{{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 = Jabera | type = SLA | constituency_no = 56 | map_image = 56-Jabera.svg | mla = [[Dharmendra Singh Lodhi]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = [[Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Pratap Singh]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Damoh district|Damoh]] | loksabha_cons = [[Damoh Lok Sabha constituency|Damoh]] | established = 2008 | reservation = None }}

'''Jabera 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|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> This constituency came into existence in 2008, following [[Electoral boundary delimitation|delimitation]] of the legislative assembly constituencies. Before delimitation, the area covered by this constituency was part of the erstwhile Nohata constituency abolished in 2008.

==Overview== [[Jabera]] (constituency number 56) is one of the 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Damoh district]]. This constituency covers the entire Jabera and Tendukhera [[tehsil]]s 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>

Jabera is part of [[Damoh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Damoh Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Pathariya Assembly constituency|Pathariya]], [[Damoh Assembly constituency|Damoh]] 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" !Election !Member !colspan="2"|Party |- | [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<ref name="election2008">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3739-madhya-pradesh-2008/ |url-access=limited |access-date=22 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> | Ratnesh Soloman | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 2010{{efn|by-poll}} |Dashrath Singh | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- | [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<ref name="election2013">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3740-madhya-pradesh-2013/ |url-access=limited |access-date=22 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> | [[Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Pratap Singh]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 2018<ref name=election2018/> | rowspan="2" | [[Dharmendra Singh Lodhi]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- | [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]<ref name=election2023>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=26 January 2023 |url-access=limited}}</ref> |} {{noteslist}}

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Jabera<ref name="election2023"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Dharmendra Singh Lodhi]] |votes = {{formatnum:72249}} |percentage = 37.21 |change = +8.16 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Pratap Singh]] |votes = {{formatnum:56366}} |percentage = 29.03 |change = +2.05 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party |candidate = Vinod Rai |votes = {{formatnum:52657}} |percentage = 27.12 |change = +20.89 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party |candidate = Sujan Singh Thakur |votes = {{formatnum:6108}} |percentage = 3.15 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:2023}} |percentage = 1.04 |change = -0.3 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:15883}} |percentage = 8.18 |change = +6.11 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:194154}} |percentage = 81.13 |change = +4.03 }} {{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]]: Jaitpur<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 = [[Dharmendra Singh Lodhi]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:48901}} |percentage = 29.05 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Pratap Singh]] |votes = {{formatnum:45416}} |percentage = 26.98 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Raghvendra Singh (Rishi Bhaiya) |votes = {{formatnum:21751}} |percentage = 12.92 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Aditya Ratnesh Solomon |votes = {{formatnum:13015}} |percentage = 7.73 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party |candidate = Arvind Pratap Singh Judev |votes = {{formatnum:10490}} |percentage = 6.23 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Delan Singh Dhurve |votes = {{formatnum:10355}} |percentage = 6.15 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party |candidate = Ashish Shukla |votes = {{formatnum:8444}} |percentage = 5.02 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Uttam Bhaiya |votes = {{formatnum:3039}} |percentage = 1.81 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:2264}} |percentage = 1.34 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:3485}} |percentage = 2.07 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:168338}} |percentage = 77.1 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * [[Damoh district]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

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