Tikamgarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Tikamgarh Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: टीकमगढ़ 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

Tikamgarh (constituency number 43) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Tikamgarh district. This constituency covers the entire Tikamgarh tehsil of the district.^[3]

Tikamgarh is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Jatara, Prithvipur, Niwari and Khargapur in this district and Maharajpur, Chhatarpur and Bijawar in Chhatarpur district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:

• 1951: Krishna Kant, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party / Rilli Chamar, Socialist Party^[2]

As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1957: Ram Krishna, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Gyanendra Singh Dev, Independent
• 1967: Gyanendra Singh Dev, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Sardar Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Maganlal Goyal, Janata Party
• 1980: Sardar Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Yadvendra Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Maganlal Goyal, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Yadvendra Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Maganlal Goyal, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2003: Akhand Pratap Singh Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Yadvendra Singh, Indian National Congress^[4]

See also

• Tikamgarh

References

1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx. Retrieved 18 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. 230, 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 18 February 2011.