Kotma Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Kotma | type = SLA | constituency_no = 86 | map_image = 86-Kotma.svg | mla = [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Jaiswal]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = [[Suneel Saraf]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Anuppur district|Anuppur]] | loksabha_cons = [[Shahdol Lok Sabha constituency|Shahdol]] | established = 1957 | reservation = None }} '''Kotma''' is one of the 230 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 in [[Anuppur district]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Member !colspan="2"|Party |- |rowspan=2| [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<ref name=election1957>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3728-madhya-pradesh-1957/ |title=Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election -1957 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref> | [[Hariraj Kunwar]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}} |- |[[Ratan Singh (Kotma MLA)|Ratan Singh]] |- | [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<ref name="election1962">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3729-madhya-pradesh-1962/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> |Girja Kumari |- | [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<ref name="election1967">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3730-madhya-pradesh-1967/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> | K. M. Singh |- | [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<ref name="election1972">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3731-madhya-pradesh-1972/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> | Mrigendra Singh |- | [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<ref name="election1977">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3732-madhya-pradesh-1977/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> | Babulal Singh |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- | [[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<ref name=election1980>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3733-madhya-pradesh-1980/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref> | rowspan=2|Bhagwandin Gond | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}} |- | [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<ref name=election1985>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3734-madhya-pradesh-1985/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<ref name="election1990">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3735-madhya-pradesh-1990/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> | Chhote Lal | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- | [[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]<ref name="election1993">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3736-madhya-pradesh-1993/ |accessdate=22 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> | Rajesh Nandani Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]<ref name=election1998>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3737-madhya-pradesh-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=22 December 2021}}</ref> | rowspan=2|[[Jaisingh Maravi]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}} |- | [[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]<ref name=election2003>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3738-madhya-pradesh-2003/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=22 December 2021}}</ref> |- | [[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/ |accessdate=22 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> | [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Jaiswal]] |- | [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<ref name="election2013" /> | [[Manoj Kumar Agrawal]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- | [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2018|2018]] | [[Suneel Saraf]] |- | [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Jaiswal]] |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |}

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kotma<ref name="election2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/madhya-pradesh-assembly-polls-2023/story/madhya-pradesh-election-bjp-second-candidate-list-shivraj-singh-chouhan-2440421-2023-09-25|title=3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls|work=India Today|accessdate=25 September 2023}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Jaiswal]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:65818}} |percentage = 55.48 |change = +22.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[Suneel Saraf]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:43030}} |percentage = 36.27 |change = -7.6 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party |candidate = Seema Kewat |votes = {{formatnum:2977}} |percentage = 2.51 |change = -2.73 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1486}} |percentage = 1.25 |change = +0.8 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:22788}} |percentage = 19.21 |change = +8.82 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:118630}} |percentage = 78.84 |change = +5.51 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2018 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kotma<ref name="election2018"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Suneel Saraf]] |votes = {{formatnum:48249}} |percentage = 43.87 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Kumar Jaiswal]] |votes = {{formatnum:36820}} |percentage = 33.48 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party |candidate = Ramkhelawn Tiwari |votes = {{formatnum:5766}} |percentage = 5.24 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India |candidate = Santosh Kumar Kewat |votes = {{formatnum:5044}} |percentage = 4.59 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Sapaks Party |candidate = Kishori Lal Chaturvedi |votes = {{formatnum:4392}} |percentage = 3.99 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Sudhir Pandey |votes = {{formatnum:2419}} |percentage = 2.2 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Nirmla Prajapati |votes = {{formatnum:1348}} |percentage = 1.23 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:491}} |percentage = 0.45 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:11429}} |percentage = 10.39 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:109975}} |percentage = 73.33 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===2013=== {{Election box begin | title=[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kotma<ref name=election2013 name="election2013-1">{{cite web|title=State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MPAE_2013_stat_report.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="election2013"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |candidate = [[Manoj Kumar Agrawal]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 38319 |percentage = 36.87 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Rajesh Soni |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 36773 |percentage = 35.38 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Khurshid Ahmed |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 7202 |percentage = 2.58 |change = 6.93 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Pushpendra Singh Gaharwar |party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party |votes = 5454 |percentage = 5.25 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Sahasram |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 4398 |percentage = 4.23 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Haridwar Singh |party = Communist Party of India |votes = 4296 |percentage = 4.13 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Narvda Singh |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 1070 |percentage = 1.03 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Saket Kumar |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 907 |percentage = 0.87 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Ram Khelawan Tiwari |party = Nationalist Congress Party |votes = 865 |percentage = 0.83 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Manoj Verma Kushwaha |party = Lok Janshakti Party |votes = 648 |percentage = 0.62 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Budha Sen Rathour |party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) |votes = 502 |percentage = 0.48 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Brajendra Kumar Mishra |party = Shiv Sena |votes = 494 |percentage = 0.48 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Arvind Gupta |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 457 |percentage = 0.44 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Abhilash Tripathi |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 443 |percentage = 0.43 |change = }} {{Election box candidate | |candidate = Saurabh Kumar Dwivedi |party = BSCP |votes = 396 |percentage = 0.38 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]] |party = None of the above |votes = 1704 |percentage = 1.64 |change = }} {{Election box majority | |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 103928 |percentage = 72.80 |change = }} {{Election box swing with party link| |winner = Indian National Congress | loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== *[[Kotma]]

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Anuppur district]] [[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]] [[Category:1957 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]