Datia 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 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state.[2]
Datia (constituency number 22) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Datia district. This constituency covers the entire Datia Municipality and part of Datia tehsil of the district.[3]
Datia is part of Bhind Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Bhander and Sewda in this district and Bhind, Ater, Lahar, Mehgaon and Gohad in Bhind district.[3]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Shyam Sunder Shyam | Indian National Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rajendra Bharti | 88,977 | 50.34 | +3.14 | |
| BJP | Narottam Mishra | 81,235 | 45.96 | −3.04 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,452 | 0.82 | −0.59 | |
| Majority | 7,742 | 4.38 | +2.58 | ||
| Turnout | 176,759 | 80.2 | +3.0 | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | 4.38 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Narottam Mishra | 72,209 | 49.0 | ||
| INC | Rajendra Bharti | 69,553 | 47.2 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,085 | 1.41 | ||
| Majority | 2,656 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 147,370 | 77.2 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
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