Kurwai Assembly constituency

Kurwai
Constituency for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Vidisha
LS constituency	Sagar
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Hari Singh Sapre
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	1957

Kurwai Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) 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

Kurwai (constituency number 146) 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 booth. 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 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 (I)
• 1985: Shyamlal Shankarlal, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1990: Shyam Lal, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Chironjilal Sonkar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1998: Raghuveer Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
• 2003: Shyamlal Panthi, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Hari Singh Sapre, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2013: Veer Singh Panwar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2018: Hari Singh Sapre, Bharatiya Janata Party

See also

• Vidisha district