Chachoura (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Chachoura Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.
Incumbent MLA from Chachoura is Priyanka Penchi from Bharatiya Janata Party.
Overview
Chachoura (constituency number 30) is one of the 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Guna district. This constituency covers the entire Chachaura and kumbhraj tehsil and part of maksudangarh tehsil.
Chachoura is part of Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Raghogarh in this district, Narsinghgarh, Biaora, Rajgarh, Khilchipur and Sarangpur in Rajgarh district and Susner in Shajapur district.
Members of Legislative Assembly
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat state:
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Dwarkadas Ramnarayan | Hindu Mahasabha | |
As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh state:
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Sagar Singh Sisodia | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Prabhu Lal Meena | Independent | |
| 1967 | Sagar Singh Sisodia | Swatantra Party | |
| 1972 | Krishna Vallabh Gupta | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1977 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Devendra Singh | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Ram Bahadur Singh Parihar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Shivnarayan Meena | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994^By poll | Digvijaya Singh | ||
| 1998 | Shivnarayan Meena | ||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | Mamta Meena | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2018 | Lakshman Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2023 | Priyanka Penchi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Priyanka Meena Penchi | 110,254 | 56.47 | ||
| INC | Lakshman Singh | 48,684 | 24.93 | ||
| AAP | Mamta Meena | 27,405 | 14.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,249 | 1.15 | ||
| Majority | 61,570 | 31.54 | |||
| Turnout | 82.24 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Lakshman Singh | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
See also
- Chachaura
- Chachaura tehsil
- Chachaura Fort, 16th-17th century fort & state protected monument.
- Chachaura district, proposed district of Madhya Pradesh.
- Guna district
- Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
References
- ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 2015-12-01. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "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 2011-02-13.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 229, 250.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.