Pawai Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Pawai 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]
| Pawai | |
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| Constituency No. 58 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Panna |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Khajuraho |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Mukesh Nayak |
Overview
Pawai (constituency number 58) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Panna district. This constituency covers the entire Pawai and Shahnagar tehsils of the district.[3]
Pawai is part of Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Gunnaor and Panna in this district, Chandla and Rajnagar in Chhatarpur district and Vijayraghavgarh, Murwara and Bahoriband in Katni district.[3]
| Electors | No. |
|---|---|
| Male | 1,35,041 |
| Female | 1,21,886 |
| Total | 2,56,929 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat
- 1951: Bhura, Indian National Congress / Narendra Singh, Indian National Congress[2]
As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Narendra Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Jagsuriya | ||
| 1967 | Ram Sewak Patel | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Jagdish Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Uma Shankar | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Jaipal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Ashok Veer Vikram Singh | Independent | |
| 1993 | Mukesh Nayak | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Ashok Veer Vikram Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2003 | Brijendra Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | Bharatiya Janshakti Party | ||
| 2013 | Mukesh Nayak | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018 | Prahlad Lodhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | |||
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prahlad Lodhi | 106,411 | 49.76 | +9.93 | |
| INC | Mukesh Nayak | 84,368 | 39.45 | +11.46 | |
| Bhartiya Ganrajya Party | Rampal Singh Gondela | 4,109 | 1.92 | ||
| Independent | Hari Lal Choudhary Retired T.I. | 3,387 | 1.58 | ||
| BSP | Hemant Rishiraj Singh | 3,314 | 1.55 | −5.64 | |
| SP | Rajani Yadav | 2,896 | 1.35 | −9.84 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,498 | 1.17 | −0.72 | |
| Majority | 22,043 | 10.31 | −1.53 | ||
| Turnout | 213,842 | 75.81 | −2.02 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Prahlad Lodhi | 79,647 | 39.83 | ||
| INC | Mukesh Nayak | 55,967 | 27.99 | ||
| SP | Bhuwan Vikram Singh (Keshu Bhaiya Raja) | 22,384 | 11.19 | ||
| BSP | Advocate Sita Ram Patel | 14,381 | 7.19 | ||
| GGP | Mahipal Singh | 9,913 | 4.96 | ||
| AAP | Anil Tiwari | 3,846 | 1.92 | ||
| Independent | Mansukh Lal | 2,275 | 1.14 | ||
| Independent | P. Mukesh | 1,863 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,789 | 1.89 | ||
| Majority | 23,680 | 11.84 | |||
| Turnout | 199,956 | 77.83 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mukesh Nayak | 78,949 | 45.15 | ||
| BJP | Brijendra Pratap Singh | 67254 | 38.46 | ||
| BSP | Feran Singh | 11691 | 6.69 | ||
| GGP | Ghasoti Adiwasi | 3977 | 2.27 | ||
| Independent | Chhatrapal Singh | 2172 | 1.24 | ||
| Independent | Narendra Kumar Sharma | 1648 | 0.94 | ||
| Independent | Jeevan Prasad | 1413 | 0.81 | ||
| Independent | Mukesh | 1357 | 0.78 | ||
| Independent | Kalpna Singh | 1272 | 0.73 | ||
| Independent | Jawahar Lal | 1200 | 0.69 | ||
| BSCP | Roshan Lal | 805 | 0.46 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3135 | 1.79 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 174873 | 72.42 | |||
| Swing to INC from BJP | Swing | ||||