Kurwai Assembly constituency
Kurwai is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1957, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes since 1977, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies.
Overview
is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Vidisha district. This constituency presently covers the entire Kurwai tehsil of the district with 224 villages, Sironj tehsil's 116 villages and Basoda tehsil's 94 villages. It has total 264 polling booths. Total Voters in the constituency are 1,98,965.Kurwai is part of Sagar Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments namely Sironj and Shamshabad in Vidisha district and Bina, Khurai, Surkhi, Naryoli and Sagar in Sagar district.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
- 1957: Takhatmal, Indian National Congress
- 1962: Takhtamal Lunkaram, Indian National Congress
- 1967: K. Kumar, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1972: Awadh Narayan, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1977: Ram Charan Lal, JNP
- 1980: Panbai, Indian National Congress
- 1985: Shyamlal Shankarlal, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1990: Shyam Lal, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1993: Chironjilal Sonkar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Raghuveer Singh, Indian National Congress
- 2003: Shyamlal Panthi, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2008: Hari Singh Sapre, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2013: Veer Singh Panwar, Bharatiya Janata Party
Election results