Malhara Assembly constituency

Malhara Assembly constituency (formerly, Malehra) is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.^[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state,^[2] but it was abolished in 1956. It again came into existence in 1961, following delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies.

Malhara
Constituency No. 53 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Damoh
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramsiya Bharti
Party	Indian National Congress

Overview

Malhara (constituency number 53) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the entire Bada Malhera tehsil, Buxwaha nagar panchayat and part of Bijawar tehsil of the district.^[3]

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, Jabera and Hatta in Damoh district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:

• 1951: Basant Lal, Indian National Congress^[2]

As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1962: Hans Raj, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Govind Singh Judeo, Independent
• 1972: Dashrath, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Jang Bahadur Singh, Janata Party
• 1980: Kapur Chand Ghuwara, Communist Party of India
• 1985: Shivraj Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1990: Ashok Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Uma Yadav, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Swami Prasad Lodhi, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2003: Uma Bharti, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2006 (By Poll): Kapur Chand Ghuwara, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janshakti Party
• 2013: Rekha Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election	Name	Party
2018[4]	Pradyuman Singh Lodhi		Indian National Congress
2020[a]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Ramsiya Bharti		Indian National Congress

1. by-poll

Election results

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Malhara^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pradyuman Singh Lodhi
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	INC gain from		Swing

See also

• Bakswaha
• Bada Malhara