Kukshi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Kukshi Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: कुक्षी विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) 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 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes from its incepbftion.[2]
Overview
Kukshi (constituency number 198) is one of the 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Dhar district. This constituency covers the Kukshi nagar panchayat and part of Kukshi tehsil of the district.[3]
Kukshi is part of Dhar Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Sardarpur, Gandhwani, Manawar, Dharampuri, Dhar and Badnawar in this district and Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow in Indore district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:[2]
- 1951: Ratu Singh, Indian National Congress
As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:
- 1957: Ratu Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1962: Babu, Bharatiya Jan Sangh
- 1967: Chhitusingh, Indian National Congress
- 1972: Pratap Singh Baghel, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Pratap Singh Baghel, Indian National Congress
- 1980: Pratap Singh Baghel, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1985: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress
- 1990: Ranjana Baghel, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1993: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress
- 2003: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress
- 2008: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress[4]
- 2011 (by-election): Mukam Singh Kirade, Bharatiya Janata Party [5]
- 2013: Surendra Singh Baghel, Indian National Congress[6][7]
See also
References
- ↑ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4.
- 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 246, 250.
- ↑ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ Shastri, Lalit (18 February 2011). "BJP wrests 2 Assembly seats from Cong in MP". The Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/Mixed-bag-for-Baghel-couple-in-Dhar/articleshow/27169760.cms
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Surendra-Singh-Honey-Baghel/413909908674332