Pohari Assembly constituency

{{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 = Pohari | type= SLA | constituency_no = 24 | map_image = 24-Pohari.svg | mla = [[Kailash Kushwah]] | party = [[Indian National Congress]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Shivpuri district|Shivpuri]] | loksabha_cons = [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gwalior]] | established = 1951 | reservation = None | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = [[Suresh Dhakad]] | incumbent_image = }}

'''Pohari Assembly constituency''' (formerly, '''Pohri''') 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=10 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 Sheopur Pohri, 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=5|publisher=Election Commission of India website|access-date=2011-02-10|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== Pohari (constituency number 24) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Shivpuri district]]. This constituency covers the entire Pohari [[tehsil]] and parts of Shivpuri and Narwar tehsils 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=228, 250}}</ref>

Pohari is part of [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Karera Assembly constituency|Karera]] in this district and [[Gwalior Rural Assembly constituency|Gwalior Rural]], [[Gwalior Assembly constituency|Gwalior]], [[Gwalior East Assembly constituency|Gwalior East]], [[Gwalior South Assembly constituency|Gwalior South]], [[Bhitarwar Assembly constituency|Bhitarwar]] and [[Dabra Assembly constituency|Dabra]] in [[Gwalior district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+[[Madhya Bharat]] |- !Election !Name !colspan="2"|Party |- | [[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1952]] | Malkhan Singh Rawat | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] |- !Election !Name !colspan="2"|Party |- |[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]] |Tularam |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]] |B. Arjun |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=2}} |- |[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]] |Babu Lal |- |[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] |Damodar Prasad |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] |Hari Vallabh Shukla |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}} |- |[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] |Himanshu Sharma |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |Jadish Prasad Verma |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] |Baijanti Verma |{{Full party name with color|Independent}} |- |[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] |Narendra Birthare |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] |Hari Vallabh Shukla |{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Samanta Dal}} |- |[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<ref name="ceomp1">{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi) |url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/OtherLinks/Election_Result_2008.pdf |access-date=10 February 2011 |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website}}</ref> |rowspan= 2|Prahlad Bharti |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- |[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<ref name=ceomp2>{{cite web|title=Assembly Election Result 2013-Form 21-E (Shivpuri)|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/AE%202013/6.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref> |- |[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] |rowspan=2|[[Suresh Dhakad]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2020]]^ | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | [[Kailash Kushwah]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |}

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==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Pohari<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report |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 = [[Kailash Kushwah]] |votes = {{formatnum:99739}} |percentage = 51.57 |change = +26.36 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Suresh Dhakad]] |votes = {{formatnum:50258}} |percentage = 25.99 |change = -13.23 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Pradhumna Verma (Bachaura) |votes = {{formatnum:37261}} |percentage = 19.27 |change = -6.65 }} {{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 = 0.8 |change = -0.25 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:49481}} |percentage = 25.58 |change = +12.28 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:193408}} |percentage = 79.37 |change = +3.02 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2020 bypolls === {{Election box begin | title= [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections]]: Pohari<ref name=byelection2020>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12753-bye-elections-2020-parliamentary-and-assemblies/ |title=Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies) |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=25 January 2022 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Suresh Dhakad]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 66,344 |percentage = 39.22 |change = +16.45 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[Kailash Kushwah]] |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 43,848 |percentage = 25.92 |change = -6.30 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Hari Vallabh Shukla |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 42,638 |percentage = 25.21 |change = -11.85 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Param Singh Rawat |party = Independent |votes = 8,079 |percentage = 4.78 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ummed Singh Adiwashi |party = Ambedkarite Party of India |votes = 1,543 |percentage = 0.91 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |party = None of the above |votes = 1,783 |percentage = 1.05 |change = +0.79 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 22,496 |percentage = 13.30 |change = +8.46 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 169,147 |percentage = 76.35 |change = +0.47 }} {{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]]: Pohari<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 |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Suresh Dhakad]] |votes = {{formatnum:60654}} |percentage = 37.06 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = [[Kailash Kushwah]] |votes = {{formatnum:52736}} |percentage = 32.22 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Prahlad Bharti |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:37268}} |percentage = 22.77 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Rakesh Rajak |votes = {{formatnum:2271}} |percentage = 1.39 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:428}} |percentage = 0.26 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:7918}} |percentage = 4.84 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:163666}} |percentage = 75.88 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * [[Shivpuri district]] * [[Pohari]]

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Shivpuri district]] [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]