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{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kotma
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 86
| map_image = 86-Kotma.svg
| mla = [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Jaiswal]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by = [[Suneel Saraf]]
| state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| district = [[Anuppur district|Anuppur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Shahdol Lok Sabha constituency|Shahdol]]
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
}}
'''Kotma''' is one of the 230 Legislative Assembly constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]].<ref name="election2013">{{cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh 2013|url=http://www.myneta.info/mp2013/index.php?action=show_candidates&constituency_id=175|website=myneta.info|publisher=National Election Watch|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="election2018">{{cite web|title=List of Assembly Constituencies|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/se98/background/S12/ListACs-MP.html|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="election2018-1">{{cite web|title=Vidhansabha Seats|url=http://www.electionsinindia.com/madhyapradesh/statepc.aspx|website=electionsininda.com|publisher=Election In India|access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>

It is in [[Anuppur district]].

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<ref name=election1957>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3728-madhya-pradesh-1957/ |title=Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election -1957 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref>
| [[Hariraj Kunwar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[Ratan Singh (Kotma MLA)|Ratan Singh]]
|-
| [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<ref name="election1962">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3729-madhya-pradesh-1962/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|Girja Kumari
|-
| [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<ref name="election1967">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3730-madhya-pradesh-1967/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
| K. M. Singh
|-
| [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<ref name="election1972">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3731-madhya-pradesh-1972/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
| Mrigendra Singh
|-
| [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<ref name="election1977">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3732-madhya-pradesh-1977/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
| Babulal Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| [[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<ref name=election1980>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3733-madhya-pradesh-1980/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan=2|Bhagwandin Gond
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}}
|-
| [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<ref name=election1985>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3734-madhya-pradesh-1985/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<ref name="election1990">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3735-madhya-pradesh-1990/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
| Chhote Lal
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| [[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]<ref name="election1993">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3736-madhya-pradesh-1993/ |accessdate=22 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
| Rajesh Nandani Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]<ref name=election1998>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3737-madhya-pradesh-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=22 December 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan=2|[[Jaisingh Maravi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]<ref name=election2003>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3738-madhya-pradesh-2003/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=22 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<ref name="election2008">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3739-madhya-pradesh-2008/ |accessdate=22 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
| [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Jaiswal]]
|-
| [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<ref name="election2013" />
| [[Manoj Kumar Agrawal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2018|2018]]
| [[Suneel Saraf]]
|-
| [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Jaiswal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kotma<ref name="election2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/madhya-pradesh-assembly-polls-2023/story/madhya-pradesh-election-bjp-second-candidate-list-shivraj-singh-chouhan-2440421-2023-09-25|title=3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls|work=India Today|accessdate=25 September 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Jaiswal]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:65818}}
|percentage = 55.48
|change = +22.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Suneel Saraf]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:43030}}
|percentage = 36.27
|change = -7.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party
|candidate = Seema Kewat
|votes = {{formatnum:2977}}
|percentage = 2.51
|change = -2.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1486}}
|percentage = 1.25
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:22788}}
|percentage = 19.21
|change = +8.82
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:118630}}
|percentage = 78.84
|change = +5.51
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kotma<ref name="election2018"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Suneel Saraf]]
|votes = {{formatnum:48249}}
|percentage = 43.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Dilip Jaiswal (politician)|Dilip Kumar Jaiswal]]
|votes = {{formatnum:36820}}
|percentage = 33.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party
|candidate = Ramkhelawn Tiwari
|votes = {{formatnum:5766}}
|percentage = 5.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Santosh Kumar Kewat
|votes = {{formatnum:5044}}
|percentage = 4.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Sapaks Party
|candidate = Kishori Lal Chaturvedi
|votes = {{formatnum:4392}}
|percentage = 3.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sudhir Pandey
|votes = {{formatnum:2419}}
|percentage = 2.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Nirmla Prajapati
|votes = {{formatnum:1348}}
|percentage = 1.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:491}}
|percentage = 0.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:11429}}
|percentage = 10.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:109975}}
|percentage = 73.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2013===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kotma<ref name=election2013 name="election2013-1">{{cite web|title=State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MPAE_2013_stat_report.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="election2013"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[Manoj Kumar Agrawal]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 38319
|percentage = 36.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Rajesh Soni
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 36773
|percentage = 35.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Khurshid Ahmed
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 7202
|percentage = 2.58
|change = 6.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Pushpendra Singh
Gaharwar
|party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party
|votes = 5454
|percentage = 5.25
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Sahasram
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 4398
|percentage = 4.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Haridwar Singh
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 4296
|percentage = 4.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Narvda Singh
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 1070
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Saket Kumar
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 907
|percentage = 0.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Ram Khelawan Tiwari
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|votes = 865
|percentage = 0.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Manoj Verma
Kushwaha
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|votes = 648
|percentage = 0.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Budha Sen Rathour
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
|votes = 502
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Brajendra Kumar
Mishra
|party = Shiv Sena
|votes = 494
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Arvind Gupta
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 457
|percentage = 0.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Abhilash Tripathi
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 443
|percentage = 0.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|
|candidate = Saurabh Kumar
Dwivedi
|party = BSCP
|votes = 396
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 1704
|percentage = 1.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 103928
|percentage = 72.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box swing with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
| loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
*[[Kotma]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Anuppur district]]
[[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]

Kotma Assembly constituency - Revision history

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