Sheopur 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

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. This constituency came in to existence in 1951, as Sheopur Pohri, 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.

Overview

Sheopur (constituency number 1) is one of the two Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Sheopur district

Sheopur District

Sheopur District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The district is located in the north of the state and forms part of Chambal Division.The town of Sheopur is the district headquarters. Other towns include Bijeypur, Karahal and Badoda...

. This constituency covers the entire Sheopur sub-division.

Sheopur is part of Morena Lok Sabha constituency

Morena (Lok Sabha constituency)

Morena Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes in 1967 when it was also made a stand alone constituency...

 along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Vijaypur

Vijaypur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Vijaypur Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India...

 in this district and Sabalgarh

Sabalgarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Sabalgarh Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India...

, Joura

Joura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Joura Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came in to existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.-Overview:Joura is one of the six Vidhan Sabha...

, Sumawali

Sumawali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Sumawali Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came in to existence in 1976, following the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies.-Overview:Sumawali is one of the six Vidhan Sabha...

, Morena

Morena (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Morena Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came in to existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.-Overview:Morena is one of the six Vidhan...

, Dimani

Dimani (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Dimani Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes till 2008.-Overview:Dimani is one of the six Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Morena...

 and Ambah

Ambah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Ambah Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency is presently reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes This constituency came in to existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha...

 in Morena district

Morena District

Morena district is one of the 50 districts of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The name, Morena is derived from the mor + raina means the place where peacock is enormously found. Morena, which has an identity of being home to perhaps the largest number of peacocks in the India. The...

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Members of Legislative Assembly

As Sheopur Pohri constituency of Madhya Bharat:

• 1951: Soma, Indian National Congress
  Indian National Congress
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   / Udaybhan Singh, Indian National Congress

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1977: Gulab Singh, Janata Party
  Janata Party
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• 1980: Badri Prasad, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Satyabhanu Chauhan, Indian Congress (Socialist)
  Indian Congress (Socialist)
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• 1990: Gulab Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
  Bharatiya Janata Party
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• 1993: Rama Shankar Bhardwaj, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1998: Brijraj Singh, Independent
  Independent (politician)
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• 2003: Durgalal Vijay, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Brijraj Singh, Indian National Congress