| Malhara | |
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| Constituency No. 53 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Chhatarpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Damoh |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Pradyuman Singh Lodhi |
Malhara Assembly constituency (formerly, Malehra) is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state,[2] but it was abolished in 1956. It again came into existence in 1961, following delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies.
Overview
[edit]Malhara (constituency number 53) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the entire Bada Malhera tehsil, Buxwaha nagar panchayat and part of Bijawar tehsil of the district.[3]
Malhara is part of Damoh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Deori, Rehli and Banda in Sagar district and Pathariya, Damoh, Jabera and Hatta in Damoh district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952[2] | Basant Lal | Indian National Congress | |
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Hans Raj | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Govind Singh Judeo | Independent politician | |
| 1972 | Dashrath | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Jang Bahadur Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Kapur Chand Ghuwara | Communist Party of India | |
| 1985 | Shivraj Singh Lodhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1990 | Ashok Kumar | ||
| 1993 | Uma Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Swami Prasad Lodhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2003 | Uma Bharti | ||
| 2006[a] | Kapur Chand Ghuwara | ||
| 2008[4] | Rekha Yadav | Bharatiya Janshakti Party | |
| 2013 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2018[5] | Pradyuman Singh Lodhi | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020[b] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2023 | Ramsiya Bharti | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
[edit]2023
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ramsiya Bharti | 89,053 | 52.04 | +18.64 | |
| BJP | Pradyuman Singh Lodhi | 67,521 | 39.46 | −5.68 | |
| Independent | Karan Singh Lodhi Sunwaha | 4,220 | 2.47 | ||
| BSP | Lakhan Ramtoriya | 1,860 | 1.09 | −12.61 | |
| AAP | Chanda | 1,751 | 1.02 | +0.14 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,118 | 0.65 | +0.30 | |
| Majority | 21,532 | 12.58 | +0.84 | ||
| Turnout | 171,115 | 73.51 | +3.55 | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2020 bypolls
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pradyuman Singh Lodhi | 67,532 | 45.14 | +10.59 | |
| INC | Ramsiya Bharti | 49,965 | 33.4 | −11.76 | |
| BSP | Akhanad Pratap Singh Yadav | 20,502 | 13.7 | +3.63 | |
| Independent | Rajendra Jain Ghuwara | 1,656 | 1.11 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 518 | 0.35 | −0.30 | |
| Majority | 17,567 | 11.74 | +1.13 | ||
| Turnout | 149,604 | 69.96 | −1.90 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pradyuman Singh Lodhi | 67,184 | 45.16 | ||
| BJP | Lalita Yadav | 51,405 | 34.55 | ||
| BSP | Eng. Hari Krishna | 14,922 | 10.03 | ||
| Independent | Sunil Kapoor Chandra Ghuwara | 2,685 | 1.8 | ||
| Independent | Laxman Singh Thakur | 2,187 | 1.47 | ||
| CPI | Raja Ram Vishvakarma Sendapa | 1,902 | 1.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 963 | 0.65 | ||
| Majority | 15,779 | 10.61 | |||
| Turnout | 148,782 | 71.86 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 231, 250.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2022.