16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||
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Overview | |||
Legislative body | Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | ||
Term | 3 December 2023 – Present | ||
Election | 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election | ||
Government | Mohan Yadav ministry | ||
Opposition | Indian National Congress | ||
Website | Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | ||
Members | 230 | ||
Speaker | Narendra Singh Tomar | ||
Leader of the House | Mohan Yadav | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Umang Singhar |
The Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh was constituted after the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections which were concluded in November 2023. [1] The results was declared on 3 December 2023. [2]
District | Constituency | Member of Legislative Assembly [3] | Remarks | |||
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No. | Name | Party | Member | |||
Sheopur | 1 | Sheopur | INC | Babu Jandel | ||
2 | Vijaypur | BJP | Ramniwas Rawat | Defected to BJP in April 2024. [4] | ||
Morena | 3 | Sabalgarh | BJP | Sarla Rawat | ||
4 | Joura | INC | Pankaj Upadhyay | |||
5 | Sumawali | BJP | Adal Singh Kansana | |||
6 | Morena | INC | Dinesh Gurjar | |||
7 | Dimani | BJP | Narendra Singh Tomar | Speaker | ||
8 | Ambah (SC) | INC | Devendra Sakhwar | |||
Bhind | 9 | Ater | INC | Hemant Katare | Deputy Leader of Opposition | |
10 | Bhind | BJP | Narendra Singh Kushwah | |||
11 | Lahar | BJP | Ambrish Sharma | |||
12 | Mehgaon | BJP | Rakesh Shukla | |||
13 | Gohad (SC) | INC | Keshav Desai | |||
Gwalior | 14 | Gwalior Rural | INC | Sahab Singh Gurjar | ||
15 | Gwalior | BJP | Pradhuman Singh Tomar | |||
16 | Gwalior East | INC | Satish Sikarwar | |||
17 | Gwalior South | BJP | Narayan Singh Kushwah | |||
18 | Bhitarwar | BJP | Mohan Singh Rathore | |||
19 | Dabra (SC) | INC | Suresh Raje | |||
Datia | 20 | Sewda | BJP | Pradeep Agrawal | ||
21 | Bhander (SC) | INC | Phool Singh Baraiya | |||
22 | Datia | INC | Rajendra Bharti | |||
Shivpuri | 23 | Karera (SC) | BJP | Ramesh Prasad Khatik | ||
24 | Pohari | INC | Kailash Kushwah | |||
25 | Shivpuri | BJP | Devendra Kumar Jain | |||
26 | Pichhore | BJP | Pritam Lodhi | |||
27 | Kolaras | BJP | Mahendra Ramsingh Yadav Khatora | |||
Guna | 28 | Bamori | INC | Rishi Agarwal | ||
29 | Guna (SC) | BJP | Panna Lal Shakya | |||
30 | Chachoura | BJP | Priyanka Penchi | |||
31 | Raghogarh | INC | Jaivardhan Singh | |||
Ashoknagar | 32 | Ashok Nagar (SC) | INC | Haribaboo Rai | ||
33 | Chanderi | BJP | Jagannath Singh Raghuwanshi | |||
34 | Mungaoli | BJP | Brajendra Singh Yadav | |||
Sagar | 35 | Bina (SC) | BJP | Nirmala Sapre | Defected to BJP in May 2024. [5] | |
36 | Khurai | BJP | Bhupendra Singh | |||
37 | Surkhi | BJP | Govind Singh Rajput | |||
38 | Deori | BJP | Brijbihari Pateriya | |||
39 | Rehli | BJP | Gopal Bhargava | |||
40 | Naryoli | BJP | Pradeep Lariya | |||
41 | Sagar | BJP | Shailendra Kumar Jain | |||
42 | Banda | BJP | Veerendra Singh Lodhi | |||
Tikamgarh | 43 | Tikamgarh | INC | Yadvendra Singh | ||
44 | Jatara (SC) | BJP | Harishankar Khatik | |||
