Khargapur Assembly constituency

Khargapur
Constituency No. 47 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Tikamgarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Tikamgarh
Established	1967
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chanda Singh Gaur
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Rahul Singh Lodhi

Khargapur 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 1967, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and it was reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes from 1967 to 2008.

Overview

Khargapur (constituency number 47) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Tikamgarh district. This constituency covers the entire Baldeogarh tehsil, Palera nagar panchayat and part of Palera tehsil of the district. ^[2]

Khargapur is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Jatara, Prithvipur, Niwari and Tikamgarh in this district and Maharajpur, Chhatarpur and Bijawar in Chhatarpur district. ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1967	R. Ram		Indian National Congress
1972	Baiju Ahirwar
1977	Nathu Ram Ahirwar		Janata Party
1980			Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985	Vrindavan Ahirwar		Indian National Congress
1990	Anandi Lal		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Parvat Lal Ahirwar
1998
2003	Harishankar Khatik
2008	Ajay Yadav		Bharatiya Janshakti Party
2013	Chanda Singh Gaur		Indian National Congress
2018	Rahul Singh Lodhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 [3] [4]	Chanda Singh Gaur		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Khargapur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chanda Singh Gaur	83,739	44.32	+12.13
	BJP	Rahul Singh Lodhi	75,622	40.03	+0.54
	AAP	Pyare Lal Soni	12,174	6.44	+6.25
	BSP	Shikha Hradesh Kushwaha	8,559	4.53	−5.09
	NOTA	None of the above	2,236	1.18	+0.5
Majority			8,117	4.29	−3.01
Turnout			188,932	75.61	+2.46
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Khargapur ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rahul Singh Lodhi	63,066	39.49
	INC	Chanda Singh Gour	51,401	32.19
	BSP	Ajay Yadav	15,366	9.62
	Independent	Pyare Lal Soni	13,258	8.3
	Sapaks Party	Ashish Raikwar	4,009	2.51
	Bharatiya Prajashakti Party	Pandit Ramkumar Pathak	1,679	1.05
	Independent	Mukesh	1,644	1.03
	NOTA	None of the above	1,092	0.68
Majority			11,665	7.3
Turnout			159,701	73.15
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Khargapur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chanda Singh Gaur	59,771	42.32
	BJP	Rahul Singh Lodhi	54094	38.30
	BSP	Anupama Singh Lodhi	12195	8.63	N/A
	MD	Kushwaha Chaturbhuj	5666	4.01
	NCP	Deen Mohmmad	1800	1.27
	Independent	Sakeel Khan Rain	1547	1.10
	Independent	Sundar Lal	1252	0.89
	Independent	Mohan	1046	0.74
	RSMD	Devicharan Kushwaha	728	0.52
	Independent	Pawan	599	0.42
	NOTA	None of the Above	2534	1.79
Majority
Turnout			141232	68.67
	INC gain from Bharatiya Janshakti Party		Swing

See also

• Palera

References

1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
3. "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections Results 2023 - Khargapur". Election Commission of India. 3 December 2023. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
4. "Khargapur Constituency Election Results 2023". The Times of India. 3 December 2023. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
5. "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2018 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India .
6. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

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