Damoh Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state.[2]
Damoh (constituency number 55) is one of the 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Damoh district. This constituency covers the Damoh municipality and part of Damoh tehsil of the district.[3]
Damoh is part of Damoh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Pathariya, Jabera and Hatta in this district, Deori, Rehli and Banda in Sagar district and Malhara in Chhatarpur district.[3]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Harichandra Laxmichandra Marothi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Anand Kumar Shrivastava | Independent | |
| 1967 | Prabhu Narain Tandon | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Anand Kumar | Independent | |
| 1977 | Prabhu Narain Tandon | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Chandranarayan Ramdhan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Mukesh Nayak | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Jayant Malaiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008[4] | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | Rahul Lodhi | Indian National Congress | |
| 2021 ^ | Ajay Tandon | ||
| 2023 | Jayant Malaiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
^ By-election due to Rahul Lodhi resigning from the Congress party, to join the BJP[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Jayant Malaiya | 112,278 | 59.79 | +15.2 | |
| INC | Ajay Kumar Tandon | 60,927 | 32.44 | −12.61 | |
| BSP | Pratap Rohit (Ahirwar) | 3,178 | 1.69 | −1.42 | |
| Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party | Dolat Singh Lodhi | 2,493 | 1.33 | ||
| AAP | Chahat Pandey | 2,292 | 1.22 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 528 | 0.28 | −0.46 | |
| Majority | 51,351 | 27.35 | +26.89 | ||
| Turnout | 187,801 | 76.4 | +1.29 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajay Tandon | 74,832 | 52.28 | ||
| BJP | Rahul Lodhi | 57,735 | 40.34 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | 17,097 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,43,239 | 59.70 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rahul Singh | 78,997 | 45.05 | ||
| BJP | Jayant Malaiya | 78,199 | 44.59 | ||
| BSP | Komal Ahirwar | 5,460 | 3.11 | ||
| Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party | Aarti Singh | 3,443 | 1.96 | ||
| Independent | Rahul Singh | 1,755 | 1.0 | ||
| Independent | Rahul Yadav | 1,570 | 0.9 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,299 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 798 | 0.46 | |||
| Turnout | 175,372 | 75.11 | |||
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