Bijawar Assembly constituency
| Bijawar | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Chhatarpur |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Rajesh Shukla "Bablu Bhaiya" | |
| Party | Samajwadi party |
Bijawar Vidhan Sabha 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 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state.[2]
Overview
Bijawar (constituency number 52) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the Satai and Bijawar nagar panchayats and parts of Chhatarpur, Bijawar and Rajnagar tehsils of the district.[3]
Bijawar is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Maharajpur and Chhatarpur in this district and Jatara, Prithvipur, Niwari, Tikamgarh and Khargapur in Tikamgarh district.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly
As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:
- 1951: Diwan Pratap Singh, Indian National Congress / Piyare Lal, Indian National Congress[2]
As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:
- 1957: Gayatri Devi, Indian National Congress / Hansraj, Indian National Congress
- 1962: Govind Singh Ju Deo, Independent
- 1967: K. Nath, Indian National Congress
- 1972: Yadvendra Singh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1977: Mukund Sakharam, Janata Party
- 1980: Yadvendra Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1985: Jujhar Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1990: Jujhar Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1993: Manvendra Singh, Indian National Congress
- 1998: Manvendra Singh, Indian National Congress
- 2003: Jitendra Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2008: Asharani, Bharatiya Janata Party[4]
- 2013 Pushpendranath Pathak "Guddan Bhaiya" Bhartiya Janta Party
- 2018 Rajesh Shukla "Bablu Bhaiya" Samajwadi party
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 23 February 2011.