Gwalior Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Gwalior | type= SLA | constituency_no = 15 | map_image = 15-Gwalior.svg | mla = [[Pradhuman Singh Tomar]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Gwalior district|Gwalior]] | loksabha_cons = [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gwalior]] | established = 1951 | reservation = None | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = [[Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya]] }}

'''Gwalior 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=5 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 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile [[Madhya Bharat]] state.<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat|page=5|publisher=Election Commission of India website|access-date=2011-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721155640/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Overview== Gwalior (constituency number 15) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Gwalior district]]. This constituency covers the ward numbers 1 to 18 and 30 to 33 of the Gwalior Municipal Corporation.<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>

Gwalior is part of [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Gwalior Rural Assembly constituency|Gwalior Rural]], [[Gwalior East Assembly constituency|Gwalior East]], [[Gwalior South Assembly constituency|Gwalior South]], [[Bhitarwar Assembly constituency|Bhitarwar]] 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" |- !Year !Name !colspan=2|Party |- |[[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1952]] | Purshottam Rao Inamdar | {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}} |- |[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] | Jagdish Gupta | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] | Tara Singh Viyogi | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}} |- |[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] | rowspan=2|Dharamvir | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- |[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |- |[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] | Raghuvir Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] | rowspan=2|[[Narendra Singh Tomar]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- |[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] |- |[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] | [[Pradhuman Singh Tomar]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] | [[Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- | [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] | rowspan=3|[[Pradhuman Singh Tomar]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections|2020^]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- | [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] |}

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==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gwalior<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Pradhuman Singh Tomar]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:104775}} |percentage = 52.92 |change = {{decrease}}5.43 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Sunil Sharma |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:85635}} |percentage = 43.26 |change = {{increase}}5.03 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Aam Aadmi Party |candidate = Rohit Gupta |votes = {{formatnum:1816}} |percentage = 0.92 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:905}} |percentage = 0.46 |change = {{decrease}}0.57 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:19140}} |percentage = 9.66 |change = {{decrease}}10.46 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:197973}} |percentage = 65.77 |change = {{increase}}9.09 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2020 bypolls === {{Election box begin | title= [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections]]: Gwalior<ref name=byelection2020>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12753-bye-elections-2020-parliamentary-and-assemblies/ |title=Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies) |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=25 January 2022 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Pradhuman Singh Tomar]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 96,027 |percentage = 58.35 |change = +17.93 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Sunil Sharma |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 62,904 |percentage = 38.23 |change = -14.17 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Harpal Manjhi |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 2,562 |percentage = 1.56 |change = -1.06 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |party = None of the above |votes = 1,700 |percentage = 1.03 |change = +0.40 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 33,123 |percentage = 20.12 |change = +8.14 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 164,559 |percentage = 56.68 |change = -6.53 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2018 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Gwalior<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=30 September 2021}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Pradhuman Singh Tomar]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:92055}} |percentage = 52.4 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya]] |votes = {{formatnum:71011}} |percentage = 40.42 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Savitri Katariya |votes = {{formatnum:4596}} |percentage = 2.62 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Aam Aadmi Party |candidate = Kuldeep Batham |votes = {{formatnum:1742}} |percentage = 0.99 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1109}} |percentage = 0.63 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:21044}} |percentage = 11.98 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:175676}} |percentage = 63.21 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * [[Gwalior]]

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Gwalior]] [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]