Jabalpur Cantonment

Jabalpur was the capital of the Gond Kings during the 12th century as also the seat of the Kalchuri dynasty.

Jabalpur was the capital of the Gond Kings during the 12th century as also the seat of the Kalchuri dynasty. Jabalpur was ruled by the Marathas until 1817, when the British wrested the city from them.

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British presence is very much visible in Jabalpur with the spacious cantonment which still houses a command of Indian Army and the Ordnance Depot. The barraks and spacious colonies espousing British architecture also make the distinct.

Though the BJP which could win Jabalpur Cantonment seat only twice since it has had a very strong presence in the constituency. Presently, the BJP MLA Ishwardas Rohani is also the deputy speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.

Jabalpur cantonment was represented by Dinesh Chand and Chandra Mohan of Congress twice while Ishwardas Rohani of BJP won consecutively during the last two terms.

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party	Victory margin
1998	Ishwardas Rohani	BJP	Prem Dubey	INC	7,289
1993	Ishwardas Rohani	BJP	Chandra Mohan	INC	7,041
1990	Chandra Mohan	INC	Anand Bernard	BJP	3,876
1985	Chandra Mohan	INC	Dilip Yadav	BJP	12,436
1980	Dinesh Chand	INC	SS Gumar	BJP	7,563
1977	Dinesh Chand Mishra	INC	Sukhdeo Yadav	JNP	13
1972	Manmohandas	INC	Jaishri Banerjee	BJS	23,385
1967	M Das	INC	R Agrawal	BJS	8,217

Detailed result: 1998