Ambah Assembly constituency

Ambah 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^[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.^[2]

Ambah
Constituency No. 8 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Morena
Lok Sabha constituency	Morena
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Devendra Sakhwar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Ambah (constituency number 8) is one of the six Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Morena district. This constituency covers the entire Porsa tehsil, part of Ambah tehsil and Ambah municipality.^[3]

Ambah is part of Morena Lok Sabha constituency.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Bharat

Year	Member	Party
1951	Jamuna Prasad Singh Tomar and Chandana		Indian National Congress[2]

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Mahendra Singh Babuji		Indian National Congress
1985	Ramnarayan Sakhavar		Indian National Congress
1998	Banshilal Jatav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Banshilal Jatav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Kamlesh Jatav[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Satya Prakash Sakhvar[5]		Bahujan Samaj Party
2018	Kamlesh Jatav		Indian National Congress
2023[6][7]	Devendra Sakhwar

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ambah^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Devendra Ramnarayan Sakhwar	80,373	55.38	+25.49
	BJP	Kamlesh Jatav	57,746	39.79	+16.0
	BSP	Rambaran Sakhawar	4,179	2.88	−14.88
	NOTA	None of the above	884	0.61	−0.39
Majority			22,627	15.59	+9.55
Turnout			145,133	60.1	+1.09
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ambah^[8][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamlesh Jatav	37,343	29.89
	Independent	Neha Kinnar	29,796	23.85
	BJP	Gabbar Sakhwar	29,715	23.79
	BSP	Satyaprakash Sakhawar [Advocate]	22,179	17.76
	NOTA	None of the above	1,255	1.0
Majority			7,547	6.04
Turnout			124,916	59.01
	INC gain from		Swing

See also

• Ambah