Malhara Assembly constituency (formerly, Malehra) is one of the 230

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

(Legislative Assembly) constituencies of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

state in central

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. This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile

Vindhya Pradesh Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the ea ...

state, but it was abolished in 1956. It again came into existence in 1961, following delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies.

Overview

Malhara (constituency number 53) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the entire Bada Malhara

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, Bakswaha

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and part of Bijawar

of the district. Malhara is part of Damoh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Deori, Rehli and Banda in Sagar district and Pathariya,

Damoh Damoh is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The city is also the district headquarters of Damoh district. History Early history Stone Age tools have been found in Singrampur Valley and it is believed that the area has been inhabit ...

, Jabera and Hatta in

Damoh district Damoh District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Damoh is the district headquarters. The district is part of the Sagar Division. Demographics According to the 2011 census, Damoh District has a population of 1, ...

Members of Legislative Assembly

As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh: * 1951: Basant Lal,

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As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh: * 1962: Hans Raj, Indian National Congress * 1967: Govind Singh Judeo,

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* 1972: Dashrath, Indian National Congress * 1977: Jang Bahadur Singh,

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

* 1980: Kapur Chand Ghuwara, Communist Party of India * 1985: Shivraj Singh,

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* 1990:

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, Bharatiya Janata Party * 1993: Uma Yadav, Indian National Congress * 1998: Swami Prasad Lodhi, Bharatiya Janata Party * 2003:

Uma Bharti Uma Bharti (born 3 May 1959) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. She became involved with the Bharatiya Janata Party at a young age, unsuccessfully contesting her first parliamentary elections in 1984. In 1989, s ...

, Bharatiya Janata Party * 2006 (By Poll): Kapur Chand Ghuwara, Bharatiya Janata Party * 2008: Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janshakti Party * 2013: Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party * 2018:

Pradyuman Singh Lodhi Kunwar Pradyuman Singh Lodhi is an Indian politician. He is a member and head of royal House of Hindoria and descendant of Raja Kishore Singh Lodhi of Hindoria who rebelled against Britishers in 1857. He was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Leg ...

, Indian National Congress * 2020 (By Poll):

, Bharatiya Janata Party

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Overview

Members of Legislative Assembly

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