Govindpura Assembly constituency

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Govindpura
Constituency No. 154 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Central India
State Madhya Pradesh
District Bhopal
LS constituency Bhopal
Established1967
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party

Govindpura Assembly constituency is one of the 230 assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh. It comes under Bhopal district.

Contents

In Govindpura Vidhan Sabha all major parties including  BJP and Congress will fight election face to face. The other parties that is BSP, Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party are also in the race. There are also some local political parties in the Govindpura election 2018. Vidhan Sabha Govindpura is the most difficult and important seat for the political parties to win. The main competition is in Vidhan Sabha Govindpura seat as the headquarters of Bhopal Seat.

Members of Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
1967 K. N. Pradhan Indian National Congress
1972Mohanlal Asthana
1977 Laxminarayan Sharma Janata Party
1980 Babulal Gaur Bharatiya Janata Party
1985
1990
1993
1998
2003
2008
2013
2018 Krishna Gaur
2023

Election results

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Govindpura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Krishna Gaur 173,159 68.96
INC Ravindra Sahu66,49126.48
NOTA None of the Above 2,5611.02
Majority106,66842.48
Turnout 251,118N/A
BJP hold Swing
2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Govindpura
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Babulal Gaur 116,586 64.34
INC Govind Goyal45,94225.35
SHS Sanjay Saxena8,4664.67
BSP Rampal Dhosale3,5171.94
Independent Dwarka Prasad Sen4040.22
NOTA None of the Above4,0112.21
Margin of victory70,64438.99
Turnout 1,81,20161.00
BJP hold Swing

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