Jatara is one of the 230

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(Legislative Assembly) constituencies of

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state in central

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. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the

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since 2008, following the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies. It came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile

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state.

Overview

Jatara (constituency number 44) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Tikamgarh district. This constituency covers the Jatara and Lidhorakhas

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

s and parts of Jatara and Palera

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s of the district. Jatara is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Tikamgarh,

Prithvipur Prithvipur is a town and a nagar parishad in Niwari district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Prithvipur tehsil in the Niwari sub-division of the district. Demographics India census A census is ...

, Niwari and Khargapur in this district and Maharajpur, Chhatarpur and Bijawar in Chhatarpur district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat

* 1951: Narayan Das,

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As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

Election results

2013

References

{{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Tikamgarh district Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Politics of Madhya Pradesh Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in India