Maharajpur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency

This article is about the constituency of the Madhya Pradesh state. For a legislative seat of the Uttar Pradesh, see Maharajpur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency.

Maharajpur
Constituency No. 48 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Tikamgarh
Established	1961
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kamakhya Pratap Singh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Neeraj Vinod Dixit

Maharajpur 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 1961, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and it was reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes from 1961 to 2008.

Overview

Maharajpur (constituency number 48) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the entire Nowgaon tehsil of the district. ^[2]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Nathu Ram		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967	Laxman Das Ahirwar		Indian National Congress
1972	Nathu Ram		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Ram Dayal Ahirwar		Janata Party
1980	Laxman Das Ahirwar		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985	Babu Lal Ahirwar		Indian National Congress
1990	Ram Dayal Ahirwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998
2003
2008 [3]	Manavendra Singh		Independent politician
2013			Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Neeraj Vinod Dixit		Indian National Congress
2023	Kamakhya Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kamakhya Pratap Singh	76,969	44.84	+18.06
	INC	Neeraj Vinod Dixit	50,352	29.33	−7.2
	BSP	Mahesh Chand Kushwaha	19,812	11.54	−7.89
	SP	Ajay Daulat Tiwari	11,828	6.89	+3.1
	AAP	K. R. Patel (Ramji Bhaiya)	6,469	3.77	+3.35
	NOTA	None of the above	1,679	0.98	+0.15
Majority			26,617	15.51	+5.76
Turnout			171,653	72.81	+5.32
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Neeraj Vinod Dixit	52,461	36.53
	BJP	Manavendra Singh	38,456	26.78
	BSP	Rajesh Mahton	27,902	19.43
	RSMD	Mahesh Matoul	9,505	6.62
	SP	Aheer Preetam Bhumman Yadav	5,440	3.79
	Independent	Eng. Pankaj Ahirwar	1,771	1.23
	NOTA	None of the above	1,191	0.83
Majority			14,005	9.75
Turnout			143,613	67.49
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Maharajpur
• Nowgaon

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 Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
4. "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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