Maharajpur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency

This article is about the constituency of the Madhya Pradesh state. For a legislative seat of the Uttar Pradesh, see Maharajpur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency.

Maharajpur 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 1961, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies and it was reserved for the candidates belonging to the scheduled castes from 1961 to 2008.

Maharajpur
Constituency No. 48 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
LS constituency	Tikamgarh
Established	1961
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kamakhya Pratap Singh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Overview

Maharajpur (constituency number 48) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the entire Nowgaon tehsil of the district.^[2]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1962: Nathoo Ram, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• 1967: Laxman Das Ahirwar, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Nathoo Ram, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• 1977: Ramdayal Ahirwar, Janata Party
• 1980: Laxman Das Ahirwar, Indian National Congress
• 1985: Baboolal Ahirwar, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Ramdayal Ahirwar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Ramdayal Ahirwar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1998: Ramdayal Ahirwar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2003: Ramdayal Ahirwar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Manavendra Singh (Bhanwar Raja), Independent ^[3]
• 2013: Manavendra Singh (Bhanwar Raja), Bharatiya Janata Party

Year	Member	Party
2018	Neeraj Vinod Dixit		Indian National Congress
2023	Kamakhya Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Maharajpur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC
	BJP	Kamakhya Pratap Singh
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Maharajpur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Neeraj Vinod Dixit
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	INC gain from		Swing

See also

• Maharajpur
• Nowgaon

References

1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
3. "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
4. "BJP releases first list of candidates for 39 seats in MP". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

23.28°N 79.05°E / 23.28; 79.05