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Prithvipur Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 25°13′N 78°45′E / 25.22°N 78.75°E / 25.22; 78.75
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Prithvipur
Constituency No. 45 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictNiwari
LS constituencyTikamgarh
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Nitendra Singh Rathore
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023

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. It's a city of politics.

Overview

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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

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As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:

As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

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

Election results

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2021 Bypoll

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By-election, 2021: Prithvipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shishupal Yadav 82,673 53.12 +46.11
INC Nitendra Singh Rathore 66,986 43.04 +8.04
NOTA None of the Above 1,741 1.12
SP Kushwaha Moti Lal 1,181 0.76 −29.00
Margin of victory 15,687 10.08
Turnout 1,55,796 78.47
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

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

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