Beohari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Coordinates: 24°1′25.1″N 81°22′43.2″E / 24.023639°N 81.378667°E

Beohari Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: ब्योहारी 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] It remained double-member until general elections of 1957 after the merge of Vindhya Pradesh into Madhya Pradesh, however it became single-member seat in the general elections of 1962 of Madhya Pradesh.

Overview

Beohari Vidhan Sabha constituency (constituency number 83) covers the entire Beohari tehsil, Deolond nagar panchayat and part of Jaisinghnagar tehsil of the Shahdol district. This constituency is a part of Sidhi Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:

• 1951: Ram Kishore Shukla, Socialist Party.^[2]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1957: Ram Kishore Shukla, Independent^[3]
• 1962: Ram Kishore Shukla, Socialist Party.^[4]
• 1967: Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress.^[5]
• 1972: Ramgopal Gupta, Bharatiya Jana Sangh^[6]
• 1977: Baijnath Singh, Janta Party^[7]
• 1980: Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress^[8]
• 1985: Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress^[9]
• 1990: Lavkesh Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party^[10]
• 1993: Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress^[11]
• 1998: Lavkesh Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party^[12]
• 2003: Lavkesh Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party^[13]

See also

• Beohari

References

1. "State Assembly List of Madhya Pradesh". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. 2008.
2. "General Elections of VP 1951" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
3. "General Elections of MP 1957" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
4. "General Elections of MP 1962" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
5. "General Elections of MP 1967" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
6. "General Elections of MP 1972" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
7. "General Elections of MP 1977" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
8. "General Elections of MP 1980" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
9. "General Elections of MP 1985" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
10. "General Elections of MP 1990" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
11. "General Elections of MP 1993" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
12. "General Elections of MP 1998" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
13. "General Elections of MP 2003" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.