Kolaras Assembly constituency

Kolaras
Constituency No. 27 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictShivpuri
LS constituencyGuna
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Virendra Raghuwanshi
PartyBJP

Kolaras Assembly constituency 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 Shivpuri Kolaras, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2] This constituency was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes from 1976 to 2008.

Overview

Kolaras (constituency number 27) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Shivpuri district. This constituency covers the entire Kolaras tehsil of the district.[3]

Kolaras is part of Guna Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Pichhore and Shivpuri in this district, Bamori and Guna in Guna district and Ashok Nagar, Chanderi and Mungaoli in Ashoknagar district.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Shivpuri Kolaras constituency of Madhya Bharat

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

Year Member Party
2018 Virendra Raghuwanshi Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 Mahendra Singh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kolaras[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Virendra Raghuwanshi
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 13 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "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 2011-02-13.
  3. ^ a b "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 13 February 2011.
  5. ^ "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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