Sewda Assembly constituency

Sewda
Constituency No. 20 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictDatia
LS constituencyBhind
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Kunwar Ghansyam Singh
PartyIndian National Congress

Sewda Assembly constituency (formerly, Seondha) 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] It was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes till 2008.

Overview

Sewda (constituency number 20) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Datia district. This constituency covers the entire Sewda tehsil of the district.[3]

Sewda is part of Bhind Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Bhander and Datia in this district and Bhind, Ater, Lahar, Mehgaon and Gohad in Bhind district.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vindhya Pradesh
Year Member Party
1951 Ram Das Indian National Congress
Laxmi Narayan Mahate (Diguwan) Indian National Congress[2]
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Year Member Party
1977 Tulsi Ram Dangi Janata Party
1980 Mangal Singh Indian National Congress
1985 Mahendra Boudh Indian National Congress
1990 Mahendra Boudh Indian National Congress
1993 Ram Dayal Prabhakar Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Mahendra Boudh Indian National Congress
2003 Ram Dayal Prabhakar Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 Radhelal Baghel Bahujan Samaj Party
2013 Pradeep Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
2018 Kunwar Ghansyam Singh Indian National Congress
2023 Pradeep Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sewda[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kuwar Ghanshyam Singh
BJP Pradeep Agarwal
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sewda[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kunwar Ghansyam Singh
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
INC gain from Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  4. ^ "3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls". India Today. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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