Niwari | 45 | Prithvipur | INC | Nitendra Singh Rathore | ||
46 | Niwari | BJP | Anil Jain | |||
Tikamgarh | 47 | Khargapur | INC | Chanda Singh Gaur | ||
Chhatarpur | 48 | Maharajpur | BJP | Kamakhya Pratap Singh | ||
49 | Chandla (SC) | BJP | Dileep Ahirwar | |||
50 | Rajnagar | BJP | Arvind Pateriya | |||
51 | Chhatarpur | BJP | Lalita Yadav | |||
52 | Bijawar | BJP | Rajesh Kumar Shukla | |||
53 | Malhara | INC | Ramsiya Bharti | |||
Damoh | 54 | Pathariya | BJP | Lakhan Patel | ||
55 | Damoh | BJP | Jayant Malaiya | |||
56 | Jabera | BJP | Dharmendra Bhav Singh Lodhi | |||
57 | Hatta (SC) | BJP | Umadevi Lalchand Khatik | |||
Panna | 58 | Pawai | BJP | Prahlad Lodhi | ||
59 | Gunnaor (SC) | BJP | Rajesh Kumar Verma | |||
60 | Panna | BJP | Brijendra Pratap Singh | |||
Satna | 61 | Chitrakoot | BJP | Surendra Singh Gaharwar | ||
62 | Raigaon (SC) | BJP | Pratima Bagri | |||
63 | Satna | INC | Dabbu Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwah | |||
64 | Nagod | BJP | Nagendra Singh | |||
65 | Maihar | BJP | Shrikant Chaturvedi | |||
66 | Amarpatan | INC | Dr Rajendra Kumar Singh | |||
67 | Rampur-Baghelan | BJP | Vikram Singh (Vicky) | |||
Rewa | 68 | Sirmour | BJP | Divyaraj Singh | ||
69 | Semariya | INC | Abhay Mishra | |||
70 | Teonthar | BJP | Siddharth Tiwari 'Raj' | |||
Mauganj | 71 | Mauganj | BJP | Pradeep Patel | ||
72 | Deotalab | BJP | Girish Gautam | |||
Rewa | 73 | Mangawan (SC) | BJP | Narendra Prajapati | ||
74 | Rewa | BJP | Rajendra Shukla | Deputy Chief Minister | ||
75 | Gurh | BJP | Nagendra Singh | |||
Sidhi | 76 | Churhat | INC | Ajay Arjun Singh | ||
77 | Sidhi | BJP | Riti Pathak | |||
78 | Sihawal | BJP | Vishwamitra Pathak | |||
Singrauli | 79 | Chitrangi (ST) | BJP | Radha Ravindra Singh | ||
80 | Singrauli | BJP | Ram Niwas Shah | |||
81 | Devsar (SC) | BJP | Rajendra Meshram | |||
Sidhi | 82 | Dhauhani (ST) | BJP | Kunwar Singh Tekam | ||
Shahdol | 83 | Beohari (ST) | BJP | Sharad Juglal Kol | ||
84 | Jaisingnagar (ST) | BJP | Manisha Singh | |||
85 | Jaitpur (ST) | BJP | Jaisingh Maravi | |||
Anuppur | 86 | Kotma | BJP | Dilip Jaiswal | ||
87 | Anuppur (ST) | BJP | Bisahu Lal Singh | |||
88 | Pushprajgarh (ST) | INC | Phundelal Marko | |||
Umaria | 89 | Bandhavgarh (ST) | BJP | Shivnarayan Gyan Singh | ||
90 | Manpur (ST) | BJP | Meena Singh | |||
Katni | 91 | Barwara (ST) | BJP | Dhirendra Bahadur Singh | ||
92 | Vijayraghavgarh | BJP | Sanjay Pathak | |||
93 | Murwara | BJP | Sandeep Shriprasad Jaiswal | |||
94 | Bahoriband | BJP | Pranay Prabhat Pandey | |||
Jabalpur | 95 | Patan | BJP | Ajay Vishnoi | ||
96 | Bargi | BJP | Neeraj Singh Lodhi | |||
97 | Jabalpur East (SC) | INC | Lakhan Ghanghoria | |||
98 | Jabalpur North | BJP | Abhilash Pandey | |||
99 | Jabalpur Cantonment | BJP | Ashok Rohani | |||
100 | Jabalpur West | BJP | Rakesh Singh | |||
101 | Panagar | BJP | Sushil Kumar Tiwari | |||
102 | Sihora (ST) | BJP | Santosh Varkade | |||
Dindori | 103 | Shahpura (ST) | BJP | Om Prakash Dhurve | ||
104 | Dindori (SC) | INC | Omkar Singh Markam | |||
Mandla | 105 | Bichhiya (ST) | INC | Narayan Singh Patta | ||
106 | Niwas (ST) | INC | Chainsingh Warkade | |||
107 | Mandla (ST) | BJP | Sampatiya Uikey | |||
