Bijawar Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh
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Bijawar Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state.[2]
| Bijawar | |
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| Constituency No. 52 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Chhatarpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tikamgarh |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Pushpendra Nath Pathak |
Overview
Bijawar (constituency number 52) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the Satai and Bijawar nagar panchayats and parts of Chhatarpur, Bijawar and Rajnagar tehsils of the district.[3]
Bijawar is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Maharajpur and Chhatarpur in this district and Jatara, Prithvipur, Niwari, Tikamgarh and Khargapur in Tikamgarh district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951[2] | Diwan Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Pyare Lal | |||
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957[4] | Gayatri Devi | Indian National Congress | |
| Hansraj | |||
| 1962 | Govind Singh Judev | Independent politician | |
| 1967 | K. Nath | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Yadvendra Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1977 | Mukund Sakharam | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Yadvendra Singh | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1985 | Jujhar Singh Bundela | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1993 | Manvendra Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | Jitendra Singh Bundela | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008[5] | Asharani | ||
| 2013 | Pushpendra Nath Pathak | ||
| 2018[6] | Rajesh Shukla | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2023 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajesh Shukla | 88,223 | 52.59 |  31.21 | |
| INC | Charan Singh Yadav | 55,761 | 33.24 | 16.83 | |
| BSP | Mahendra Kumar Gupta | 10,443 | 6.23 |  0.22 | |
| AAP | Amit Bhatnagar | 4,185 | 2.49 | 1.15 | |
| ASP(KR) | Chetram Ahirwar | 1,885 | 1.12 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,433 | 0.85 | 0.39 | |
| Majority | 32,462 | 19.35 | 6.05 | ||
| Turnout | 167,743 | 72.67 | 2.47 | ||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Rajesh Shukla | 67,623 | 46.78 | ||
| BJP | Pushpendra Nath Pathak | 30,909 | 21.38 | ||
| INC | Shankar Pratap Singh | 23,726 | 16.41 | ||
| BSP | Anupama Yadav | 9,318 | 6.45 | ||
| AAP | Amit Bhatnagar | 1,943 | 1.34 | ||
| Independent | Deepak Bhaiya | 1,902 | 1.32 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 663 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 36,714 | 25.4 | |||
| Turnout | 144,543 | 70.2 | |||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||