Malhara Assembly constituency

Malhara Assembly constituency (formerly, Malehra) 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] but it was abolished in 1956. It again came into existence in 1961, following delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies.

Malhara
Constituency No. 53 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Damoh
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramsiya Bharti
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Pradyuman Singh Lodhi

Overview

Malhara (constituency number 53) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the entire Bada Malhera tehsil, Buxwaha nagar panchayat and part of Bijawar tehsil of the district.^[3]

Malhara is part of Damoh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Deori, Rehli and Banda in Sagar district and Pathariya, Damoh, Jabera and Hatta in Damoh district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1952[2]	Basant Lal		Indian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1962	Hans Raj		Indian National Congress
1967	Govind Singh Judeo		Independent politician
1972	Dashrath		Indian National Congress
1977	Jang Bahadur Singh		Janata Party
1980	Kapur Chand Ghuwara		Communist Party of India
1985	Shivraj Singh Lodhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Ashok Kumar
1993	Uma Yadav		Indian National Congress
1998	Swami Prasad Lodhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Uma Bharti
2006[a]	Kapur Chand Ghuwara
2008[4]	Rekha Yadav		Bharatiya Janshakti Party
2013			Bharatiya Janata Party
2018[5]	Pradyuman Singh Lodhi		Indian National Congress
2020[b]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Ramsiya Bharti		Indian National Congress

1. by-poll
2. by-poll

Election results

2023

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramsiya Bharti	89,053	52.04	+18.64
	BJP	Pradyuman Singh Lodhi	67,521	39.46	−5.68
	Independent	Karan Singh Lodhi Sunwaha	4,220	2.47
	BSP	Lakhan Ramtoriya	1,860	1.09	−12.61
	AAP	Chanda	1,751	1.02	+0.14
	NOTA	None of the above	1,118	0.65	+0.30
Majority			21,532	12.58	+0.84
Turnout			171,115	73.51	+3.55
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2020 bypolls

2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections: Malhara^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pradyuman Singh Lodhi	67,532	45.14	+10.59
	INC	Ramsiya Bharti	49,965	33.4	−11.76
	BSP	Akhanad Pratap Singh Yadav	20,502	13.7	+3.63
	Independent	Rajendra Jain Ghuwara	1,656	1.11
	NOTA	None of the above	518	0.35	−0.30
Majority			17,567	11.74	+1.13
Turnout			149,604	69.96	−1.90
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Malhara^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pradyuman Singh Lodhi	67,184	45.16
	BJP	Lalita Yadav	51,405	34.55
	BSP	Eng. Hari Krishna	14,922	10.03
	Independent	Sunil Kapoor Chandra Ghuwara	2,685	1.8
	Independent	Laxman Singh Thakur	2,187	1.47
	CPI	Raja Ram Vishvakarma Sendapa	1,902	1.28
	NOTA	None of the above	963	0.65
Majority			15,779	10.61
Turnout			148,782	71.86
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Bakswaha
• Bada Malhara