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CONSTITUENCY NAME: MORENA
- This constituency was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes in 1967 when it was also made a stand-alone constituency. This constituency presently covers the entire Sheopur and Morena districts.
- Presently, Morena Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha segments… these are…
Sheopur, Vijaypur, Sabalgarh, Joura, Sumawali, Morena, Dimani and Ambah - Reserved: Except for Ambah which is reserved for SC, others are not reserved.
- Morena is a town in the Morena district, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is governed by a municipality corporation. Located there are the administrative headquarters of the Morena district and of the Chambal division. It is 39 km from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
- Places of interest: National Chambal Sanctuary, also called the National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, is a 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) tri-state protected area in northern India for the critically endangered gharial (small crocodiles), the red-crowned roof turtle, and the endangered Ganges River dolphin. Located on the Chambal River near the tripoint of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, the sanctuary was first declared in Madhya Pradesh in 1978 and now constitutes a long narrow eco-reserve co-administered by the three states.
