Damoh, Jabera assembly of Damoh district was occupied by Congress and former minister late Ratnesh Saloman had dominance from here. After his death, BJP's Dasrath Singh won the by-election from here twice and he also became a minister after winning the 2011 by-election, but always faced defeat in the main election.

Bugge Bhaiya (Om Prakash Rai) of BJP was MLA from 1990 to 93. After this, Ratnesh Salomon again led the area while being a Congress MLA from 1993 to 2003 and being a minister in the Digvijay government. Then, keeping in mind the caste equation, BJP, while being the District Panchayat President, gave assembly ticket to Chandrabhan Singh from Jabera and fielded him against Ratnesh Salomon of Congress and Chandrabhan Singh won the election.
But in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, Chandrabhan Singh was made the candidate from Damoh Lok Sabha and after winning he reached Delhi, after which he resigned from the post of MLA and by-election was held in Jabera Assembly. Dashrath Singh was in the election fray from BJP and Ratnesh Saloman from Congress.

In this by-election, Dasarath Singh got the benefit of BJP government in the state and he won the election. General elections to the Legislative Assembly were held in 2008 and Ratnesh Salomon reached the Assembly after winning the re-election. Meanwhile, he died in 2011 and once again by-election was held in Jabera. from congress
Salomon's daughter Tanya was in the election fray and Dashrath Singh was from BJP. Dasrath Singh also won this by-election and became the Minister of State in the state government and after this election this seat emerged as Lodhi dominated.

After this, keeping in mind the equation of Lodhiism from Jabera Assembly, both the parties fielded Pratap Singh Lodhi from Congress and Dashrath Singh Lodhi from BJP in the 2013 general elections. Congress's Pratap Singh won the seat, snatching it from BJP's Dashrath Singh and in 2018, BJP's Dharmendra Singh Lodhi won the election from here.