Sewda Assembly constituency (formerly, Seondha) is one of the 230

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislativ ...

(Legislative Assembly) constituencies of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...

state in central

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. This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile

Vindhya Pradesh Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It occupied an area of 23,603 sq. miles. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, shortly after Indian independence, from the territories of the princely states in the ea ...

state. It was reserved for the candidates belonging to the

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till 2008.

Overview

Sewda (constituency number 20) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in

Datia district Datia District is in Gwalior Division in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Datia is its district headquarters. History It is an ancient town, mentioned in the Mahabharata. Sahadeva; one of the Pandava brothers had won this kingdom ...

. This constituency covers the entire Sewda

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of the district. Sewda is part of Bhind Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely,

Bhander Bhander is a town and a nagar panchayat in Datia district in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Geography Bhander is located at . It has an average elevation of 211 metres (692 feet). Bhandar or Bhander is another village in Rajasthan in ...

and

Datia Datia is the district headquarter of the Datia District in north central Madhya Pradesh,a state of Central India. It is an ancient town, mentioned in the Mahabharata ruled by King Dantavakra. The city is 78 km from Gwalior, 325&nb ...

in this district and

Bhind Bhind is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the Bhind district. Demographics As of 2011 Indian Census, Bhind had a total population of 197,585, of which 105,352 were males and 92,233 were females. Populatio ...

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Lahar A lahar (, from jv, ꦮ꧀ꦭꦲꦂ) is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water. The material flows down from a volcano, typically along a river valley. Lahars are extreme ...

, Mehgaon and

Gohad Gohad is a city and a municipality in Bhind district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. A town of historical importance it is situated close to the city of Gwalior. The Gohad Fort is located here. Geography Gohad has an average elevation of ...

in Bhind district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2023

2018

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