Pawai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Pawai Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: पवई 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 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state,[2]
Overview
Pawai (constituency number 58) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Panna district. This constituency covers the entire Pawai and Shahnagar tehsils of the district.[3]
Pawai is part of Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Gunnaor and Panna in this district, Chandla and Rajnagar in Chhatarpur district and Vijayraghavgarh, Murwara and Bahoriband in Katni district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:
- 1951: Bhura, Indian National Congress / Narendra Singh, Indian National Congress[2]
As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:
- 1957: Narendra Singh, Indian National Congress / Ram Das, Indian National Congress
- 1962: Jagsuriya, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1967: R. Sewak, Indian National Congress
- 1972: Jagdish Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Uma Shankar, Janata Party
- 1980: Jaipal Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1985: Jaipal Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1990: Ashok Veer Vikram Singh, Independent
- 1993: Mukesh Nayak, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Ashok Veer Vikram Singh, Samajwadi Party
- 2003: Brijendra Pratap Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2008: Brijendra Pratap Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party[4]
- 2013: Mukesh Nayak, Indian National Congress
See also
References
- ↑ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4.
- 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 231, 250.
- ↑ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 28 February 2011.