Kukshi Assembly constituency

Kukshi
Kukshi
Constituency No. 198 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Lok Sabha constituency	Dhar
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Surendra Singh Baghel
Party	Indian National Congress

Kukshi is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.^[1] It was founded in 1951 as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state. It is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled tribes.^[2]

Overview

Kukshi (constituency number 198) is one of the 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Dhar district. This constituency covers the Kukshi nagar panchayat and part of Kukshi tehsil of the district.^[3]

Kukshi is part of Dhar Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Sardarpur, Gandhwani, Manawar, Dharampuri, Dhar and Badnawar in this district and Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow in Indore district.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Bharat

Madhya Pradesh
Year	Member
1952	Ratu Singh Choungad	Indian National Congress
1957	Ratu Singh Choungad	Indian National Congress
1962	Babu	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967	Chhitusingh	Indian National Congress
1972	Pratap Singh Baghel
1977	Pratap Singh Baghel
1980	Pratap Singh Baghel	Indian National Congress
1985	Jamuna Devi	Indian National Congress
1990	Ranjana Baghel	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Jamuna Devi	Indian National Congress
1998	Jamuna Devi
2003	Jamuna Devi
2011	Mukam Singh Kirade	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Surendra Singh Baghel	Indian National Congress
2018	Surendra Singh Baghel
2023	Surendra Singh Baghel

Note: 2011 was a by-poll.

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kukshi^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surendra Singh Baghel	114,464	61.32	−4.31
	BJP	Jaydeep Patel	64,576	34.59	+7.06
	BSP	Ajay Rawat	2,098	1.12	−0.47
	NOTA	None of the above	1,885	1.01	−0.82
Majority			49,888	26.73	−11.37
Turnout			186,680	75.71	+0.39
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kukshi^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Surendra Singh Honey Baghel	108,391	65.63
	BJP	Virendra Singh Baghel	45,461	27.53
	AAP	Smt. Samoti Bondar Singh Muzalda	4,140	2.51
	BSP	Ajay Rawat	2,634	1.59
	BMP	Sunil Ajrawat	1,517	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	3,016	1.83
Majority			62,930	38.1
Turnout			165,159	75.32
	INC hold		Swing

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kukshi^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surendra Singh Baghel	89,111	61.03
	BJP	Mukamsingh Kirade	46343	31.74
	SS	Bherusingh Mandloi	2309	1.58	N/A
	BSP	Ramlal Solanki	1582	1.08
	NCP	Rajendrasingh Chouhan	1453	1.00
	Independent	Amarsingh Chouhan	1253	0.86
	NOTA	None of the Above	3964	2.71
Majority
Turnout			146015	71.81
	Swing to INC from BJP		Swing

M. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kukshi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
INC	Surendra Singh Baghel	108391	65.62
BJP	Virendra Singh Baghel	45461	27.52
AAP	Samoti Bondar Singh Muzalda	4140	2.50
BSP	Ajay Rawat	2634	1.59
BMP	Sunil Ajrawat	1517	0.91
NOTA	None of the Above	3016	1.82
	Turnout	165159

References

^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 246, 250.
^ "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2018 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
^ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

22°13′N 74°46′E / 22.21°N 74.76°E / 22.21; 74.76

[eci1-1] "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2011.

[eci2-2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-19.

[ceo-3] "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 246, 250.

[BJP_Candidates_MP_2023-4] "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[election2018-5] "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2018 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.

[election2013-6] "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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