Damoh is assembly constituency number 55 in Madhya Pradesh, in Damoh district, and one of the segments of the Damoh Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Jayant Malaiya of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 59.8% of the vote, 51,351 votes ahead of Ajay Kumar Tandon (INC).
- 01Jayant MalaiyaBJP1,12,27859.79%
- 02Ajay Kumar TandonINC60,92732.44%
- 03Pratap Rohit (ahirwar)BSP3,1781.69%
- 04Dolat Singh LodhiBSCP2,4931.33%
- 05Chahat PandeyAAP2,2921.22%
- 14 other candidates · 6,105 votesNOTA · 528 (0.28%)
Margin 51,351 votes · 27.34% of valid votes
All 19 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,87,801 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayant MalaiyaMale · 76 yrs | BJP | 1,12,278 | 59.79% |
| 2 | Ajay Kumar TandonMale · 68 yrs | INC | 60,927 | 32.44% |
| 3 | Pratap Rohit (ahirwar)Male · 65 yrs · SC | BSP | 3,178 | 1.69% |
| 4 | Dolat Singh LodhiMale · 38 yrs | BSCP | 2,493 | 1.33% |
| 5 | Chahat PandeyFemale · 25 yrs | AAP | 2,292 | 1.22% |
| 6 | Dragpal Singh LodhiMale · 27 yrs | SP | 910 | 0.48% |
| 7 | Rahul BhaiyaMale · 44 yrs | Independent | 858 | 0.46% |
| 8 | "nishant Pathak Nikki Bhaiya"Male · 37 yrs | Independent | 812 | 0.43% |
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| 9 | Naveen BoudhMale · 28 yrs · SC | ASPKR | 676 | 0.36% |
| 10 | Rahul BhaiyaMale · 44 yrs | Independent | 660 | 0.35% |
| 11 | Shahrukh Khan Mansoori (netaji)Male · 27 yrs | Independent | 643 | 0.34% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 528 | 0.28% |
| 12 | RahulMale · 35 yrs · SC | Independent | 427 | 0.23% |
| 13 | Jayant BhaiyaMale · 33 yrs · SC | Independent | 306 | 0.16% |
| 14 | Richa Purshottam Choubey "hari Om"Female · 45 yrs | Independent | 174 | 0.09% |
| 15 | Jayant KumarMale · 30 yrs | Independent | 159 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Ajay BhaiyaMale · 33 yrs | Independent | 140 | 0.07% |
| 17 | Ajay KumarMale · 26 yrs | Independent | 129 | 0.07% |
| 18 | JayantMale · 35 yrs · SC | Independent | 124 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Narendra /aacharya Pooran Singh LodhiMale · 39 yrs | PSPU | 87 | 0.05% |
The seat changed hands: INC won in 2018, BJP in 2023.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Damoh bye-election, 17 Apr 2021
Turnout 59.7% · 1,43,239 of 2,39,937 electors voted
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajay Kumar Tandon | INC | 74,832 | 52.28% |
| 2 | Rahul Singh | BJP | 57,735 | 40.34% |
| 3 | Uma Singh Lodhi | BSCP | 3,775 | 2.64% |
| 4 | Rahul Bhaiya Ji | Independent | 1,053 | 0.74% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 720 | 0.50% |
| 5 | Rahul Bhaiya | Independent | 702 | 0.49% |
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| 6 | Munnalal | Independent | 612 | 0.43% |
| 7 | Rahul S. | Independent | 484 | 0.34% |
| 8 | Magan Adivasi | Independent | 470 | 0.33% |
| 9 | Vaibhav Singh | Independent | 392 | 0.27% |
| 10 | Richa Purshottam Choubey (hari Om) | SPAKP | 363 | 0.25% |
| 11 | Amjad Khan | Independent | 307 | 0.21% |
| 12 | Kamlesh Asati | BUNKD | 268 | 0.19% |
| 13 | Navab Khan | Independent | 262 | 0.18% |
| 14 | Shankar. Jatav. | Independent | 174 | 0.12% |
| 15 | Ashish Urf Sanyashi | Independent | 158 | 0.11% |
| 16 | Raj Pathak Urf Raja Bhaiya | Shiv Sena | 146 | 0.10% |
| 17 | Ajay | Independent | 122 | 0.09% |
| 18 | Akram Urf Sonu Khan | Independent | 119 | 0.08% |
| 19 | K.N. Shukla-Advocate | Independent | 116 | 0.08% |
| 20 | Ajay Bhaiya Thakur | Independent | 115 | 0.08% |
| 21 | Eng. Ajay Bhaiya | Independent | 105 | 0.07% |
| 22 | Mohd. Safik Khan | Independent | 94 | 0.07% |
Damoh result 2018
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rahul Singh | INC | 78,997 | 45.05% |
| 2 | Jayant Malaiya | BJP | 78,199 | 44.59% |
| 3 | Komal Ahirwar | BSP | 5,460 | 3.11% |
| 4 | Aarti Singh | BSCP | 3,443 | 1.96% |
| 5 | Rahul Singh | Independent | 1,755 | 1.00% |
| 6 | Rahul Yadav | Independent | 1,570 | 0.90% |
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| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,299 | 0.74% |
