Mehgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mehgaon Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: मेहगांव 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 Gohad Mehgaon, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.^[2]

Overview

Mehgaon (constituency number 12) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Bhind district. This constituency covers the entire Mehgaon tehsil and part of Raun tehsil.^[3]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

As Gohad Mehgaon, a constituency of Madhya Bharat:

• 1951: Ram Dhan, Indian National Congress / Prabhu, Indian National Congress^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1977: Rameshwar Dayal Dantrey, Janata Party
• 1980: Rai Singh Bhadoriya, Independent
• 1985: Rustam Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Hari Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1993: Naresh Singh Gurjar, Bahujan Samaj Party
• 1998: Rakesh Shukla, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2003: Munna Singh, Independent
• 2008: Rakesh Shukla, Bharatiya Janata Party^[4]

See also

• Mehgaon

References

1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx. Retrieved 3 February 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat". Election Commission of India website. p. 6. 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. 227, 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.