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Damoh
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictDamoh
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent

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 rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | Indian National Congress[2]
1957
1962 Anand Kumar Shrivastava style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" | Independent
1967 Prabhu Narain Tandon style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | Indian National Congress
1972 Anand Kumar style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color" | Independent
1977 Prabhu Narain Tandon style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | Indian National Congress
1980 Chandranarayan Ramdhan style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress (I)/meta/color" | Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Mukesh Nayak style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | Indian National Congress
1990 Jayant Malaiya rowspan=6 style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998
2003
2008[4]
2013
2018 Rahul Lodhi rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | Indian National Congress
2021 Ajay Kumar Tandon[5]

Election results

2021 By-election

2021 By-election: Damoh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rahul Lodhi 57735 40.34%
INC Ajay Kumar Tandon 74832 52.28%
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-05-02.