Datia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Datia Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: दतिया 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 in to existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state.^[2]

Overview

Datia (constituency number 22) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Datia district. This constituency covers the entire Datia Municipality and part of Datia tehsil of the district.^[3]

Datia is part of Bhind Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Bhander and Sewda in this district and Bhind, Ater, Lahar, Mehgaon and Gohad in Bhind district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:

• 1951: Shyam Sunder Das Shyam, Indian National Congress^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1957: Shyam Sunder Das Shyam, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Surya Deo Sharma, Independent
• 1967: Shyam Sunder Das Shyam, Jana Congress
• 1972: Gulab Chand Kanoolal, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• 1977: Shyam Sunder Das Shyam, Indian National Congress
• 1980: Shyam Sunder Das Shyam, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Rajendra Kumar Bharti, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Shambhu Tiwari, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Ghanshyam Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Rajendra Kumar Bharti, Samajwadi Party
• 2003: Ghanshyam Singh, Indian National Congress
• 2008: Narottam Mishra, Bharatiya Janata Party^[4]

See also

• Datia

References

1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx. Retrieved 5 February 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India website. p. 5. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_VP.pdf. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. pp. 228, 250. 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 10 February 2011.