The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It is housed in the Vidhan Bhavan, a building located at the center of the Capital Complex, in the Arera Hill locality of Bhopal, the capital of the state. Madhya Pradesh is the second-largest state in India, covering ; and the sixth-most populous state with a population of 72.6 million. The term of the assembly is five years, unless it is dissolved early. The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly has had 17 terms since independence. After the latest election in 2023, the assembly is dominated by the governing Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 163 out of the 230 seats. Indian National Congress, the largest opposition party, has 66 seats.

Constituency boundaries are periodically redrawn by the delimitation commission which tries to keep them as geographically compact areas, and with due consideration to existing boundaries of administrative units. The latest census is used to draw the boundaries and every assembly constituency has to be completely within a parliamentary constituency. Since 2000, the Madhya Pradesh Assembly has had 230 single-seat constituencies, each of which directly elects a representative based on a first past the post election.

Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. The 2011 census of India stated that the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes constitute a significant portion of the population of the state, at 15.6% and 21.1%, respectively. The Scheduled Tribes have been granted a reservation of 47 seats in the assembly, while 35 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.

History After the independence of India in 1947, the then province of the Central Provinces and Berar, along with a number of princely states, merged with the Indian Union and became a new state, Madhya Pradesh. The number of constituencies of the legislative assembly of this state was 184, of which 127 were single-member and 48 were double-member. Nine constituencies were reserved for the candidates of the Scheduled Tribes.

Madhya Pradesh was reorganised on 1 November 1956, following the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, merging the old Madhya Pradesh state, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal states. The legislative assemblies of all those states were also merged to form the reorganised Madhya Pradesh assembly.

+Changes in the constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly over time Year Act/OrderExplanation Totalseats Reserved seats Election(s) SC ST 1950, 1951 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951 The Indian Constitution came into effect and new constituencies were created. 184 0 9 1952 1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956 A re-organised Madhya Pradesh was formed by merging the former states of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal. 288 44 54 1957, 1962 1961 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies. Two-member constituencies were abolished. 296 39 611967, 1972 1976 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies. 320 42 641977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1998 2001 Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 The new state of Chhattisgarh was created from the eastern parts of Madhya Pradesh.

There were 320 assembly constituencies in undivided Madhya Pradesh. After the split, 230 of them composed the reduced legislative assembly of the state. 230 34 412003 2007 Delimitation Commission Order, 2007 There were changes in the reservation status and area covered by constituencies. 230 35 472008, 2013, 2018, 2023

Constituencies

The constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were last delimited in 2008.

+Constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Name Reserved for(SC/ST/None) District Lok Sabhaconstituency Electorate(2023) 1 Sheopur None Sheopur Morena 2 Vijaypur 3 Sabalgarh Morena 4 Joura 5 Sumawali 6 Morena 7 Dimani 8 Ambah SC 9 AterNone Bhind Bhind 10 Bhind 11 Lahar 12 Mehgaon 13 Gohad SC 14 Gwalior RuralNone Gwalior Gwalior 15 Gwalior 16 Gwalior East 17 Gwalior South 18 Bhitarwar 19 Dabra SC 20 SewdaNone Datia Bhind 21 Bhander SC 22 DatiaNone 23 Karera SC Shivpuri Gwalior 24 PohariNone 25 Shivpuri Guna 26 Pichhore 27 Kolaras 28 Bamori Guna 29 Guna SC 30 ChachouraNone Rajgarh 31 Raghogarh 32 Ashok Nagar SC Ashok Nagar Guna 33 ChanderiNone 34 Mungaoli 35 Bina SC Sagar Sagar 36 KhuraiNone 37 Surkhi 38 Deori Damoh 39 Rehli 40 Naryoli SC Sagar 41 Sagar None 42 Banda Damoh 43 Tikamgarh Tikamgarh Tikamgarh 44 Jatara SC 45 Prithvipur None Niwari 46 Niwari 47 Khargapur Tikamgarh 48 Maharajpur Chhatarpur 49 Chandla SC Khajuraho 50 Rajnagar None 51 Chhatarpur Tikamgarh 52 Bijawar 53 Malhara Damoh 54 Pathariya Damoh 55 Damoh 56 Jabera 57 Hatta SC 58 Pawai None Panna Khajuraho 59 Gunnaor SC 60 PannaNone 61 Chitrakoot Satna Satna 62 Raigaon SC 63 Satna None 64 Nagod 65 Maihar 66 Amarpatan 67 Rampur-Baghelan 68 Sirmour Rewa Rewa 69 Semariya 70 Teonthar 71 MauganjMauganj 72 Deotalab 73 Mangawan SCRewa 74 RewaNone 75 Gurh 76 Churhat Sidhi Sidhi 77 Sidhi 78 Sihawal 79 Chitrangi ST Singrauli 80 Singrauli None 81 Devsar SC 82 DhauhaniST Sidhi 83 Beohari Shahdol 84 Jaisingnagar Shahdol 85 Jaitpur 86 Kotma None Anuppur 87 AnuppurST 88 Pushprajgarh 89 Bandhavgarh Umaria 90 Manpur 91 Barwara Katni 92 VijayraghavgarhNone Khajuraho 93 Murwara 94 Bahoriband 95 Patan Jabalpur Jabalpur 96 Bargi 97 Jabalpur East SC 98 Jabalpur NorthNone 99 Jabalpur Cantonment 100 Jabalpur West 101 Panagar 102 SihoraST 103 Shahpura Dindori Mandla 104 Dindori 105 Bichhiya Mandla 106 Niwas 107 Mandla 108 Baihar Balaghat Balaghat 109 LanjiNone 110 Paraswada 111 Balaghat 112 Waraseoni 113 Katangi 114 Barghat ST Seoni 115 SeoniNone 116 Keolari Mandla 117 Lakhnadon ST 118 Gotegaon SC Narsinghpur 119 NarsingpurNone Hoshangabad 120 Tendukheda 121 Gadarwara 122 JunnardeoST Chhindwara Chhindwara 123 Amarwara 124 Chourai None 125 Saunsar 126 Chhindwara 127 Parasia SC 128 Pandhurna ST 129 MultaiNone Betul Betul 130 Amla SC 131 Betul None 132 GhoradongriST 133 Bhainsdehi 134 Timarni Harda 135 HardaNone 136 Seoni-Malwa Narmadapuram Narmadapuram 137 Narmadapuram 138 Sohagpur 139 Pipariya SC 140 UdaipuraNone Raisen 141 Bhojpur Vidisha 142 Sanchi SC 143 Silwani None 144 Vidisha Vidisha 145 Basoda 146 Kurwai SC Sagar 147 SironjNone 148 Shamshabad 149 Berasia SC Bhopal Bhopal 150 Bhopal UttarNone 151 Narela 152 Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim 153 Bhopal Madhya 154 Govindpura 155 Huzur 156 Budhni Sehore Vidisha 157 Ashta SC Dewas 158 IchhawarNone Vidisha 159 Sehore Bhopal 160 Narsinghgarh Rajgarh Rajgarh 161 Biaora 162 Rajgarh 163 Khilchipur 164 Sarangpur SC 165 SusnerNone Agar Malwa 166 Agar SC Dewas 167 Shajapur None Shajapur 168 Shujalpur 169 Kalapipal 170 Sonkatch SC Dewas 171 DewasNone 172 Hatpipliya 173 Khategaon Vidisha 174 Bagli ST Khandwa 175 MandhataNone Khandwa 176 Harsud ST Betul 177 Khandwa SC Khandwa 178 PandhanaST 179 Nepanagar Burhanpur 180 BurhanpurNone 181 Bhikangaon ST Khargone 182 BadwahaNone 183 Maheshwar SC Khargone 184 Kasrawad None 185 Khargone 186 BhagwanpuraST 187 Sendhawa Barwani 188 Rajpur 189 Pansemal 190 Barwani 191 Alirajpur Alirajpur Ratlam 192 Jobat 193 Jhabua Jhabua 194 Thandla 195 Petlawad 196 Sardarpur Dhar Dhar 197 Gandhwani 198 Kukshi 199 Manawar 200 Dharampuri 201 DharNone 202 Badnawar 203 Depalpur Indore Indore 204 Indore-1 205 Indore-2 206 Indore-3 207 Indore-4 208 Indore-5 209 Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow Dhar 210 Rau Indore 211 Sanwer SC 212 Nagda-KhachrodNone Ujjain Ujjain 213 Mahidpur 214 Tarana SC 215 Ghatiya 216 Ujjain North None 217 Ujjain South 218 Badnagar 219 Ratlam Rural ST Ratlam Ratlam 220 Ratlam CityNone 221 Sailana ST 222 JaoraNone Mandsour 223 Alot SC Ujjain 224 MandsaurNone Mandsaur Mandsour 225 Malhargarh SC 226 SuwasraNone 227 Garoth 228 Manasa Neemuch 229 Neemuch 230 Jawad

See also List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

References