Prithvipur Assembly constituency
| Prithvipur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 45 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Niwari |
| LS constituency | Tikamgarh |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Nitendra Singh Rathore | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Prithvipur Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] Initially, it came into existence in 1951 as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state,[2] but it was abolished in 1956. This constituency again came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies. Prithvipur is small town of Bundelkhand. It's a city of politics.
Overview
Prithvipur (constituency number 45) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Niwari District. This constituency covers the Prithvipur and Jeron Khalsa nagar panchayats and parts of Jatara and Prithvipur tehsils of the district.[3]
Prithivpur is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Tikamgarh, Jatara, Niwari and Khargapur in this district and Maharajpur, Chhatarpur and Bijawar in Chhatarpur district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:
- 1951: Shyam Lal, Indian National Congress[2]
As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Brijendra Singh Rathore | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | Aneeta-Suneel Nayak | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2018 | Brijendra Singh Rathore[4] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2021[a] | Shishupal Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | Nitendra Singh Rathore | Indian National Congress | |
- ^ by-poll
Election results
2021 Bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shishupal Yadav | 82,673 | 53.12 | +46.11 | |
| INC | Nitendra Singh Rathore | 66,986 | 43.04 | +8.04 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,741 | 1.12 | ||
| SP | Kushwaha Moti Lal | 1,181 | 0.76 | −29.00 | |
| Margin of victory | 15,687 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,55,796 | 78.47 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.