Sailana 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 into 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 was abolished in 1956 but again came into existence in 1961. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes

Adivasi

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 since its inception.

Overview

Sailana (constituency number 221) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Ratlam district

Ratlam District

Ratlam District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Ratlam is administrative headquarters of the district.-Geography:Ratlam District has an area of 4,861 km²...

. This constituency covers the entire Bajna and Sailana tehsil

Tehsil

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s of this district.

Sailana is part of Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Ratlam Rural and Ratlam City in this district, Alirajpur

Alirajpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Alirajpur Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state...

 and Jobat

Jobat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jobat Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state...

 in Alirajpur district

Alirajpur district

Alirajpur district is one of the 50 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in India. The district was carved out from the erstwhile Jhabua district on May 17, 2008 by incorporating Alirajpur, Jobat and Bhavra tehsils of it. Alirajpur town is the administrative headquarters of this district...

 and Jhabua, Thandla and Petlawad in Jhabua district

Jhabua District

Jhabua district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Jhabua is the administrative headquarters of the district.-Geography:Jhabua district lies in the western part of Madhya Pradesh...

.

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat:

• 1951: Jeta Bhagga, Indian National Congress
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As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1962: Laxmansingh Jhitra, Socialist Party
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• 1967: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Kamji Gamira, Janata Party
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• 1980: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress (Indira)
• 1985: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Kamji Gamira, Janata Dal
  Janata Dal
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• 1993: Lahling Devra, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Independent
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• 2003: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress
• 2008: Prabhudayal Gehlot, Indian National Congress