| 7 | Rihana Sabbo Bua | Independent | 1,283 | 0.73% |
| 8 | Dr. Ramkrishna Kusmaria Baba Ji | Independent | 1,133 | 0.65% |
| 9 | Manoj Devaliya | SPAKP | 774 | 0.44% |
| 10 | Rahul Bhaiya | Independent | 376 | 0.21% |
| 11 | Jujar Ali | GGP | 366 | 0.21% |
| 12 | Bhagwan Das | Independent | 282 | 0.16% |
| 13 | Ramratan Patel | BLSP | 246 | 0.14% |
| 14 | Balram Singh | Independent | 189 | 0.11% |
Damoh result 2013
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayant Malaiya | BJP | 72,534 | 47.31% |
| 2 | Chandra Bhan Bhaiya | INC | 67,581 | 44.08% |
| 3 | Arti Singh Lodhi | BSCP | 2,544 | 1.66% |
| 4 | Basant Kushwaha | BSP | 1,903 | 1.24% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,758 | 1.15% |
| 5 | Ajain Pt Vijay Divakar Karmarkar | Independent | 1,505 | 0.98% |
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| 6 | Asheervad | NCP | 1,149 | 0.75% |
| 7 | Adv Nilesh | Independent | 1,137 | 0.74% |
| 8 | Chandrabhan Bhaiya Majhguva Wale | Independent | 858 | 0.56% |
| 9 | Gopal Prasad Alias Rajola | Independent | 523 | 0.34% |
| 10 | Shrimati Mamta Marabi | GGP | 445 | 0.29% |
| 11 | Chadbhan Bhaiya | Independent | 418 | 0.27% |
| 12 | Arvind Chaturvedi | Independent | 328 | 0.21% |
| 13 | Hazi Abdul Alim | Independent | 256 | 0.17% |
| 14 | Majeed Bhai | SP | 207 | 0.14% |
| 15 | Ku Shubhangani Pathak | SVSP | 158 | 0.10% |
Damoh result 2008
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayant Malaiya | BJP | 50,481 | 42.09% |
| 2 | Chandbhan Bhaiya | INC | 50,351 | 41.98% |
| 3 | Er. R.C. Patel | BSP | 8,471 | 7.06% |
| 4 | Satyendra Agrawal | Independent | 1,541 | 1.28% |
| 5 | Lokesh Sen | Independent | 1,270 | 1.06% |
| 6 | Chandrabhan Singh | SP | 1,246 | 1.04% |
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| 7 | T.L. Prajapati | Independent | 1,231 | 1.03% |
| 8 | Joojar Ali | GGP | 1,204 | 1.00% |
| 9 | Kannu | Independent | 888 | 0.74% |
| 10 | Siyasharan Alias Sharan Patel | BJSH | 827 | 0.69% |
| 11 | Pankaj Jain | Independent | 737 | 0.61% |
| 12 | Makundi Ram | RSMD | 729 | 0.61% |
| 13 | Chandrabhan | Independent | 360 | 0.30% |
| 14 | Ishwar Chand | GMS | 343 | 0.29% |
| 15 | Surendra Vishwakarma | JD(U) | 259 | 0.22% |
Damoh outlined in orange among the other Madhya Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Damoh district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Damoh is one of the assembly segments of Damoh. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Damoh candidates.
- Rahul Singh LodhiBJP96,067 66.9%
- Tarbar Singh Lodhi (bantu Bhaiya)INC40,050 27.9%
- Engineer Goverdhan RajBSP2,492 1.7%
- Bhaiya Vijay Patel (kurmi) Tirgarh BaleBSCP1,795 1.2%
- Manu Singh MaraviBAP833 0.6%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 56,017 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Damoh.
Who won the Damoh assembly seat in 2023?
Jayant Malaiya of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Damoh in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly election with 1,12,278 votes, which was 59.79% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Damoh?
The margin was 51,351 votes (27.34% of valid votes). The runner-up was Ajay Kumar Tandon of the Indian National Congress with 60,927 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Damoh in 2023?
Turnout was 76.82%: 1,88,823 of 2,45,802 registered electors voted, across 284 polling stations. That is 1.5 points higher than in 2018.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Damoh part of?
Damoh is an assembly segment of the Damoh Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Rahul Singh Lodhi got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Has Damoh had a bye-election?
Yes. In the bye-election on 17 Apr 2021, Ajay Kumar Tandon (Indian National Congress) won by 17,097 votes.
Is Damoh a reserved constituency?
No. Damoh is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Damoh?
The Madhya Pradesh assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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