Balaghat | 108 | Baihar (ST) | INC | Sanjay Uikey | ||
109 | Lanji | BJP | Rajkumar Karrahe | |||
110 | Paraswada | INC | Madhu Bhau Bhagat | |||
111 | Balaghat | INC | Anubha Munjare | |||
112 | Waraseoni | INC | Vicky Patel | |||
113 | Katangi | BJP | Gaurav Singh Pardhi | |||
Seoni | 114 | Barghat (ST) | BJP | Kamal Marskole | ||
115 | Seoni | BJP | Dinesh Rai Munmun | |||
116 | Keolari | INC | Rajneesh Harvansh Singh | |||
117 | Lakhnadon (ST) | INC | Yogendra Singh Baba | |||
Narsinghpur | 118 | Gotegaon (SC) | BJP | Mahendra Nagesh | ||
119 | Narsingpur | BJP | Prahlad Singh Patel | |||
120 | Tendukheda | BJP | Vishwanath Singh | |||
121 | Gadarwara | BJP | Uday Pratap Singh | |||
Chhindwara | 122 | Junnardeo (ST) | INC | Sunil Uikey | ||
123 | Amarwara (ST) | BJP | Kamlesh Pratap Shah | Defected to BJP in March 2024. [6] | ||
124 | Chourai | INC | Choudhary Sujeet Mersingh | |||
125 | Saunsar | INC | Vijay Revnath Chore | |||
126 | Chhindwara | INC | Kamal Nath | |||
127 | Parasia (SC) | INC | Sohanlal Balmik | |||
128 | Pandhurna (ST) | INC | Neelesh Pusaram Uikey | |||
Betul | 129 | Multai | BJP | Chandrashekhar Deshmukh | ||
130 | Amla | BJP | Yogesh Pandagre | |||
131 | Betul | BJP | Hemant Khandelwal | |||
132 | Ghoradongri (ST) | BJP | Ganga Sajjan Singh Uikey | |||
133 | Bhainsdehi (ST) | BJP | Mahendra Singh Chouhan | |||
Harda | 134 | Timarni (ST) | INC | Abhijeet Shah | ||
135 | Harda | INC | Ram Kishore Dogne | |||
Hoshangabad | 136 | Seoni-Malwa | BJP | Prem Shankar Kunjilal Verma | ||
137 | Hoshangabad | BJP | Sitasharan Sharma | |||
138 | Sohagpur | BJP | Vijaypal Singh | |||
139 | Pipariya (SC) | BJP | Thakurdas Nagwanshi | |||
Raisen | 140 | Udaipura | BJP | Narendra Shivaji Patel | ||
141 | Bhojpur | BJP | Surendra Patwa | |||
142 | Sanchi (SC) | BJP | Prabhuram Choudhary | |||
143 | Silwani | INC | Devendra Patel | |||
Vidisha | 144 | Vidisha | BJP | Mukesh Tandan | ||
145 | Basoda | BJP | Hari Singh Raghuwanshi | |||
146 | Kurwai (SC) | BJP | Hari Singh Sapre | |||
147 | Sironj | BJP | Umakant Sharma | |||
148 | Shamshabad | BJP | Surya Prakash Meena | |||
Bhopal | 149 | Berasia (SC) | BJP | Vishnu Khatri | ||
150 | Bhopal Uttar | INC | Atif Arif Aqueel | |||
151 | Narela | BJP | Vishvas Sarang | |||
152 | Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim | BJP | Bhagwan Das Sabnani | |||
153 | Bhopal Madhya | INC | Arif Masood | |||
154 | Govindpura | BJP | Krishna Gaur | |||
155 | Huzur | BJP | Rameshwar Sharma | |||
Sehore | 156 | Budhni | BJP | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | ||
157 | Ashta (SC) | BJP | Gopal Singh Engineer | |||
158 | Ichhawar | BJP | Karan Singh Verma | |||
159 | Sehore | BJP | Sudesh Rai | |||
Rajgarh | 160 | Narsinghgarh | BJP | Mohan Sharma | ||
161 | Biaora | BJP | Narayan Singh Panwar | |||
162 | Rajgarh | BJP | Amar Singh Yadav | |||
163 | Khilchipur | BJP | Hajari Lal Dangi | |||
164 | Sarangpur (SC) | BJP | Gotam Tetwal | |||
Agar Malwa | 165 | Susner | INC | Bhairon Singh "Bapu" | ||
166 | Agar (SC) | BJP | Madhav Singh (Madhu Gehlot) | |||
Shajapur | 167 | Shajapur | BJP | Arun Bhimawad | ||
168 | Shujalpur | BJP | Inder Singh Parmar | |||
169 | Kalapipal | BJP | Ghanshyam Chandravanshi | |||
