Kolaras Assembly constituency

Kolaras
Constituency No. 27 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictShivpuri
Lok Sabha constituencyGuna
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byVirendra Raghuwanshi

Kolaras Assembly constituency 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 Shivpuri Kolaras, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2] This constituency was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes from 1976 to 2008.

Overview

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Kolaras (constituency number 27) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Shivpuri district. This constituency covers the entire Kolaras tehsil of the district.[3]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Shivpuri Kolaras constituency of Madhya Bharat

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Year Member Party
1952[2] Tula Ram Indian National Congress
Narhari Prasad

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

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Year Member Party
1957 Vedehi Charan Indian National Congress
1962 Manorama
1967 Jagadish Prasad Verma Swatantra Party
1972 Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977 Kamta Prasad Janata Party
1980 Pooran Singh Bedia Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Om Prakash Khatik Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998 Pooran Singh Bedia Indian National Congress
2003 Om Prakash Khatik Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 Devendra Kumar Jain
2013[4] Ram Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
2018^ Mahendra Singh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
2018 Virendra Raghuwanshi
2023 Mahendra Singh Yadav

Election results

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2023

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2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kolaras[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahendra Singh Yadav 108,685 54.32 +12.21
INC Baijnath Singh Yadav 57,712 28.85 −12.84
BSP Naval Dhakad 24,886 12.44 +2.86
NOTA None of the above 1,805 0.9 −0.07
Majority 50,973 25.47 +25.05
Turnout 200,069 79.15 +3.17
BJP hold Swing


2018

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2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kolaras[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Virendra Raghuwanshi 72,450 42.11
INC Mahendra Singh Yadav 71,730 41.69
BSP Ashok Sharma 16,483 9.58
Bahujan Sangharsh Dal Dhani Ram 2,018 1.17
Independent Mahendra Singh Yadav 1,688 0.98
Independent Mangal Singh 1,577 0.92
NOTA None of the above 1,674 0.97
Majority 720 0.42
Turnout 172,045 75.98
BJP hold Swing


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 228, 250.
  4. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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