Pohari Assembly constituency

Pohari Assembly constituency (formerly, Pohri) 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 Sheopur Pohri, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.^[2]

Pohari
Constituency No. 24 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Lok Sabha constituency	Gwalior
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kailash Kushwah
Party	Indian National Congress

Overview

Pohari (constituency number 24) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Shivpuri district. This constituency covers the entire Pohari tehsil and parts of Shivpuri and Narwar tehsils of the district.^[3]

Pohari is part of Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Karera in this district and Gwalior Rural, Gwalior, Gwalior East, Gwalior South, Bhitarwar and Dabra in Gwalior district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madhya Bharat

Election	Name	Party
1952	Malkhan Singh Rawat		Indian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
2008	Prahlad Bharti[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[5]
2018	Suresh Rathkedha (Dhakad)		Indian National Congress
2020 (byelection)			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Kailash Kushwah		Indian National Congress

Election results

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pohari^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Dhakad
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from		Swing

See also

• Shivpuri district
• Pohari