Parasia Assembly constituency

Parasia
Constituency for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhindwara
LS constituency	Chhindwara
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sohanlal Valmik
Party	Indian National Congress

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

It is part of Chhindwara district.

Demography

As of 2011 Census Parasia, the biggest division and tehsil of Chhindwara district in Madhya Pradesh, had a population of 37,876. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Dongar Parasia has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78% and female literacy is 64%. In Dongar Parasia, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1957	Phulbhansa		Indian National Congress
1962	Shanti Swaroop Kartaram		Independent
1967	Barikrao Amrutrao		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Damu Patil
1980			Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Ramji Mastkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990
1993	Harinarayan Dehariya		Indian National Congress
1998	Leeladhar Puria
2003	Tarachand Bawaria		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013	Sohanlal Valmik		Indian National Congress
2018
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parasia (SC) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC
	BJP	Jyoti Daheriya
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Parasia (SC) ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sohanlal Valmik	72,235	47.15
	BJP	Tarachand Bavariya	50,156	42.14
	ABGP	Vishnu Dehariya	4,924	3.21
	Independent	Devlal Dehariya	2073	1.35
	BSP	Devraj Bavariya	1600	1.04	N/A
	Independent	Rajesh Mohabiya	1023	0.67
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Gajbhiye	742	0.48
	Independent	Jitendra Chouhan	616	0.40
	NOTA	None of the Above	4627	3.02
Majority
Turnout			1,53,213	81.16
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Parasia

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. "3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls". India Today. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
5. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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