Rajnagar (Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Rajnagar Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[2] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state.[3] but it was abolished in 1956. It came into existence again in 2008, following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies.

Rajnagar
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
Location of Rajnagar within Madhya Pradesh
DistrictChhatarpur
StateMadhya Pradesh
Electorate217,008[1]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyKhajuraho
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyIndian National Congress
MLAKunwar Vikram Singh
ReservationNone
Last election2018
Ex MLAGokal Prasad

Overview

Rajnagar (constituency number 50) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the Khajuraho, Lavkush Nagar and Rajnagar nagar panchayats and parts of Lavkush Nagar and Rajnagar tehsils of the district.[4]

Rajnagar is part of Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Chandla in this district, Pawai, Gunnaor and Panna in Panna district and Vijayraghavgarh, Murwara and Bahoriband in Katni district.[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh
Election Member Party
2013[5] Kunwar Vikram Singh (Nati Raja) Indian National Congress
2018[1]

Election Results

2013 results
M. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2013: Rajnagar[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kunwar Vikram Singh (Nati Raja) 54643 42.33
BJP Dr. Ramkrishn Kusmariya 46036 35.66
BSP Bala Ji Patel 14468 11.21
SP Dharmendra Singh Bundela 2957 2.29
Independent Rameshwar Prasad

Mishra

 2738 2.12
Independent Mahant Ramnaresh Das 1744 1.35
Independent Kurmi Ramprasad 961 0.74
Independent Rajesh Kumar 683 0.53
Independent Khare Neeraj 560 0.43
Independent Agnihotri Kamlapat 426 0.33
Independent Imran 390 0.30
Independent Ahirwar Brijesh Kumar 365 0.28
NOTA None of the Above 3129 2.42
Majority
Turnout 129100 64.40
INC hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "2018 Vidhan Sabha Elections Result Book of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 4.
  4. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
  5. "(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  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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