Gwalior (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Gwalior Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: ग्वालियर 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.[2]
Overview
Gwalior (constituency number 15) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Gwalior district. This constituency covers the ward numbers 1 to 18 and 30 to 33 of the Gwalior Municipal Corporation.[3]
Gwalior is part of Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Gwalior Rural, Gwalior East, Gwalior South, Bhitarwar and Dabra in this district and Karera and Pohari in Shivpuri district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:
- 1951: Purshottam Rao Inamdar, Hindu Mahasabha[2]
As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:
- 1977: Jagdish Gupta, Janata Party
- 1980: Tara Singh Viyogi, Indian National Congress
- 1985: Dharamvir, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1990: Dharamvir, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1993: Raghuvir Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Narendra Singh Tomar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2003: Narendra Singh Tomar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2008: Pradyumn Singh Tomar, Indian National Congress[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat". Election Commission of India website. p. 5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
- ↑ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 10 February 2011.