Raghogarh Assembly constituency is one of the 230

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(Legislative Assembly) constituencies of

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state in central

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. This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile

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state.

Overview

Raghogarh (constituency number 31) is one of the four Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Guna district. This constituency covers parts of Raghogarh and Aron

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

s. Raghogarh is part of

Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This constituency covers the entire Rajgarh district and parts of Guna and Agar Malwa districts. Assembly segments Rajgarh Lok Sa ...

along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely,

Chachoura Chachoura is a town in Chachaura tehsil of Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, India. It's the administrative and revenue headquarter of Chachaura tehsil and subdivision. Geography Chachoura is situated at coordinate , It has an average elevati ...

in this district, Narsinghgarh,

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, Rajgarh,

Khilchipur Khilchipur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Rajgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In 2022 Janpad Panchayat election held in which BJP emerged as a winner and make their candidate Janpad Adhyaksh and up-adhyaksh under the lea ...

and Sarangpur in Rajgarh district and

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in Shajapur district. It has frequently been held by members of one family. In June 2013,

Mool Singh Mool Singh Chouhan Peelaghata (also spelled Mul Singh, 15 August 1947 – 17 August 2016) was an Indian politician who was elected as a member of legislative assembly on Indian National Congress party symbol to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha i ...

, a cousin of Digvijay Singh, announced that he would be stepping down from the seat at the next elections, paving the way for Digvijay's son, Jaivardhan, to be elected in a form of dynastic succession that is common in North India but rare in the South. Mool Singh had suffered a stroke three years previously and gave poor health as the reason for his decision. The constituency has previously been held by Digvijay, his brother Lakshman Singh and by their father, Balbhadra Singh. It was noted in 2003 that the seat has been held by members of the family or their anointed candidates since 1977 and that the main opposition party, the

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, had lost its deposit on all but one occasion in the subsequent five elections up to that date. The candidates who had stood against the family candidate in the first elections from the constituency in 1952 had also lost their deposits.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat

* 1952: Balbhadra Singh, Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

Election results

2013

References

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