Khargapur Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India

Khargapur
Constituency No. 47 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Tikamgarh
LS constituency	Tikamgarh
Established	1967
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chanda Singh Gaur
Party	Indian National Congress

Khargapur 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 1967, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and it was reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes from 1967 to 2008.

Overview

Khargapur (constituency number 47) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Tikamgarh district. This constituency covers the entire Baldeogarh tehsil, Palera nagar panchayat and part of Palera tehsil of the district.^[2]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1967	R. Ram	Indian National Congress
1972	Baiju Ahirwar	Indian National Congress
1977	Nathu Ram Ahirwar	Janata Party
1980	Nathu Ram Ahirwar	Indian National Congress
1985	Vrindavan Ahirwar	Indian National Congress
1990	Anandi Lal	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Parvat Lal Ahirwar
1998	Parvat Lal Ahirwar
2003	Harishankar Khatik
2008	Ajay Yadav	Bharatiya Janshakti Party
2013	Chanda Singh Gaur	Indian National Congress
2018	Rahul Singh Lodhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Chanda Singh Gaur	Indian National Congress

Election results

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Khargapur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chanda Singh Gaur	59,771	42.32
	BJP	Rahul Singh Lodhi	54094	38.30
	BSP	Anupama Singh Lodhi	12195	8.63	N/A
	MD	Kushwaha Chaturbhuj	5666	4.01
	NCP	Deen Mohmmad	1800	1.27
	Independent	Sakeel Khan Rain	1547	1.10
	Independent	Sundar Lal	1252	0.89
	Independent	Mohan	1046	0.74
	RSMD	Devicharan Kushwaha	728	0.52
	Independent	Pawan	599	0.42
	NOTA	None of the Above	2534	1.79
Majority
Turnout			141232	68.67
	INC gain from Bharatiya Janshakti Party		Swing

References

^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
^ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.