Pohari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Pohari
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh (24-Pohari).png
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictShivpuri
LS constituencyGwalior
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLASuresh Rathkedha (Dhakad)
PartyBharatiya Janata Party

Pohari Vidhan Sabha constituency (formerly, Pohri) 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 Sheopur Pohri, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2]

Overview[]

Pohari (constituency number 24) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Shivpuri district. This constituency covers the entire Pohari tehsil and parts of Shivpuri and Narwar tehsils of the district.[3]

Pohari is part of Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Karera in this district and Gwalior Rural, Gwalior, Gwalior East, Gwalior South, Bhitarwar and Dabra in Gwalior district.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

As Sheopur Pohri constituency of Madhya Bharat:

  • 1951: Malkhan Singh Rawat, Indian National Congress / Udaybhan Singh, Indian National Congress

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

  • 2008: Prahlad Bharti, Bharatiya Janata Party[4]
  • 2013: Abdhesh verma, Bharatiya Janata Party[5]
  • 2018: Suresh Rathkedha (Dhakad), Indian National Congress
  • 2020 (Bye): Suresh Rathkedha (Dhakad), Bharatiya Janata Party

See also[]

  • Shivpuri district

References[]

  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 228, 250.
  4. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Assembly Election Result 2013-Form 21-E (Shivpuri)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
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