Parasia Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Parasia
Constituency No. 127 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 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 the Legislative Assembly

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

References

^ "Madhya Pradesh 2013". myneta.info. National Election Watch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "List of Assembly Constituencies". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "Vidhan sabha Seats". electionsininda.com. Election In India. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls". India Today. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
^ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.