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{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
|name = Damoh
|type =
|parl_name = [[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Vidhan Sabha]]
|district = [[Damoh district|Damoh]]
|state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|population =
|coordinates =
|electorate =
|towns =
|area =
|lok_sabha_constituency = [[Damoh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Damoh]]
|year =2021
|seats = 1
|elects_howmany = 1
|party =[[Indian National Congress]]
|mla = Ajay Kumar Tandon
|reserved = None
|last_election =
|ex_mla = [[Jayant Malaiya]]
|map4 = Vidhan_Sabha_constituencies_of_Madhya_Pradesh_(55-Damoh).png
|map_size = 200px
|map_entity = Madhya Pradesh
|image4 =
}}

'''Damoh Vidhan Sabha constituency''' is one of the 230 [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]].<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=27 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state.<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_MP.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh|page=6|publisher=Election Commission of India website}}</ref>

==Overview==
Damoh (constituency number 55) is one of the 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Damoh district]]. This constituency covers the Damoh municipality and part of Damoh [[tehsil]] of the district.<ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=230, 250}}</ref>

Damoh is part of [[Damoh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Damoh Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Pathariya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pathariya]], [[Jabera (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jabera]] and [[Hatta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hatta]] in this district, [[Deori (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Deori]], [[Rehli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rehli]] and [[Banda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Banda]] in [[Sagar district]] and [[Malhara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Malhara]] in [[Chhatarpur district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|1951
|rowspan=2 |Harichandra Laxmichandra Marothi
|rowspan=2 style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|rowspan=2 |[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=eci2/>
|-
| 1957
|-
| 1962
| Anand Kumar Shrivastava
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
| 1967
| Prabhu Narain Tandon
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| Indian National Congress
|-
| 1972
| Anand Kumar
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| Independent
|-
| 1977
| Prabhu Narain Tandon
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| Indian National Congress
|-
| 1980
| Chandranarayan Ramdhan
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
| 1985
| [[Mukesh Nayak]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| Indian National Congress
|-
| 1990
| rowspan=6 |[[Jayant Malaiya]]
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="7" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| 1993
|-
| 1998
|-
| 2003
|-
| 2008<ref name=ceom>{{cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/OtherLinks/Election_Result_2008.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=27 February 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
|-
| 2018
| [[Rahul Lodhi]]
|-
| [[2021 Damoh Legislative Assembly by-elections|2021]] {{note|2021}}
|Ajay Kumar Tandon
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|}
{{note|2021}} By-election due to Rahul Lodhi resigning from the Congress party, to join the BJP<ref name=rahulLodhi>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsx.com/national/former-congress-mla-rahul-lodhi-joins-bjp-in-madhya-pradesh.html |title=Former Congress MLA Rahul Lodhi joins BJP in Madhya Pradesh |date= 25 October 2020 |agency=ANI |access-date= 4 May 2021}}</ref>

==Election results==
=== 2021 By-election ===
{{Election box begin | title= Bye-election, 2021: Damoh}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ajay Kumar Tandon
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 74,832
|percentage = 52.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Rahul Lodhi]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 57,735
|percentage = 40.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,097
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,43,239
|percentage = 59.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==External links==
* Election Commission of India Partywise Comparison Since 197753 - Damoh Assembly Constituency http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S12/partycomp53.htm
* Damoh Constituency https://web.archive.org/web/20131216215741/http://www.madhyabharat.in/politics/constituencies/damoh.htm

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}

[[Category:Damoh district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]]

Damoh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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