Seoni Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Seoni Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1][2][3] It comprises Seoni city, and other parts of Seoni tehsil and Lakhnadon tehsil, both in Seoni district.[4] As of 2023, its representative is Dinesh Rai Munmun of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[5]
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| Constituency No. 115 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Seoni |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Balaghat |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Neeta Pateriya |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952[6] | Dadu Mahendranath Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957[7] | |||
| 1962 | Rajkumari Prabhawati | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | |
| 1967 | M. R. Jatar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Nityendra Nath Sheel | ||
| 1977 | Prabha Bhargava | ||
| 1980 | Abdul Rehman Faruqui | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1985 | Ramesh Chand Jain | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Mahesh Prasad Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1998 | Naresh Diwakar | ||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008[8] | Neeta Pateriya | ||
| 2013[9] | Dinesh Rai Munmun | Independent | |
| 2018[2] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2023[5] | |||
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dinesh Rai Munmun | 116,795 | 50.03 | +0.43 | |
| INC | Anand Panjwani | 98,377 | 42.14 | +3.5 | |
| GGP | Ranjeet Ramdas Wasnik | 10,395 | 4.45 | +1.43 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,703 | 1.16 | +0.78 | |
| Majority | 18,418 | 7.89 | −3.07 | ||
| Turnout | 233,465 | 84.87 | +4.92 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dinesh Rai Munmun | 99,576 | 49.6 | ||
| INC | Mohan Singh Chandel | 77,568 | 38.64 | ||
| GGP | Gaya Prasad Kumre | 6,066 | 3.02 | ||
| Independent | Makbool Shah | 2,536 | 1.26 | ||
| Independent | Tanvir Khan | 2,314 | 1.15 | ||
| CPI | D.D. Wasnik | 2,038 | 1.02 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 769 | 0.38 | ||
| Majority | 22,008 | 10.96 | |||
| Turnout | 200,767 | 79.95 | |||
| BJP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||