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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name         = Kolaras
| type= SLA
| constituency_no    =  27
| map_image = 27-Kolaras.svg
| mla          = [[Mahendra Singh Yadav]]
| party        = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| state        = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| district     = [[Shivpuri district|Shivpuri]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Guna Lok Sabha constituency|Guna]]
| established = 1951
| reservation  = None
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by   = Virendra Raghuwanshi
}}

'''Kolaras Assembly constituency''' is one of the 230 [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]].<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=13 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> This constituency came into existence in 1951, as Shivpuri Kolaras, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile [[Madhya Bharat]] state.<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat|page=5|publisher=Election Commission of India website|access-date=2011-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721155640/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> This constituency was reserved for the candidates belonging to the [[Dalit|Scheduled castes]] from 1976 to 2008.

==Overview==
Kolaras (constituency number 27) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Shivpuri district]]. This constituency covers the entire Kolaras [[tehsil]] of the district.<ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=228, 250}}</ref>

Kolaras is part of [[Guna Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Pichhore Assembly constituency|Pichhore]] and [[Shivpuri Assembly constituency|Shivpuri]] in this district, [[Bamori Assembly constituency|Bamori]] and [[Guna Assembly constituency|Guna]] in [[Guna district]] and [[Ashok Nagar Assembly constituency|Ashok Nagar]], [[Chanderi Assembly constituency|Chanderi]] and [[Mungaoli Assembly constituency|Mungaoli]] in [[Ashoknagar district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
===Shivpuri Kolaras constituency of Madhya Bharat===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<ref name="eci2" />
|Tula Ram
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|Narhari Prasad
|}

===As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Vedehi Charan
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Manorama
|-
|[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |Jagadish Prasad Verma
|{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
|[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
|[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Kamta Prasad
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |Pooran Singh Bedia
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}}
|-
|[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Omprakash Khatik|Om Prakash Khatik]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|-
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|Pooran Singh Bedia
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|[[Omprakash Khatik|Om Prakash Khatik]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|[[Devendra Kumar Jain]]
|-
|[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<ref name=ceom>{{cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/OtherLinks/Election_Result_2008.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=13 February 2011}}</ref>
|[[Ram Singh Yadav (politician)|Ram Singh Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|2018^
|[[Mahendra Singh Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|Virendra Raghuwanshi
|-
|[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|[[Mahendra Singh Yadav]]
|}

==Election results==
=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin
  |title      = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kolaras<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = [[Mahendra Singh Yadav]]
  |votes      = {{formatnum:108685}}
  |percentage = 54.32
  |change     = +12.21
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Baijnath Singh Yadav
  |votes      = {{formatnum:57712}}
  |percentage = 28.85
  |change     = -12.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Naval Dhakad
  |votes      = {{formatnum:24886}}
  |percentage = 12.44
  |change     = +2.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1805}}
  |percentage = 0.9
  |change     = -0.07
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = {{formatnum:50973}}
  |percentage = 25.47
  |change     = +25.05
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = {{formatnum:200069}}
  |percentage = 79.15
  |change     = +3.17
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |loser      = 
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}


=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kolaras<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |candidate  = [[Virendra Raghuwanshi]]
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |votes      = {{formatnum:72450}}
  |percentage = 42.11
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = [[Mahendra Singh Yadav]]
  |votes      = {{formatnum:71730}}
  |percentage = 41.69
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Ashok Sharma
  |votes      = {{formatnum:16483}}
  |percentage = 9.58
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Sangharsh Dal
  |candidate  = Dhani Ram
  |votes      = {{formatnum:2018}}
  |percentage = 1.17
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Mahendra Singh Yadav
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1688}}
  |percentage = 0.98
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Mangal Singh
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1577}}
  |percentage = 0.92
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
  |votes      = {{formatnum:1674}}
  |percentage = 0.97
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box majority
  |votes      = {{formatnum:720}}
  |percentage = 0.42
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box turnout
  |votes      = {{formatnum:172045}}
  |percentage = 75.98
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner     = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |loser      = 
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}


==See also==
* [[Kolaras]]

==References==
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{{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}
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[[Category:Shivpuri district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]