Damoh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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| Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Damoh |
| LS constituency | Damoh |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | Ajay Kumar Tandon |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Damoh Vidhan Sabha constituency 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 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state.[2]
Overview[]
Damoh (constituency number 55) is one of the 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Damoh district. This constituency covers the Damoh municipality and part of Damoh tehsil of the district.[3]
Damoh is part of Damoh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Pathariya, Jabera and Hatta in this district, Deori, Rehli and Banda in Sagar district and Malhara in Chhatarpur district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly[]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Harichandra Laxmichandra Marothi | Indian National Congress[2] | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Anand Kumar Shrivastava | Independent | |
| 1967 | Prabhu Narain Tandon | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Anand Kumar | Independent | |
| 1977 | Prabhu Narain Tandon | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Chandranarayan Ramdhan | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Mukesh Nayak | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Jayant Malaiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008[4] | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | Rahul Lodhi | ||
| 2021 ^ | Ajay Kumar Tandon | Indian National Congress | |
^ By-election due to Rahul Lodhi resigning from the Congress party, to join the BJP[5]
Election results[]
2021 By-election[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajay Kumar Tandon | 74,832 | 52.28 | ||
| BJP | Rahul Lodhi | 57,735 | 40.34 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | 17,097 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,43,239 | 59.70 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
External links[]
- Election Commission of India Partywise Comparison Since 197753 - Damoh Assembly Constituency http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S12/partycomp53.htm
- Damoh Constituency https://web.archive.org/web/20131216215741/http://www.madhyabharat.in/politics/constituencies/damoh.htm
References[]
- ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 6.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Former Congress MLA Rahul Lodhi joins BJP in Madhya Pradesh". ANI. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- Damoh district
- Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh