Maharajpur Assembly constituency is one of the 230
Vidhan Sabha
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(Legislative Assembly) constituencies of
Madhya Pradesh
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state in central
India
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.
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.
Overview
Maharajpur (constituency number 48) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in
Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the entire Nowgaon
tehsil
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of the district.
Maharajpur is part of
Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely,
Chhatarpur and
Bijawar in this district and
Jatara
Jatara is a town and a nagar palika parishad in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Geography
Jatara is located at . It has an average elevation of 246 metres (807 feet). It is situated near Khajuraho and Orchha ...
,
Prithvipur,
Niwari,
Tikamgarh
Tikamgarh (also spelled as Tikamgadh)is a town and a tehsil in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The city serves as a district headquarters. The earlier name of Tikamgarh was Tehri (i.e., a triangle) consisting of thr ...
and
Khargapur
Khargapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Khargapur is an assembly constituency.
History
Khargapur was the part of vast empires successively ruled by the Mauryas, the Shungas and the ...
in
Tikamgarh district.
Members of Legislative Assembly
* 1962: Nathoo Ram,
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...
* 1967: Laxman Das Ahirwar,
Indian National Congress
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* 1972: Nathoo Ram,
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...
* 1977: Ramdayal Ahirwar,
Janata Party
The Janata Party (JP, ) is an unrecognised political party in India. Navneet Chaturvedi is the current president of the party since November 2021, replacing Jaiprakash Bandhu.
The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...
* 1980: Laxman Das Ahirwar,
Indian National Congress
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* 1985: Baboolal Ahirwar,
Indian National Congress
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* 1990: Ramdayal Ahirwar,
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
* 1993: Ramdayal Ahirwar,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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* 1998: Ramdayal Ahirwar,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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* 2003: Ramdayal Ahirwar,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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* 2008: Manavendra Singh (Bhanwar Raja), Independent
* 2013: Manavendra Singh (Bhanwar Raja),
Bharatiya Janata Party
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Election results
2023
2018
See also
*
Maharajpur
*
Nowgaon
Nowgong is a city of Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. The town had a population of 11,507 in 1952. Vindhya Pradesh ( विंध्य प्रदेश) was merged into Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 1956. Nowgaon was declared capital of ...
References
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Chhatarpur district
Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh
Politics of Madhya Pradesh
Constituencies established in 1961
1961 establishments in Madhya Pradesh