Ashok Nagar Assembly constituency

Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh

Ashok Nagar
Constituency No. 32 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashok Nagar
LS constituency	Guna
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Haribaboo Rahi
Party	INC

Ashok Nagar is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes since 2008, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies.^[1] It came into existence in 1957, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state.^[2]

Overview

Ashok Nagar (constituency number 32) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Ashok Nagar district. This constituency presently covers the entire Ashok Nagar tehsil of the district.^[3]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

As a double member constituency:

1957: Ram Dayal Singh, Indian National Congress / Dulichand, Indian National Congress

As a single member constituency:

1962: Ram Dayal Singh, Indian National Congress
1967: Multanmal, Swatantra Party
1972: Mahendra Singh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977: Chiman Lal Guljarilal, Janata Party
1980: Mahender Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
1985: Ravindra Singh, Indian National Congress
1990: Neelam Singh Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party
1993: Neelam Singh Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party
1998: Balveer Singh Kushawah, Bahujan Samaj Party
2003: Jagannath Singh Raghuwanshi, Bharatiya Janata Party
2008: Ladduram Kori, Bharatiya Janata Party^[4]
2013: Gopilal Jatav, Bharatiya Janta Party
2018: Jaipal Singh Jajji,^[5] Indian National Congress

Election	Name	Party
2020^	Jaipal Singh Jajji^[6]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Haribaboo Rai		Indian National Congress

^By poll

Election results

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ashok Nagar^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC	Jaipal Singh Jajji
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

References

^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 229, 250.
^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.