Chachoura Assembly constituency is one of the 230
Vidhan Sabha
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(Legislative Assembly) constituencies of
Madhya Pradesh
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state in central
India
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.
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
Lakshman Singh from
Indian National Congress
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.
Overview
Chachoura (constituency number 30) is one of the 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in
Guna district. This constituency covers the entire Kumbhraj and Chachoura
tehsil
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s and part of Raghogarh 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
Khilchipur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Rajgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
In 2022 Janpad Panchayat election held in which BJP emerged as a winner and make their candidate Janpad Adhyaksh and up-adhyaksh under the lea ...
and
Sarangpur in
Rajgarh district and
Susner
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Geography
Susner is located at . It has an average elevation of 502 metres (1,646 feet).
Demographics
India census ...
in
Shajapur district.
Members of Legislative Assembly
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat state:
* 1951: Dwarkadas Ramnarayan,
Hindu Mahasabha
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As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh state:
* 1957: Sagar Singh Sisodia, ]Indian National Congress
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* 1962: Prabhu Lal Meena, Independent
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* 1967: Sagar Singh Sisodia, Swatantra Party
* 1972: Krishna Vallabh Gupta, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
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* 1977: Krishna Vallabh Gupta, Janata Party
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* 1980: Devendra Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
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* 1985: Devendra Singh, Indian National Congress
* 1990: Ram Bahadur Singh Parihar, Bharatiya Janata Party
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* 1993: Shivnarayan Meena, Indian National Congress
* 1994: Digvijay Singh, Indian National Congress in By-Election as Chief Minister MP
* 1998: Shivnarayan Meena, Indian National Congress
* 2003: Shivnarayan Meena, Indian National Congress
* 2008: Shivnarayan Meena, Indian National Congress
*2013: Mamta Meena
Mamta Raghuveer Singh Meena (born 4 April 1976) is an Indian politician and was the member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She previously served as the Member of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from 2013 to 2019 from Chachoura seat as BJP MLA.
S ...
, Bhartiya Janata Party
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defeated Shivnarayan Meena by 35,000 Votes.(Breaking Digvijay Singh record as CM)
See also
* Guna district
* Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India.
The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the ''Vidhan ...
References
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Guna district
Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh