Kukshi Assembly constituency

Kukshi Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] It was founded in 1951 as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state. It is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled tribes.[2]

Kukshi
Constituency for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictDhar
LS constituencyDhar
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress

Overview

Kukshi (constituency number 198) is one of the 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Dhar district. This constituency covers the Kukshi nagar panchayat and part of Kukshi tehsil of the district.[3]

Kukshi is part of Dhar Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Sardarpur, Gandhwani, Manawar, Dharampuri, Dhar and Badnawar in this district and Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow in Indore district.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

Year Member Party
1957 Ratu Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Babu Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967 Chhitusingh Indian National Congress
1972 Pratap Singh Baghel
1977 Pratap Singh Baghel
1980 Pratap Singh Baghel Indian National Congress
1985 Jamuna Devi Indian National Congress
1990 Ranjana Baghel Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Jamuna Devi Indian National Congress
1998 Jamuna Devi
2003 Jamuna Devi
2011 Mukam Singh Kirade Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Surendra Singh Baghel Indian National Congress
2018 Surendra Singh Baghel
  • Note: 2011 was a by-poll.

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kukshi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC
BJP Jaydeep Patel
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kukshi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Surendra Singh Baghel 89,111 61.03
BJP Mukamsingh Kirade 46343 31.74
SHS Bherusingh Mandloi 2309 1.58 N/A
BSP Ramlal Solanki 1582 1.08
NCP Rajendrasingh Chouhan 1453 1.00
Independent Amarsingh Chouhan 1253 0.86
NOTA None of the Above 3964 2.71
Majority
Turnout 146015 71.81
Swing to INC from BJP Swing
M. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kukshi
Party Candidate Votes % +-
INC SURENDRA SINGH HONEY BAGHEL 108391 65.62
BJP VIRENDRA SINGH BAGHEL 45461 27.52
AAP SMT. SAMOTI BONDAR SINGH MUZALDA 4140 2.50
BSP AJAY RAWAT 2634 1.59
BMP SUNIL AJRAWAT 1517 0.91
NOTA None of the Above 3016 1.82
Turnout 165159

References

  1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 246, 250.
  4. "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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