Khargapur Assembly constituency

Khargapur
Constituency No. 47 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictTikamgarh
LS constituencyTikamgarh
Established1967
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress

Khargapur 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 1967, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and it was reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes from 1967 to 2008.

Overview

Khargapur (constituency number 47) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Tikamgarh district. This constituency covers the entire Baldeogarh tehsil, Palera nagar panchayat and part of Palera tehsil of the district.[2]

Khargapur is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Jatara, Prithvipur, Niwari and Tikamgarh in this district and Maharajpur, Chhatarpur and Bijawar in Chhatarpur district.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1967 R. Ram Indian National Congress
1972 Baiju Ahirwar
1977 Nathu Ram Ahirwar Janata Party
1980 Nathu Ram Ahirwar Indian National Congress
1985 Vrindavan Ahirwar Indian National Congress
1990 Anandi Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Parvat Lal Ahirwar
1998 Parvat Lal Ahirwar
2003 Harishankar Khatik
2008 Ajay Yadav Bharatiya Janshakti Party
2013 Chanda Singh Gaur Indian National Congress
2018 Rahul Singh Lodhi Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 Chanda Singh Gaur Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Khargapur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chanda Singh Gaur 59,771 42.32
BJP Rahul Singh Lodhi 54094 38.30
BSP Anupama Singh Lodhi 12195 8.63 N/A
MD Kushwaha Chaturbhuj 5666 4.01
NCP Deen Mohmmad 1800 1.27
Independent Sakeel Khan Rain 1547 1.10
Independent Sundar Lal 1252 0.89
Independent Mohan 1046 0.74
RSMD Devicharan Kushwaha 728 0.52
Independent Pawan 599 0.42
NOTA None of the Above 2534 1.79
Majority
Turnout 141232 68.67
INC gain from Bharatiya Janshakti Party Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
  3. ^ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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