{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Damoh | type= SLA | map_image = 55-Damoh.svg | mla = [[Jayant Kumar Malaiya]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Damoh district|Damoh]] | loksabha_cons = [[Damoh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Damoh]] | established = 1951 | reservation = None | preceded_by = [[Ajay Tandon]] | incumbent_image = Jayant Malaiya.jpg }}
'''Damoh 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=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 Assembly constituency|Pathariya]], [[Jabera Assembly constituency|Jabera]] and [[Hatta Assembly constituency|Hatta]] in this district, [[Deori Assembly constituency|Deori]], [[Rehli Assembly constituency|Rehli]] and [[Banda, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Banda]] in [[Sagar district]] and [[Malhara Assembly 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 |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- | 1957 |- | 1962 | Anand Kumar Shrivastava | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |- | 1967 | Prabhu Narain Tandon | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 1972 | Anand Kumar | {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}} |- | 1977 | Prabhu Narain Tandon | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 1980 | Chandranarayan Ramdhan | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}} |- | 1985 | [[Mukesh Nayak]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 1990 | rowspan=6 |[[Jayant Malaiya]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=6}} |- | 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]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- | [[2021 Damoh Legislative Assembly by-elections|2021]] {{note|2021}} | [[Ajay Tandon]] |- | [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] |[[Jayant Malaiya]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |} {{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== === 2023 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Damoh<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 = [[Jayant Kumar Malaiya]] |votes = {{formatnum:112278}} |percentage = 59.79 |change = +19.45 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Ajay Tandon]] |votes = {{formatnum:60927}} |percentage = 32.44 |change = -19.84 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Pratap Rohit (Ahirwar) |votes = {{formatnum:3178}} |percentage = 1.69 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party |candidate = Dolat Singh Lodhi |votes = {{formatnum:2493}} |percentage = 1.33 |change = -1.31 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Aam Aadmi Party |candidate = Chahat Pandey |votes = {{formatnum:2292}} |percentage = 1.22 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:528}} |percentage = 0.28 |change = -0.22 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:51351}} |percentage = 27.35 |change = +15.41 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:187801}} |percentage = 76.4 |change = +16.75 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===2021=== {{Election box begin | title= By-election, 2021: Damoh}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Ajay Tandon]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 74,832 |percentage = 52.28 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[Rahul Singh Lodhi]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 57,735 |percentage = 40.34 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Uma Singh Lodhi |party = Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party |votes = 3775 |percentage = 2.64 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |party = None of the above |votes = 720 |percentage = 0.5 |change = -0.24 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 17,097 |percentage = 11.94 |change = +11.48 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 143,124 |percentage = 59.65 |change = -15.46 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2018 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Damoh<ref name="election2018">{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2018 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Rahul Singh Lodhi]] |votes = {{formatnum:78997}} |percentage = 45.05 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Jayant Kumar Malaiya]] |votes = {{formatnum:78199}} |percentage = 44.59 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Komal Ahirwar |votes = {{formatnum:5460}} |percentage = 3.11 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party |candidate = Aarti Singh |votes = {{formatnum:3443}} |percentage = 1.96 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Rahul Singh |votes = {{formatnum:1755}} |percentage = 1.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Rahul Yadav |votes = {{formatnum:1570}} |percentage = 0.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1299}} |percentage = 0.74 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:798}} |percentage = 0.46 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:175372}} |percentage = 75.11 |change = }} {{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
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