Bhander Assembly constituency

Bhander
Constituency No. 21 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Datia
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhind
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Phool Singh Baraiya
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Raksha Santram Saroniya

Bhander is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes from its inception. ^[1]

Overview

Bhander is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Datia district. This constituency covers the entire Bhander tehsil and part of Datia tehsil of the district. ^[2]

Bhander is part of Bhind Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Sewda and Datia in this district and Bhind, Ater, Lahar, Mehgaon and Gohad in Bhind district. ^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Pichhore Gird constituency:

Year	Member	Party
1957	Raja Ram Singh		Indian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly: Bhander Constituency

Year	Member	Party
1962	Raja Ram Singh		Indian National Congress
1967	Kishorilal Hans		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Chaturbhuj Morya
1977	Nand Lal Saroniya		Janata Party
1980	Kamlapat Arya		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985	Radhesham Chandoriya		Indian National Congress
1990	Pooram Singh Palaiya		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Keshri Choudhary		Indian National Congress
1998	Phool Singh Baraiya		Bahujan Samaj Party
2003	Kamlapat Arya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Asha Ram Ahirwar
2013	Ghanshyam Pironiya
2018	Raksha Santram Saroniya		Indian National Congress
2020^ [3]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Phool Singh Baraiya		Indian National Congress

^ bypolls

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhander ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Phool Singh Baraiya	82,043	58.67	+13.55
	BJP	Ghanshyam Pironiya	52,605	37.62	−7.63
	BSP	Chaudhari Raju Dohare	1,954	1.4	−4.20
	NOTA	None of the above	1,175	0.84	−0.44
Majority			29,438	21.05	+20.92
Turnout			139,828	73.62	+2.02
	INC hold		Swing

2020 bypolls

2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections: Bhander ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raksha Santram Saroniya	57,043	45.25	+16.81
	INC	Phool Singh Baraiya	56,882	45.12	−17.00
	BSP	Mahendra Bauddh	7,055	5.60	+3.37
	NOTA	None of the above	1,619	1.28	+0.24
Majority			161	0.13	−33.55
Turnout			126,068	71.6	+2.11
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Bhander ^{[3] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raksha Santram Saroniya	73,578	62.12
	BJP	Rajni Prajapati	33,682	28.44
	BSP	Kiran Bala	2,642	2.23
	Bahujan Sangharsh Dal	Narayan Singh	2,323	1.96
	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party	Karan Singh	1,165	0.98
	NOTA	None of the above	1,228	1.04
Majority			39,896	33.68
Turnout			118,447	69.49
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Bhander

References

1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 228, 250.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 September 2021.
4. "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India .
5. "Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies)" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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