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 Scheduled castes 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

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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,

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, Prithvipur, Niwari and

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in this district and Maharajpur,

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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