Kolaras Assembly constituency explained

Kolaras
Type:	SLA
Constituency No:	27
Mla:	Virendra Raghuwanshi
Party:	BJP
State:	Madhya Pradesh
District:	Shivpuri
Loksabha Cons:	Guna
Established:	1951
Reservation:	None

Kolaras 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 Shivpuri Kolaras, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.^[2] This constituency was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes from 1976 to 2008.

Overview

Kolaras (constituency number 27) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Shivpuri district. This constituency covers the entire Kolaras tehsil of the district.^[3]

Kolaras is part of Guna Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Pichhore and Shivpuri in this district, Bamori and Guna in Guna district and Ashok Nagar, Chanderi and Mungaoli in Ashoknagar district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Shivpuri Kolaras constituency of Madhya Bharat

• 1951: Tula Ram, Indian National Congress / Narhari Prashad, Indian National Congress^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

• 1957: Vedehi Charan, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Manorama, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Jagadish Prasad Verma, Swatantra Party
• 1972: Jagadish Prasad Verma, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• 1977: Kamta Prasad, Janata Party
• 1980: Pooran Singh Bedia, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Pooran Singh Bedia, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Om Prakash Khatik, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Om Prakash Khatik, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1998: Pooran Singh Bedia, Indian National Congress
• 2003: Om Prakash Khatik, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Devendra Kumar Jain, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2013: Ram Singh Yadav, Indian National Congress^[4]
• 2018 (bypoll): Mahendra Singh Yadav

Year	Member	Party
2018	Virendra Raghuwanshi
2023	Mahendra Singh Yadav

Election results

2018

See also

• Kolaras

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: District/Assembly List. Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. 13 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx. 1 December 2015.
2. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat. 5. Election Commission of India website. 2011-02-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721155640/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf. 2011-07-21. dead.
3. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008. The Election Commission of India. 228, 250.
4. Web site: Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. 13 February 2011.