Neemuch (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Neemuch Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: नीमच 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

Neemuch (constituency number 229) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Neemuch district. This constituency covers the entire Neemuch tehsil of the district.^[3]

Neemuch is part of Mandsour Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Manasa and Jawad in this district, Jaora in Ratlam district and Mandsour, Malhargarh, Suwasra and Garoth in Mandsaur district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat state:

• 1951: Sitaram Jajoo, Indian National Congress^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh state:

• 1957: Sitaram Jajoo, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Khuman Singh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• 1967: Khuman Singh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• 1972: Raghunandan Prasad Verma, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Kanhaiyalal Dungerlal, Janata Party
• 1980: Raghunandan Prasad Verma, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Sampatswaroop Sitaram Jajoo, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Khuman Singh Shivaji, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Khuman Singh Shivaji, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1998: Nandkishore Patel, Indian National Congress
• 2003: Dilip Singh Parihar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Khuman Singh Shivaji, Bharatiya Janata Party^[4]

See also

• Neemuch

References

1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx. Retrieved 14 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat". Election Commission of India website. p. 5. http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. pp. 249, 251. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf. 
4. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/OtherLinks/Election_Result_2008.pdf. Retrieved 14 March 2011.