Pawai 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 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 e ...
state.
Overview
Pawai (constituency number 58) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in
Panna district. This constituency covers the entire Pawai and Shahnagar
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
s of the district.
Pawai is part of
Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely,
Gunnaor and
Panna in this district,
Chandla and
Rajnagar in
Chhatarpur district and
Vijayraghavgarh
Vijayraghavgarh is a town, tehsil headquarters, and a nagar panchayat located in Katni district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It belongs to Jabalpur division and is east of district headquarters Katni.
Demographics
India census, Vij ...
,
Murwara and
Bahoriband
Bahoriband is a Tehsil and a Gram panchayat in Katni district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Bahoriband Tehsil Headquarters is Bahoriband town . It belongs to Jabalpur Division. It is located 44 km towards west from District headqu ...
in
Katni district.
Members of Legislative Assembly
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat
* 1951: Bhura,
Indian National Congress
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/ Narendra Singh, Indian National Congress
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As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh
Election results
2013 results
2018 results
See also
* Pawai
References
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Panna district
Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh