Surkhi Assembly constituency

Surkhi
Constituency No. 37 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictSagar
Lok Sabha constituencySagar
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byParul Sahu

Surkhi 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 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state.[2]

Overview

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Surkhi (constituency number 37) is one of the 8 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Sagar district. This constituency presently covers the entire Surkhi town, Rahatgarh tehsil and part of Sagar tehsil of the district.[3]

Surkhi is part of Sagar Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Bina, Khurai, Naryoli and Sagar in this district and Kurwai, Sironj and Shamshabad in Vidisha district.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Election Name Party
1952 Jyotishi Jwala Prasad Indian National Congress
1957 Bani Bhushan Rai
1962
1967 N. P. Rai Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Gaya Prasad Kabirpanthi Indian National Congress
1977 Laxminarayan Yadav Janata Party
1980 Vitthalbhai Patel Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Laxminarayan Yadav Janata Dal
1993 Bhupendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
2003 Govind Singh Rajput Indian National Congress
2008
2013 Parul Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
2018 Govind Singh Rajput Indian National Congress
2020^ Bharatiya Janata Party
2023
  • ^ denotes by-election

Election results

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2023

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2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Surkhi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Govind Singh Rajput 83,551 48.73 −12.38
INC Neeraj Sharma 81,373 47.46 +13.20
NOTA None of the above 1,079 0.63 +0.08
Majority 2,178 1.27 −25.58
Turnout 171,456 76.41 +2.26
BJP hold Swing

2020 bypoll

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In the 2020 by-election, Govind Singh Rajput of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat by defeating Parul Sahu Keshri from the Indian National Congress with a margin of 40,991 votes.[5] Rajput secured 93,294 votes while runner-up Parul got only 52,303 votes.[6]

2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections: Surkhi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Govind Singh Rajput 93,294 61.11 +20.45
INC Parul Sahu Keshri 52,303 34.26 −21.07
BSP Gopal Prasad Ahirwar 1,585 1.04
NOTA None of the above 844 0.55 −0.91
Majority 40,991 26.85 +12.18
Turnout 152,671 74.15 −1.59
BJP gain from INC Swing

2018

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2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Surkhi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Govind Singh Rajput 80,806 55.33
BJP Sudheer Yadav 59,388 40.66
NOTA None of the above 2,137 1.46
Majority 21,418 14.67
Turnout 146,046 75.74
INC gain from BJP Swing


See also

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References

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  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 6.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 229, 250.
  4. ^ "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  5. ^ a b "Surkhi Election Result 2018 LIVE: Surkhi MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia".
  6. ^ a b "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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