Prithvipur Assembly constituency

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Prithvipur
Constituency No. 45 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Central India
State Madhya Pradesh
District Niwari
Lok Sabha constituency Tikamgarh
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year 2023
Preceded by Shishupal Yadav

Prithvipur Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. [1] Initially, it came into existence in 1951 as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state, [2] but it was abolished in 1956. This constituency again came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies. Prithvipur is small town of Bundelkhand.

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Overview

Prithvipur (constituency number 45) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Niwari District. This constituency covers the Prithvipur and Jeron Khalsa nagar panchayats and parts of Jatara and Prithvipur tehsils of the district. [3]

Prithivpur is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Tikamgarh, Jatara, Niwari and Khargapur in this district and Maharajpur, Chhatarpur and Bijawar in Chhatarpur district. [3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

ElectionNameParty
1952 [2] Shyam Lal Indian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
2008 Brajendra Singh Rathore Indian National Congress
2013 Aneeta Suneel Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party
2018 [4] Brijendra Singh Rathore Indian National Congress
2021 [a] Shishupal Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 Nitendra Singh Rathore Indian National Congress
  1. by-poll

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prithvipur [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Nitendra Singh Rathore 85,739 48.35 Increase2.svg5.31
BJP Shishupal Yadav 83,90847.32Decrease2.svg12.81
BSP Ashish Kumar Raikwar1,6140.91Decrease2.svg19.35
NOTA None of the above 8230.46Increase2.svg0.22
Majority 1,8311.03Decrease2.svg4.11
Turnout 177,33583.2Increase2.svg3.79
INC gain from BJP Swing

2021 bypolls

By-election, 2021: Prithvipur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shishupal Yadav 82,673 53.12 +46.11
INC Nitendra Singh Rathore 66,98643.04+8.04
SP Moti Lal Kushwaha1,1810.76−29.00
NOTA None of the Above 1,7411.12
Margin of victory15,68710.08
Turnout 1,55,79678.47
BJP gain from INC Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Prithvipur [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Brajendra Singh Rathore 52,436 35.36
SP Shishupal Yadav 44,81630.22
BSP Kushwaha Nandram30,04320.26
BJP Abhay Akhand Pratap Singh Yadav10,3917.01
Independent Mukesh Bhadoriya1,4180.96
NOTA None of the above 3590.24
Majority 7,6205.14
Turnout 148,31079.41

References

  1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5.
  3. 1 2 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
  4. 1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India .

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