Rajnagar, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency

For other constituencies, see Rajnagar Assembly constituency.

Rajnagar
Constituency No. 50 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
LS constituency	Khajuraho
Established	1951
Total electors	217,008[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arvind Pateriya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Rajnagar Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[2] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state[3] but it was abolished in 1956. It came into existence again in 2008, following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies.

Overview

Rajnagar (constituency number 50) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the Khajuraho, Lavkush Nagar and Rajnagar nagar panchayats and parts of Lavkush Nagar and Rajnagar tehsils of the district.[4]

Rajnagar is part of Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Chandla in this district, Pawai, Gunnaor and Panna in Panna district and Vijayraghavgarh, Murwara and Bahoriband in Katni district.[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat

• 1951: Gokal Prasad, Indian National Congress[3]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

Election	Member	Party
2013[5]	Kunwar Vikram Singh		Indian National Congress
2018[1]
2023	Arvind Pateriya		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC
	BJP	Arvind Pateriya
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kunwar Vikram Singh (Nati Raja)	54,643	42.33
	BJP	Dr. Ramkrishn Kusmariya	46036	35.66
	BSP	Bala Ji Patel	14468	11.21
	SP	Dharmendra Singh Bundela	2957	2.29
	Independent	Rameshwar Prasad Mishra	2738	2.12
	Independent	Mahant Ramnaresh Das	1744	1.35
	Independent	Kurmi Ramprasad	961	0.74
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar	683	0.53
	Independent	Khare Neeraj	560	0.43
	Independent	Agnihotri Kamlapat	426	0.33
	Independent	Imran	390	0.30
	Independent	Ahirwar Brijesh Kumar	365	0.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	3129	2.42
Majority
Turnout			129100	64.40
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Laundi
• Khajuraho
• Rajnagar

References

1. "2018 Vidhan Sabha Elections Result Book of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
2. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4.
4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
5. "(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
6. "3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls". India Today. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
7. "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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