Bhitarwar Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Bhitarwar | type = SLA | constituency_no = 18 | map_image = 18-Bhitarwar.svg | preceded_by = [[Lakhan Singh Yadav]] | mla = [[Mohan Singh Rathore]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Gwalior district|Gwalior]] | loksabha_cons = [[Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency|Gwalior]] | established = 2008 | reservation = None | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] }}

'''Bhitarwar Assembly constituency''' is one of the 230 [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]].<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=4 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the assembly constituencies. This constituency covers parts of the erstwhile [[Gird Assembly constituency|Gird]] and [[Dabra Assembly constituency|Dabra]] constituencies.

==Overview== Bhitarwar (constituency number 18) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Gwalior district]]. This constituency covers the entire Bhitarwar [[tehsil]] and part of Gwalior tehsil of the district.<ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=227, 250}}</ref>

Bhitarwar is part of [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Gwalior Assembly constituency|Gwalior]], [[Gwalior East Assembly constituency|Gwalior East]], [[Gwalior South Assembly constituency|Gwalior South]], [[Gwalior Rural Assembly constituency|Gwalior Rural]] and [[Dabra Assembly constituency|Dabra]] in this district and [[Karera Assembly constituency|Karera]] and [[Pohari Assembly constituency|Pohari]] in [[Shivpuri district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] !Year !Name<ref name="election2018">{{cite web|title=(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections|url=http://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/bhitarwar.html|website=elections.in|access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref> !colspan=2|Party |- |colspan=4 |''Established in 2008'' |- | [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] | rowspan="3" | [[Lakhan Singh Yadav]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |- | [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] |- | [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] |- |[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] |[[Mohan Singh Rathore]] |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |}

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhitarwar<ref name="election2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/madhya-pradesh-assembly-polls-2023/story/madhya-pradesh-election-bjp-second-candidate-list-shivraj-singh-chouhan-2440421-2023-09-25|title=3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls|work=India Today|accessdate=25 September 2023}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Mohan Singh Rathore]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:97000}} |percentage = 53.05 |change = +18.26 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[Lakhan Singh Yadav]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:74646}} |percentage = 40.82 |change = -1.75 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Kalicharan (Pappu Gurjar) |votes = {{formatnum:3792}} |percentage = 2.07 |change = -9.93 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1032}} |percentage = 0.56 |change = -0.29 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:22354}} |percentage = 12.23 |change = +4.45 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:182852}} |percentage = 75.26 |change = +3.8 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = BJP |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2018 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhitarwar<ref name="election2018"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Lakhan Singh Yadav]] |votes = {{formatnum:66439}} |percentage = 42.57 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Anoop Mishra]] |votes = {{formatnum:54309}} |percentage = 34.79 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Vishvjit Beenu Patel |votes = {{formatnum:18728}} |percentage = 12.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Raghvendra Singh Tomar |votes = {{formatnum:9154}} |percentage = 5.86 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1325}} |percentage = 0.85 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:12130}} |percentage = 7.78 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:156087}} |percentage = 71.46 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

===2013=== {{Election box begin | title=[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|M. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2013]]: Bhitarwar }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |candidate = [[Lakhan Singh Yadav]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 40578 |percentage = 28.89 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = [[Anoop Mishra]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 34030 |percentage = 24.23 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Ram Niwas Singh Gurjar |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 24556 |percentage = 17.48 |change = }} {{Election box candidate | |candidate = Jawahar Singh Rawat |party = BA S D |votes = 17000 |percentage = 12.10 |change = }} {{Election box candidate | |candidate = Brijendra Tiwari |party = RSMD |votes = 14578 |percentage = 10.38 |change = }}

{{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Sitav Kha |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 1272 |percentage = 0.91 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]] |party = None of the above |votes = 983 |percentage = 0.70 |change = }} {{Election box majority | |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 140470 |percentage = 70.02 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link | |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * [[Bhitarwar]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Gwalior district]] [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:2008 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2008]]