Amarwara Assembly constituency

Amarwara
Constituency No. 123 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhindwara
Lok Sabha constituency	Chhindwara
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kamlesh Shah
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Amarwara Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

It is part of Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency. It has been reserved for Scheduled Tribe Candidates.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh (Nagpur)

Election	Member [4]	Party
1952 [a]	Narayan Maniramji Wadiwa		Indian National Congress
	Arjunsingh Sisodia

1. 2-member constituency

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal)

Election	Member [5]	Party
1967	S. J. Thakur		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Udayabhanshah		Indian National Congress
1977	Dakhan Shah Thakur
1980	Prem Narayan Jagdish Prasad		Indian National Congress
1985	Shailkumari		Indian National Congress
1990	Mehman Shah Uikey		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Premnarayan Thakur		Indian National Congress
1998
2003	Manmohan Shah Batti		Gondwana Ganatantra Party
2008	Premnarayan Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Kamlesh Shah		Indian National Congress
2018
2023
2024^			Bharatiya Janata Party

• ^ denotes by-election

Election results

2024 bypoll

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election 2024: Amarwara ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kamlesh Shah	83,105	40.84	3.54
	INC	Dhiran Shah Inwati	80,078	39.35	9.00
	GGP	Deviram Bhalavi	28,723	14.12	6.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,403	1.67	0.53
Majority			3,027	1.49	9.56
Turnout			2,03,491	78.38	10.73
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amarwara ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamlesh Shah	109,765	48.35	12.82
	BJP	Monika Batti	84,679	37.30	10.77
	GGP	Deviram Bhalavi	18,231	8.03	22.35
	Independent	Santlal Parteti (Advocate)	3,681	1.62
	NOTA	None of the above	5,003	2.20	0.73
Majority			25,086	11.05	5.9
Turnout			227,034	89.09	1.48
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amarwara ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamlesh Shah	71,662	35.53
	GGP	Manmohan Shah Batti	61,269	30.38
	BJP	Premnarayan Thakur	53,499	26.53
	Independent	Kallulal Uikey	3,408	1.69
	Independent	Vinita Amodiya	2,294	1.14
	BSP	Sumran Uikey	2,099	1.04
	NOTA	None of the above	5,910	2.93
Majority			10,393	5.15
Turnout			201,670	87.61
	INC hold		Swing	4.55

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Amarwara ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamlesh Shah	55,684	30.98
	BJP	Uttam Thakur	51621	28.72
	ABGP	Manmohan Shah Batti	46379	25.80
	Independent	Devendra Kumar Narre	5092	2.83
	BSP	Judhiya Prasad Bhalavi	3650	2.03
	Independent	Siyalal Uikey	3632	2.02
	GGP	Santi Raj	2062	1.15
	Independent	Madan Uikey	1994	1.11
	SP	Sushil Ahke	1387	0.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	8232	4.58
Majority
Turnout			179733	83.15
	Swing to INC from BJP		Swing

See also

• Amarwara

References

1. "Madhya Pradesh 2013". myneta.info. National Election Watch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. "List of Assembly Constituencies". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
3. "Vidhan Sabha Seats". electionsininda.com. Election In India. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
5. "(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
6. "Amarwara Assembly Constituency By Poll Result 2024". Election Commission of India. 25 November 2024. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
7. "Madhya Pradesh Election: BJP releases third list, fields Monika Batti from Amanwara seat". India Tv. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

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