Dewas | 170 | Sonkatch (SC) | BJP | Rajesh Sonkar | ||
171 | Dewas | BJP | Gayatri Raje Pawar | |||
172 | Hatpipliya | BJP | Manoj Choudhary | |||
173 | Khategaon | BJP | Aashish Govind Sharma | |||
174 | Bagli (ST) | BJP | Murli Bhawara | |||
Khandwa | 175 | Mandhata | BJP | Narayan Patel | ||
176 | Harsud (ST) | BJP | Kunwar Vijay Shah | |||
177 | Khandwa (SC) | BJP | Kanchan Mukesh Tanve | |||
178 | Pandhana (ST) | BJP | Archana Didi | |||
Burhanpur | 179 | Nepanagar | BJP | Manju Rajendra Dadu | ||
180 | Burhanpur | BJP | Archana Chitnis | |||
Khargone | 181 | Bhikangaon (ST) | INC | Jhuma Solanki | ||
182 | Barwah | BJP | Sachin Birla | |||
183 | Maheshwar (SC) | BJP | Raj Kumar Mev | |||
184 | Kasrawad | INC | Sachin Yadav | |||
185 | Khargone | BJP | Balkrishna Patidar | |||
186 | Bhagwanpura (ST) | INC | Kedar Chidabhai Dawar | |||
Barwani | 187 | Sendhawa (ST) | INC | Montu Solanki | ||
188 | Rajpur (ST) | INC | Bala Bachchan | |||
189 | Pansemal (ST) | BJP | Shyam Barde | |||
190 | Barwani (ST) | INC | Rajan Mandloi | |||
Alirajpur | 191 | Alirajpur (ST) | BJP | Chouhan Nagar Singh | ||
192 | Jobat (ST) | INC | Mahesh Patel | |||
Jhabua | 193 | Jhabua (ST) | INC | Vikrant Bhuria | ||
194 | Thandla (ST) | INC | Veer Singh Bhuria | |||
195 | Petlawad (ST) | BJP | Nirmala Dileep Singh Bhuria | |||
Dhar | 196 | Sardarpur (ST) | INC | Pratap Grewal | ||
197 | Gandhwani (ST) | INC | Umang Singhar | Leader of Opposition | ||
198 | Kukshi (ST) | INC | Surendra Baghel Singh Honey | |||
199 | Manawar (ST) | INC | Hiralal Alawa | |||
200 | Dharampuri (ST) | BJP | Kalu Singh Thakur | |||
201 | Dhar | BJP | Neena Vikram Verma | |||
202 | Badnawar | INC | Bhanwarsingh Shekhawat | |||
Indore | 203 | Depalpur | BJP | Manoj Nirbhay Singh Patel | ||
204 | Indore-1 | BJP | Kailash Vijayvargiya | |||
205 | Indore-2 | BJP | Ramesh Mendola | |||
206 | Indore-3 | BJP | Rakesh Golu Shukla | |||
207 | Indore-4 | BJP | Malini Gaur | |||
208 | Indore-5 | BJP | Mahendra Hardia | |||
209 | Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow | BJP | Usha Thakur | |||
210 | Rau | BJP | Madhu Verma | |||
211 | Sanwer (SC) | BJP | Tulsi Silawat | |||
Ujjain | 212 | Nagda-Khachrod | BJP | Tej Bahadur Singh Chauhan | ||
213 | Mahidpur | INC | Dinesh Jain | |||
214 | Tarana (SC) | INC | Mahesh Parmar | |||
215 | Ghatiya (SC) | BJP | Satish Malviya | |||
216 | Ujjain North | BJP | Anil Jain Kaluheda | |||
217 | Ujjain South | BJP | Mohan Yadav | Chief Minister | ||
218 | Badnagar | BJP | Jitendra Uday Singh Pandya | |||
Ratlam | 219 | Ratlam Rural (ST) | BJP | Mathura Lal Damar | ||
220 | Ratlam City | BJP | Chetanya Kashyap | |||
221 | Sailana | BAP | Kamleshwar Dodiyar | |||
222 | Jaora | BJP | Rajendra Pandey | |||
223 | Alot (SC) | BJP | Chintamani Malviya | |||
Mandsaur | 224 | Mandsaur | INC | Vipin Jain | ||
225 | Malhargarh (SC) | BJP | Jagdish Devda | Deputy Chief Minister | ||
226 | Suwasra | BJP | Hardeep Singh Dang | |||
227 | Garoth | BJP | Chandra Singh Sisodiya | |||
Neemuch | 228 | Manasa | BJP | Aniruddha Madhav Maru | ||
229 | Neemuch | BJP | Dilip Singh Parihar | |||
230 | Jawad | BJP | Om Prakash Sakhlecha | |||
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