Damoh Assembly constituency

Damoh
Constituency for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictDamoh
LS constituencyDamoh
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2021

Damoh Assembly 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
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
1985 Mukesh Nayak Indian National Congress
1990 Jayant Malaiya Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998
2003
2008[4]
2013
2018 Rahul Lodhi Indian National Congress
2021 ^ Ajay Tandon
2023 Jayant Malaiya Bharatiya Janata Party

^ By-election due to Rahul Lodhi resigning from the Congress party, to join the BJP[5]

Election results

2021 By-election

By-election, 2021: Damoh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajay 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

References

  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 6.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
  4. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Former Congress MLA Rahul Lodhi joins BJP in Madhya Pradesh". ANI. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

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