|1957||rowspan="2"|two seat
|-
|02 ||Lalu Ram
|-
|03 ||Narayan Singh||rowspan="2"|1957||rowspan="2"|1962||rowspan="2"|two seat
|-
|04 ||Lalu Ram
|-
|05 ||Radha Krishan||[[Swatantra Party]]||1962||1967||
|-
|06 ||D. Vyas||[[Indian National Congress]]||1967||1970||
|-
|07 ||S.Prasad||NCJ||1970||1972||[[By election]]
|-
|08 ||rowspan="2"|Ajit Singh||[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]||1972||1977||
|-
|09 ||[[Janata Party]]||1977||1980||
|-
|10 ||Mahaveer Prasad||[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]||1980||1985||
|-
|11 ||[[Zakiya Inam]]||[[Indian National Congress]]||1985||1990||
|-
|12 ||rowspan="2"|Mahaveer Prasad||rowspan="2"|[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]||1990||1993||
|-
|13 ||1993||1998||
|-
|14 ||Zakiya Inam||[[Indian National Congress]]||1998||2003||
|-
|15 ||Mahaveer Prasad||[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]||2003||2008||
|-
|16 ||Zakiya Inam||[[Indian National Congress]]||2008||2013||
|-
|17 ||[[Ajit Singh Mehta]]||[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]||2013||2018||
|-
|18 ||[[Sachin Pilot]]||[[Indian National Congress]]||2018||Incumbent|| Former [[Deputy Chief Minister]]
|-
|}

==Elections Result==
===2018 Assembly Election Result===
In 2018, Tonk legislative assembly constituency had total 2,24,106 electors. Total number of valid vote was 1,71,566. [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Sachin Pilot]] won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 1,09,040 votes. [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Yunus Khan (politician)|Yunus Khan]] stood second with total 54,861 votes. He lost by 54,179 votes.

{{Election box begin|
title=[[2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Tonk, India|Tonk]]<ref name=RU/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Sachin Pilot]]
|votes = 1,09,040
|percentage = 63.56
|change ={{increase}}48.25
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Yunus Khan (politician)|Yunus Khan]]
|votes = 54,861
|percentage = 31.98
|change ={{decrease}}14.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mohd Ali
|votes = 1,785
|percentage = 1.04
|change ={{increase}}0.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 1,485
|percentage = 0.87
|change ={{decrease}}1.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiv Sena
|candidate = Panchu
|votes = 1,221
|percentage = 0.71
|change ={{increase}}0.71
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party =
|candidate = Remaining 5 Candidates
|votes = 3,154
|percentage = 1.85
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 54,179
|percentage = 31.58
|change ={{increase}}10.26
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,71,566
|percentage = 76.56
|change ={{increase}}1.52
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser= Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing ={{increase}}16.60
}}
{{Election box end}}

===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. [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate [[Ajit Singh Mehta]] won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 66,845 votes. [[Independent politician|Independent candidate]] Saud Saidi stood second with total 36,502 votes. He lost by 30,343 votes.<ref name=RU>{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/tonk-rajasthan-assembly-constituency|title=Tonk Assembly Constituency Election Result|date=12 December 2018|website=resultuniversity.com|access-date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|
title=[[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Tonk, India|Tonk]]<ref name=RU/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ajit Singh Mehta]]
|votes = 66,845
|percentage = 46.96
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Saud Saidi
|votes = 36,502
|percentage = 25.64
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Zakiya Imam
|votes = 21,645
|percentage = 15.21
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shiv Pratap
|votes = 10,366
|percentage = 7.28
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 2,715
|percentage = 1.91
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Ajmal Khan
|votes = 1,216
|percentage = 0.85
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Akhatar Jung
|votes = 1,145
|percentage = 0.80
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mahesh Joshi
|votes = 1,036
|percentage = 0.73
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Ram Prasad
|votes = 881
|percentage = 0.62
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 30,343
|percentage = 21.32
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,42,351
|percentage = 75.04
|change ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner= Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser= Indian National Congress
|swing ={{unchanged}}
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan}}

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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Tonk district]]

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