Chandla Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Chandla | type = SLA | constituency_no = 49 | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | map_image = 49-Chandla.svg | district = [[Chhatarpur district|Chhatarpur]] | loksabha_cons = [[Khajuraho (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khajuraho]] | established = 1951 | reservation = SC | mla = [[Dileep Ahirwar]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = Rajesh Kumar Prajapati }}

'''Chandla Assembly 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=23 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|df=dmy-all}}</ref> This constituency came into existence in 1951 as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile [[Vindhya Pradesh]] state,<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_VP.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh|page=4|publisher=Election Commission of India website}}</ref> but it was abolished in 1956. It came into existence again in 1976. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the [[Dalit|Scheduled castes]] since 2008, following delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies.

==Overview== Chandla (constituency number 49) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Chhatarpur district]]. This constituency covers the entire Gaurihar [[tehsil]], Chandla [[nagar panchayat]] and part of Laundi 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>

Chandla is part of [[Khajuraho (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Rajnagar, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Rajnagar]] in this district, [[Pawai Assembly constituency|Pawai]], [[Gunnaor Assembly constituency|Gunnaor]] and [[Panna Assembly constituency|Panna]] in [[Panna district]] and [[Vijayraghavgarh Assembly constituency|Vijayraghavgarh]], [[Murwara Assembly constituency|Murwara]] and [[Bahoriband Assembly constituency|Bahoriband]] in [[Katni district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==

=== Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly === {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Member !colspan=2|Party |- |[[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<ref name="eci2" /> |[[Kamta Prasad (politician)|Kamta Prasad]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |}

=== Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly === {|class="wikitable sortable" !Election !Name !colspan=2|Party |- |[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] |Raghunath Singh Kalyan Singh |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] |[[Satyavrat Chaturvedi]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}} |- |[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] |Shyam Bihari Pathak |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |Ansari Muhammad Gani |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] |[[Satyavrat Chaturvedi]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]<ref name="election1998">[http://eci.nic.in/archive/se98/reports/S12winnerf.htm Madhya Pradesh State Assembly 1998 - List of Elected Members]</ref> | rowspan="2" |Vijay Bahadur Singh Bundela |{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party|rowspan=2}} |- |[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] |- |[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<ref name="ceom2">{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi) |url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/OtherLinks/Election_Result_2008.pdf |access-date=14 February 2011 |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website}}</ref> |Ramdayal Ahirwar |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}} |- |[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] |R. D. Prajapati |- |[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]<ref name="election2018" /> |Rajesh Kumar Prajapati |- |[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] |[[Dileep Ahirwar]] |}

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chandla<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Dileep Ahirwar]] |votes = {{formatnum:69668}} |percentage = 43.14 |change = +11.98 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Anuragi Harprasad |votes = {{formatnum:54177}} |percentage = 33.55 |change = +3.28 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Samajwadi Party |candidate = Pushpendra Kumar Ahirwar |votes = {{formatnum:24977}} |percentage = 15.47 |change = +3.38 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Deendayal Ahirwar |votes = {{formatnum:7124}} |percentage = 4.41 |change = -15.04 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:2135}} |percentage = 1.32 |change = -0.72 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:15491}} |percentage = 9.59 |change = +8.7 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:161494}} |percentage = 68.19 |change = +5.81 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2018 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chandla<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Rajesh Kumar Prajapati]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:41227}} |percentage = 31.16 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Anuragi Harprasad |votes = {{formatnum:40050}} |percentage = 30.27 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Pushpendra Kumar Ahirwar |votes = {{formatnum:25739}} |percentage = 19.45 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Samajwadi Party |candidate = Anitya Singh |votes = {{formatnum:15994}} |percentage = 12.09 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Bhavaneedeen |votes = {{formatnum:1447}} |percentage = 1.09 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Ahirwar Rajkumar |votes = {{formatnum:1293}} |percentage = 0.98 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:2695}} |percentage = 2.04 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:1177}} |percentage = 0.89 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:132307}} |percentage = 62.38 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * [[Chandla]]

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Chhatarpur district]] [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]