Pathariya Assembly constituency

Pathariya
Constituency No. 54 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Damoh
Lok Sabha constituency	Damoh
Established	1961
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Lakhan Patel
Party	Bahujan Samaj Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Rambai Govind Singh

Pathariya Assembly constituency (formerly Patharia) 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 delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies. It was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes from 1961 to 2008.

Overview

Pathariya (constituency number 54) is one of the 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Damoh district. This constituency covers the entire Batiyagarh and Patharia tehsils of the district. ^[2]

Pathariya is part of Damoh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Damoh, Jabera and Hatta in this district, Deori, Rehli and Banda in Sagar district and Malhara in Chhatarpur district. ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Rameshwar		Independent politician
1967	K. Bhaosingh		Indian National Congress
1972	Gopal Das Munnilal
1977	Jiwan Lal Kanchhadilal		Janata Party
1980	Gopal Das Munnilal		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985	Shyamlal		Indian National Congress
1990	Mani Shankar Suman		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Kaluram		Indian National Congress
1998	Ganeshram Khatik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Sonabai Ahirwar
2008 [3]	Ramkrishna Kusmaria
2013 [4]	Lakhan Patel
2018 [5]	Rambai Govind Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
2023	Lakhan Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pathariya ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lakhan Patel	82,603	44.09	+21.5
	INC	Rao Brajendra Singh	64,444	34.4	+18.89
	BSP	Rambai Singh	29,339	15.66	−8.28
	Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party	Kallan Kurmi	2,613	1.39
	Independent	Rajendra Singh Thakur	1,711	0.91
	NOTA	None of the above	712	0.38	+0.09
Majority			18,159	9.69	+8.34
Turnout			187,352	78.97	+3.54
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing

2018

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Rambai Govind Singh	39,267	23.94
	BJP	Lakhan Patel	37,062	22.59
	Independent	Rao Brajendra Singh	27,074	16.5
	INC	Gourav Patel	25,438	15.51
	Independent	Ramkrishna Kusmaria	8,755	5.34
	SP	Anurag Vardhan Singh Hazari	7,827	4.77
	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party	Choti Bahu Lodhi	3,744	2.28
	Independent	Bhushan Singh	2,577	1.57
	AAP	Chandra Mohan Guru	2,279	1.39
	NOTA	None of the above	468	0.29
Majority			2,205	1.35
Turnout			164,053	75.43
	BSP gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Patharia

2019: Rambai Singh Parihar : BSP

References

1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 26 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. "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 September 2021.
6. "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

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