Rajnagar, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency
| Rajnagar | |
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| Constituency No. 50 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 | Khajuraho |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 217,008[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Kunwar Vikram Singh |
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
[edit]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
[edit]As a constituency of Madhya Bharat
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951[3] | Gokul Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013[1] | Kunwar Vikram Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018[5] | |||
| 2023 | Arvind Pateriya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
[edit]2023
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arvind Pateriya | 69,698 | 38.14 | +10.59 | |
| INC | Kunwar Vikram Singh | 63,831 | 34.93 | +6.87 | |
| BSP | Ghasiram Patel | 32,195 | 17.62 | −2.52 | |
| SP | Brajgopal Patel | 6,353 | 3.48 | −13.05 | |
| AAP | Raju Pal | 1,729 | 0.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 762 | 0.42 | −1.31 | |
| Majority | 5,867 | 3.21 | +2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 182,762 | 72.98 | +6.69 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kunwar Vikram Singh | 40,362 | 28.06 | ||
| BJP | Arvind Pateriya | 39,630 | 27.55 | ||
| BSP | Vinod Kumar Patel | 28,972 | 20.14 | ||
| SP | Chaturvedi Nitin - | 23,783 | 16.53 | ||
| Independent | Rahul Sureha | 1,841 | 1.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,485 | 1.73 | ||
| Majority | 732 | 0.51 | |||
| Turnout | 143,862 | 66.29 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2013
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
- ^ "2018 Vidhan Sabha Elections Result Book of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ "3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls". India Today. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.