Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency explained

Chhatarpur
Type:	SLA
Constituency No:	51
Mla:	Lalita Yadav
Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
State:	Madhya Pradesh
District:	Chhatarpur
Loksabha Cons:	Tikamgarh
Established:	1951
Reservation:	None

Chhatarpur Assembly constituency 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]

Overview

Chhatarpur (constituency number 51) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the Chhatarpur municipality and part of Chhatarpur tehsil of the district.^[3]

Chhatarpur is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Maharajpur and Bijawar in this district and Jatara, Prithvipur, Niwari, Tikamgarh and Khargapur in Tikamgarh district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:

• 1951: Govinda, Indian National Congress / Panna Lal, Indian National Congress^[2]

As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1957: Govind Das, Indian National Congress / Dasrath, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Ram Swaroop, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• 1967: Mahendra Kumar, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Mahendra Kumar, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Jagadamba Prasad Nigam, Janata Party
• 1980: Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Jagadamba Prasad Nigam, Janata Party
• 1990: Jagadamba Prasad Nigam, Janata Dal
• 1993: Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Umesh Shukla, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2003: Vikram Singh, Samajwadi Party
• 2008: Lalita Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party^[4]
• 2013: Lalita Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election	Name	Party
2018	Alok Chaturvedi
2023	Lalita Yadav
2023

Election results

2018

See also

• Chhatarpur

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: District/Assembly List. Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. 23 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx#. 1 December 2015. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh. 4. Election Commission of India website.
3. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008. The Election Commission of India. 230, 250.
4. Web site: Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. 23 February 2011.