{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Lahar | type= SLA | constituency_no = 11 | map_image = 11-Lahar.svg | incumbent_image = Ambrish-Sharma-Guddu.jpg | mla = [[Ambrish Sharma]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Bhind district|Bhind]] | loksabha_cons = [[Bhind (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhind]] | established = 1951 | reservation = None | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = [[Govind Singh]] }} '''Lahar 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=3 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 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile [[Madhya Bharat]] state.<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat|page=6|publisher=Election Commission of India website|access-date=2011-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721155640/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Overview== Lahar (constituency number 11) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Bhind district]]. This constituency covers the entire Mihona and Lahar [[tehsil]]s and part of Raun tehsil.<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=227, 250}}</ref>

Lahar is part of [[Bhind (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhind Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Ater Assembly constituency|Ater]], [[Bhind Assembly constituency|Bhind]], [[Mehgaon Assembly constituency|Mehgaon]] and [[Gohad Assembly constituency|Gohad]] in this district and [[Sewda Assembly constituency|Sewda]], [[Bhander Assembly constituency|Bhander]] and [[Datia Assembly constituency|Datia]] in [[Datia district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ [[Madhya Bharat]] !Election !Member !colspan=2|Party |- | [[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1951]] | Har Sevak Gokul Prasad | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] |- !Election !Member !colspan=2|Party |- |[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]] | Premkumari Ranvijay Singh |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]] | Prabhudayal | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]] | Saryu Prasad Tripathi | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} |- |[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]] | Raghavram Chaudhary |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] | Rama Shankar Singh | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- | [[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] |Rama Shankar Chowdhary | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}} |- | [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] | Mathura Prasad Mahant | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- | [[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |rowspan="7" | [[Govind Singh]] | {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}} |- | [[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=6}} |- | [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] |- | [[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] |- | [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] |- | [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] |- | [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] |- | [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]<ref name="Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections Results 2023: Check full and final list of winners here">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2023-full-list-of-leading-candidates-from-bjp-congress/articleshow/105701279.cms|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections Results 2023: Check full and final list of winners here|last1=The Times of India|date=4 December 2023|accessdate=13 December 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213082108/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-assembly-election-results-2023-full-list-of-leading-candidates-from-bjp-congress/articleshow/105701279.cms|archivedate=13 December 2023}}</ref><ref name="Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2023: Full list of the winners constituency wise and seat wise">{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/madhya-pradesh-assembly-elections-results-2023-live-updates-winning-candidates-full-list-how-many-seats-bjp-congress-won-101701564801639.html|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2023: Full list of the winners constituency wise and seat wise|last1=Hindustan Times|date=3 December 2023|accessdate=13 December 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213082157/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/madhya-pradesh-assembly-elections-results-2023-live-updates-winning-candidates-full-list-how-many-seats-bjp-congress-won-101701564801639.html|archivedate=13 December 2023|language=en}}</ref> | [[Ambrish Sharma]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |}

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Lahar<ref name="Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections Results 2023: Check full and final list of winners here"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Ambrish Sharma]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:75347}} |percentage = 42.87 |change = +8.62 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[Govind Singh]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:62950}} |percentage = 35.82 |change = -4.29 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Rasal Singh |votes = {{formatnum:31348}} |percentage = 17.84 |change = -2.42 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1556}} |percentage = 0.89 |change = +0.67 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:12397}} |percentage = 7.05 |change = +1.19 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:175747}} |percentage = 67.58 |change = +4.15 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = BJP |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2018 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Lahar<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]] |access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Govind Singh]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:62113}} |percentage = 40.11 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Rasal Singh |votes = {{formatnum:53040}} |percentage = 34.25 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = [[Ambrish Sharma]] |votes = {{formatnum:31367}} |percentage = 20.26 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Ramkumar |votes = {{formatnum:1565}} |percentage = 1.01 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:345}} |percentage = 0.22 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:9073}} |percentage = 5.86 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:154845}} |percentage = 63.43 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * [[Lahar, India|Lahar]]

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