Chourai Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Chourai | type = SLA | constituency_no = 124 | map_image = 124-Chourai.svg | mla = [[Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh]] | party = [[Indian National Congress]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = Ramesh Dubey | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Chhindwara district|Chhindwara]] | loksabha_cons = [[Chhindwara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chhindwara]] | established = 1962 | reservation = None }}

'''Chourai 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="election2013">{{cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh 2013|url=http://www.myneta.info/mp2013/index.php?action=show_candidates&constituency_id=175|website=myneta.info|publisher=National Election Watch|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="election2018">{{cite web|title=List of Assembly Constituencies|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/se98/background/S12/ListACs-MP.html|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="election2018-1">{{cite web|title=Vidhansabha Seats|url=http://www.electionsinindia.com/madhyapradesh/statepc.aspx|website=electionsininda.com|publisher=Election In India|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

It is part of [[Chhindwara district]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable" |- !Election !Member<ref name="election2018-2">{{cite web|title=(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections|url=http://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/chaurai.html|website=elections.in|access-date=24 December 2018}}</ref> !colspan="2"|Party |- | [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]] | Than Singh Hansa |{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |- | [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]] | D. Sharma |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |- | [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]] | Laxminarayan Lalji Prasad |- | [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] | rowspan="3" | Baijnath Prasad Saxena |- | [[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}} |- | [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |Ramesh Dubey |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- | [[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] | [[Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- | [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] | Dhoopsingh Patel |- | [[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] | Ramesh Dubey |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- | [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] | [[Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] |Ramesh Dubey |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- | [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] | rowspan="2" | [[Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- | [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] |}

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chourai<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 = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh]] |votes = {{formatnum:81613}} |percentage = 42.36 |change = -3.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Lakhan Kumar Varma |votes = {{formatnum:73024}} |percentage = 37.9 |change = -0.43 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Neeraj Thakur (Bunty Patel) |votes = {{formatnum:19681}} |percentage = 10.22 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Pawansha Saryam |votes = {{formatnum:10751}} |percentage = 5.58 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party |candidate = Ishwar Singh Tekam |votes = {{formatnum:1811}} |percentage = 0.94 |change = -6.42 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:2072}} |percentage = 1.08 |change = -0.29 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:8589}} |percentage = 4.46 |change = -3.17 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:192662}} |percentage = 88.31 |change = +1.54 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2018 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chourai<ref name=election2018 name="election2018-3">{{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><ref name="election2018"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:78415}} |percentage = 45.96 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Ramesh Dubey |votes = {{formatnum:65411}} |percentage = 38.33 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party |candidate = Jay Pal Uike |votes = {{formatnum:12551}} |percentage = 7.36 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Rajendra Singh Raghuwanshi |votes = {{formatnum:2582}} |percentage = 1.51 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Lodhi Vipin Verma |votes = {{formatnum:1900}} |percentage = 1.11 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Ashok Sevatkar |votes = {{formatnum:1596}} |percentage = 0.94 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Aam Aadmi Party |candidate = Prashant Sharma |votes = {{formatnum:1549}} |percentage = 0.91 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:2331}} |percentage = 1.37 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:13004}} |percentage = 7.63 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:170632}} |percentage = 86.77 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * [[Chhindwara (Lok Sabha constituency)]] * [[Chaurai Khas]]

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Chhindwara district]] [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]] [[Category:1962 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]