Pohari Assembly constituency

Pohari Assembly constituency (formerly, Pohri) 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 Sheopur Pohri, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2]

Pohari
Constituency for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictShivpuri
LS constituencyGwalior
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party

Overview

Pohari (constituency number 24) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Shivpuri district. This constituency covers the entire Pohari tehsil and parts of Shivpuri and Narwar tehsils of the district.[3]

Pohari is part of Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Karera in this district and Gwalior Rural, Gwalior, Gwalior East, Gwalior South, Bhitarwar and Dabra in Gwalior district.[3],There are many places of interest in Pohri, in which Kedareshwar, Jal Mandir Pohri, Ganesh Temple, Parkote Wali Mata Pohri, Pawa waterfall, Fort etc. are worth seeing.The last Jagirdar of Pohri has been Dwarika Prasad Mathur.

Members of Legislative Assembly
Madhya Bharat
Election Name Party
1952 Malkhan Singh Rawat Indian National Congress
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Election Name Party
2008 Prahlad Bharti[4] Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Bharatiya Janata Party[5]
2018 Suresh Rathkedha (Dhakad) Indian National Congress
2020 (byelection) Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2018
2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pohari[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Suresh Dhakad
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
BJP gain from Swing

See also

References
  1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 228, 250.
  4. "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  5. "Assembly Election Result 2013-Form 21-E (Shivpuri)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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