Kukshi Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha

Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha

The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the Vidhan Bhavan, an imposing building located at the...

 (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

 state in central India

India

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. This constituency came in to existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat

Madhya Bharat

Madhya Bharat , also known as Malwa Union was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jivaji Rao Scindia as its Rajpramukh...

 state. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes

Adivasi

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 from its inception.

Overview

Kukshi (constituency number 198) is one of the 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Dhar district

Dhar District

Dhar district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The historic town of Dhar is administrative headquarters of the district....

. This constituency covers the Kukshi nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

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 and part of Kukshi tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 of the district.

Kukshi is part of Dhar Lok Sabha constituency

Dhar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Dhar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. This constituency came in to existence in 1967...

 along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Sardarpur, Gandhwani, Manawar, Dharampuri, Dhar and Badnawar in this district and Dr. Ambedkar Nagar-Mhow in Indore district

Indore District

Indore District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The district derived its name from the city of Indore, which serves as its administrative headquarters...

.

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:

• 1951: Ratu Singh, Indian National Congress
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As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1957: Ratu Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Babu, Bharatiya Jan Sangh
• 1967: Chhitusingh, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Pratap Singh Baghel, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Pratap Singh Baghel, Indian National Congress
• 1980: Pratap Singh Baghel, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Ranjana Baghel, Bharatiya Janata Party
  Bharatiya Janata Party
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• 1993: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress
• 2003: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress
• 2008: Jamuna Devi, Indian National Congress
• 2011 (bye-election): Mukam Singh Kirade, Bharatiya Janata Party