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{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Damoh
| type= SLA
| map_image = 55-Damoh.svg
| mla = [[Jayant Kumar Malaiya]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| district = [[Damoh district|Damoh]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Damoh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Damoh]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| preceded_by = [[Ajay Tandon]]
| incumbent_image = Jayant Malaiya.jpg
}}

'''Damoh 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=27 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state.<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_MP.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh|page=6|publisher=Election Commission of India website}}</ref>

==Overview==
Damoh (constituency number 55) is one of the 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Damoh district]]. This constituency covers the Damoh municipality and part of Damoh [[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=230, 250}}</ref>

Damoh is part of [[Damoh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Damoh Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Pathariya Assembly constituency|Pathariya]], [[Jabera Assembly constituency|Jabera]] and [[Hatta Assembly constituency|Hatta]] in this district, [[Deori Assembly constituency|Deori]], [[Rehli Assembly constituency|Rehli]] and [[Banda, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Banda]] in [[Sagar district]] and [[Malhara Assembly constituency|Malhara]] in [[Chhatarpur district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|1951
|rowspan=2 |Harichandra Laxmichandra Marothi
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| 1957
|-
| 1962
| Anand Kumar Shrivastava
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| 1967
| Prabhu Narain Tandon
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1972
| Anand Kumar
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| 1977
| Prabhu Narain Tandon
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1980
| Chandranarayan Ramdhan
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}}
|-
| 1985
| [[Mukesh Nayak]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1990
| rowspan=6 |[[Jayant Malaiya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=6}}
|-
| 1993
|-
| 1998
|-
| 2003
|-
| 2008<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=27 February 2011}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
|-
| 2018
| [[Rahul Lodhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[2021 Damoh Legislative Assembly by-elections|2021]] {{note|2021}}
| [[Ajay Tandon]]
|-
| [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|[[Jayant Malaiya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}
{{note|2021}} By-election due to Rahul Lodhi resigning from the Congress party, to join the BJP<ref name=rahulLodhi>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsx.com/national/former-congress-mla-rahul-lodhi-joins-bjp-in-madhya-pradesh.html |title=Former Congress MLA Rahul Lodhi joins BJP in Madhya Pradesh |date= 25 October 2020 |agency=ANI |access-date= 4 May 2021}}</ref>

==Election results==
=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Damoh<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2020 |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 = [[Jayant Kumar Malaiya]]
|votes = {{formatnum:112278}}
|percentage = 59.79
|change = +19.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Ajay Tandon]]
|votes = {{formatnum:60927}}
|percentage = 32.44
|change = -19.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Pratap Rohit (Ahirwar)
|votes = {{formatnum:3178}}
|percentage = 1.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party
|candidate = Dolat Singh Lodhi
|votes = {{formatnum:2493}}
|percentage = 1.33
|change = -1.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Chahat Pandey
|votes = {{formatnum:2292}}
|percentage = 1.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:528}}
|percentage = 0.28
|change = -0.22
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:51351}}
|percentage = 27.35
|change = +15.41
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:187801}}
|percentage = 76.4
|change = +16.75
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
{{Election box begin | title= By-election, 2021: Damoh}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ajay Tandon]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 74,832
|percentage = 52.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Rahul Singh Lodhi]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 57,735
|percentage = 40.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Uma Singh Lodhi
|party = Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party
|votes = 3775
|percentage = 2.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 720
|percentage = 0.5
|change = -0.24
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 17,097
|percentage = 11.94
|change = +11.48
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 143,124
|percentage = 59.65
|change = -15.46
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Damoh<ref name="election2018">{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2018 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Rahul Singh Lodhi]]
|votes = {{formatnum:78997}}
|percentage = 45.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Jayant Kumar Malaiya]]
|votes = {{formatnum:78199}}
|percentage = 44.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Komal Ahirwar
|votes = {{formatnum:5460}}
|percentage = 3.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party
|candidate = Aarti Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:3443}}
|percentage = 1.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rahul Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1755}}
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rahul Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:1570}}
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1299}}
|percentage = 0.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:798}}
|percentage = 0.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:175372}}
|percentage = 75.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==External links==
* Election Commission of India Partywise Comparison Since 197753 - Damoh Assembly Constituency http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S12/partycomp53.htm
* Damoh Constituency https://web.archive.org/web/20131216215741/http://www.madhyabharat.in/politics/constituencies/damoh.htm

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

Damoh Assembly constituency - Revision history

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