Tonk | |
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Constituency for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | North India |
State | Rajasthan |
District | Tonk |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 2,24,106 (2018) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Indian National Congress |
Elected year | 2023 |
Preceded by | Ajit Singh Mehta |
Tonk is a constituency of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly covering the city of Tonk in the Tonk district of Rajasthan, India.[1]
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.[2][3][4]
Currently this seat belongs to the INC candidate Sachin Pilot, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan who won in 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election by defeating BJP candidate Yunus Khan, who was the transport minister in Vasundhara Raje government, by a margin of 54,179 votes.[5][6]