Raghogarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Raghogarh Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

 state in central India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. This constituency came in to existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat
Madhya Bharat
Madhya Bharat , also known as Malwa Union was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jivaji Rao Scindia as its Rajpramukh...

 state.

Overview

Raghogarh (constituency number 31) is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Guna district
Guna District
Guna district is one of the 50 districts of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Its administrative headquarters is Guna. The district has a population of 12,40,938...

. This constituency covers parts of Raghogarh and Aron tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

s.

Raghogarh is part of Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency
Rajgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)
Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers the entire Rajgarh district and parts of Guna and Shajapur districts.-Assembly segments:...

 along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Chachoura
Chachoura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Chachoura Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India...

 in this district, Narsinghgarh, Biaora, Rajgarh, Khilchipur and Sarangpur in Rajgarh district
Rajgarh District
Rajgarh District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Rajgarh is the administrative headquarters of the district.The district has an area of 6,154 km², and a population 992,315...

 and Susner in Shajapur district
Shajapur District
Shajapur District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. The town of Shajapur is the district headquarters.Shajapur District is part of the Malwa Plateau. The district is situated in the northwestern part of the state and lies between latitudes 32"06' and 24" 19' North and...

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Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat state:
  • 1951: Balbhadra Singh, Independent
    Independent (politician)
    In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...


As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh state:
  • 1962: Dulichand, Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

  • 1967: P. Lalaram, Swatantra Party
    Swatantra Party
    The Swatantra Party was a classical liberal political party in India founded by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and N. G. Ranga in August 1959. The party opposed the Nehruvian socialist outlook of the Congress Party by advocating free enterprise and free trade, and opposing the licence-permit Raj...

  • 1972: Harlal Shakyawar, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
    Bharatiya Jana Sangh
    The Bharatiya Jana Sangh existed from 1951 to 1980, whereupon it was succeeded by the Bharatiya Janata Party, one of India's largest political parties...

  • 1977: Digvijay Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1980: Digvijay Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
  • 1985: Mul Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1990: Lakshman Singh
    Lakshman Singh
    Lakshman Singh served as the National Commissioner of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from April 1983 to November 1992.-External links:* http://www.bsgindia.org...

    , Indian National Congress
  • 1993: Lakshman Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1998: Digvijay Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 2003: Digvijay Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 2008: Mul Singh (Dada Bhai), Indian National Congress
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