Morena (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Morena Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: मुरैना 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 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.^[2]

Overview

Morena (constituency number 6) is one of the six Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Morena district. This constituency covers the part of Morena tehsil.^[3]

Morena is part of Morena Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Joura, Sumawali, Sabalgarh, Dimani and Ambah in this district and Sheopur and Vjaypur in Sheopur district^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:

• 1951: Sowran Singh, Indian National Congress / Karan Singh, Indian National Congress^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1980: Maharaj Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Jahar Singh Sharma, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1990: Sevaram Gupta, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Sobran Singh Mavai, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Sevaram Gupta, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2003: Rustam Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Paras Ram Mudgal, Bahujan Samaj Party^[4]

See also

• Morena

References

1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx. Retrieved 31 January 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. 226, 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.