Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency

Tikamgarh
Tikamgarh
Lok Sabha constituency
	Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency within Madhya Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Tikamgarh ; Jatara ; Prithvipur ; Niwari ; Khargapur ; Maharajpur ; Chhatarpur ; Bijawar
Established	1952
Total electors	18,26,585
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Virendra Kumar Khatik
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Last updated August 28, 2025

Tikamgarh is one of the 29 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies. It is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes ^[2]

This constituency covers the entire Tikamgarh district and Niwari district and part of Chhatarpur district. Before delimitation, Tikamgarh, Jatara, Niwari, Khargapur, Maharajpur, Chhatarpur and Bijawar Vidhan Sabha segments were part of the erstwhile Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency. As per census Tikamgarh District has a population of 1,445,166 in 2011 out of which 760,355 are male and 684,811 are female. Population of Tikamgarh District in 2020/2021 is 1,616,201(estimates as per aadhar uidai.gov.in feb 2019 data). Literate people are 747,940 out of 459,353 are male and 288,587 are female. People living in Tikamgarh District depend on multiple skills, total workers are 655,318 out of which men are 402,776 and women are 252,542. Total 251,049 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 187,192 are cultivated by men and 63,857 are women. 126,209 people works in agricultural land as labor, men are 75,717 and 50,492 are women. Tikamgarh District sex ratio is 901 females per 1000 of males. Next Tikamgarh District Census will be in 2021.

Assembly segments

Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments. These are:^[3]

#	Name	District	Member
43	Tikamgarh	Tikamgarh	Yadvendra Singh	INC	BJP
44	Jatara (SC)	Tikamgarh	Harishankar Khatik	BJP	BJP
45	Prithvipur	Niwari	Nitendra Singh Rathore	INC	BJP
46	Niwari	Niwari	Anil Jain	BJP	BJP
47	Khargapur	Tikamgarh	Chanda Gaur	INC	BJP
48	Maharajpur	Chhatarpur	Kamakhya Pratap Singh	BJP	BJP
51	Chhatarpur		Lalita Yadav	BJP	BJP
52	Bijawar		Babalu Rajesh Shukla	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament


Year	Member
1952	Ram Sahai	Indian National Congress
1962	Kure Mate	Praja Socialist Party
1967	Nathu Ram Ahirwar	Indian National Congress
1971	Nathu Ram Ahirwar	Indian National Congress
1977–2008 : Constituency abolished
2009	Dr. Virendra Kumar Khatik	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Tikamgarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virendra Kumar Khatik	715,050	65.1	+3.8
	INC	Pankaj Ahirwar	3,11,738	28.38	−1.18
	BSP	Dalluram Ahirwar	32,673	2.97	new
	RSPS	Pankaj Ahirwar	10,158	0.92	new
	NOTA	None of the above	12,831	1.17	new
Majority			403,312	36.72	+4.98
Turnout			10,96,023^[a]	60.00	6.62
	BJP hold		Swing

↑ does not include postal ballots

General Election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Tikamgarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virendra Kumar Khatik	672,248	61.30	+6.1
	INC	Kiran Ahirwar	3,24,189	29.56	+1.6
	SP	R.D. Prajapati	42,585	3.88	−2.32
Majority			3,48,059	31.74	+4.5
Turnout			10,97,454	66.62	+16.46
	BJP hold		Swing

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Tikamgarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virendra Kumar Khatik	422,979	55.20	+17.10
	INC	Ahirwar Dr Kamlesh Verma	2,14,248	27.96	−2.17
	SP	Dr. Ambesh Kumari Ahirwar	47,497	6.20
Majority			2,08,731	27.24	+19.32
Turnout			7,66,878	50.16	+6.74
	BJP hold		Swing

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Tikamgarh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Virendra Kumar Khatik	200,109	38.10	new
	INC	Ahirwar Vrindavan	1,58,247	30.13	new
	SP	Chintaman Kori Rampuriya	47,497	6.20	new
Majority			41,862	7.92
Turnout			5,25,180	43.42	new
	BJP win (new seat)

Notes

↑ "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). elections24.eci.gov.in.
↑ "Three new faces in Cong candidates' list". Central Chronicle. 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
↑ "Three new Parliamentary seats come into existence Dewas, Tikamgarh and Ratlam in Shajapur, Seoni and Jhabua out". Department of Public Relations, Madhya Pradesh government. 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009.

External links

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[4] s not include postal ballots

[1] "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). elections24.eci.gov.in.

[2] "Three new faces in Cong candidates' list". Central Chronicle. 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.

[3] "Three new Parliamentary seats come into existence Dewas, Tikamgarh and Ratlam in Shajapur, Seoni and Jhabua out". Department of Public Relations, Madhya Pradesh government. 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009.

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh
Current (since 2008)	Balaghat Betul Bhind Bhopal Chhindwara Damoh Dewas Dhar Guna Gwalior Indore Jabalpur Khajuraho Khandwa Khargone Mandla Mandsaur Morena Narmadapuram Rajgarh Ratlam Rewa Sagar Satna Shahdol Sidhi Tikamgarh Ujjain Vidisha
Defunct	Jhabua Seoni Shajapur Shivpuri