Lahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Lahar Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: लहार 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
Lahar (constituency number 11) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Bhind district. This constituency covers the entire Mihona and Lahar tehsils and part of Raun tehsil[3]
Lahar is part of Bhind Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Ater, Bhind, Mehgaon and Gohad in this district and Sewda, Bhander and Datia in Datia district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:
- 1951: Har Sewak, Indian National Congress / Gokul Prasad, Indian National Congress[2]
As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:
- 1962: Prabhudayal, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Rama Shankar Singh, Janata Party
- 1980: Rama Shankar Chowdhary, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1985: Mathura Prasad Mahant, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1990: Dr.Govind Singh, Janata Dal
- 1993: Dr.Govind Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Dr.Govind Singh, Indian National Congress
- 2003: Dr.Govind Singh, Indian National Congress
- 2008: Dr.Govind Singh, Indian National Congress[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 3 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. 6.
- ↑ 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.