Karera 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 = Karera | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | established = 1951 | type = SLA | constituency_no = 23 | map_image = 23-Karera.svg | district = [[Shivpuri district|Shivpuri]] | loksabha_cons = [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gwalior]] | reservation = SC | mla = [[Ramesh Prasad Khatik]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = Pragilal Jatav }} '''Karera''' is one of the 230 [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]]. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the [[Dalit|Scheduled castes]].<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=10 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015}}</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=2011-02-10|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== Karera (constituency number 23) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Shivpuri district]]. This constituency covers the entire Karera [[tehsil]] and part of Narwar 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=228, 250}}</ref>

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

== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly |- !Election !Name !colspan="2"|Party |- | [[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<ref name="MBECI1951">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf |access-date=2014-10-14 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref> | [[Bhagwan Dass]] | {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}} |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] |- !Election !Name !colspan="2"|Party |- | [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<ref name="election1957">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1957 |url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1957-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in}}</ref> | rowspan="2" | [[Gautam Sharma]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- | [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<ref name="election1962">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962 |url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in}}</ref> |- | [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<ref name="election1967">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967 |url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in}}</ref> | [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=2}} |- | [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<ref name="election2018">{{cite web |title=(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections |url=http://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/karera.html |access-date=23 May 2018 |website=elections.in}}</ref> | Hardas Gupta |- | [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] | Sushma Singh | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] | rowspan="2" |Hanumant Singh Dau | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}} |- |[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |Bhagwat Singh Yadav | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] |Kiran Singh Rawat | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] |Ranveer Singh | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] |Lakhan Singh Baghel | {{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}} |- | [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] | [[Ramesh Prasad Khatik]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- | [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] | [[Shakuntala Khatik]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |- | [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] | [[Jasmant Jatav]] |- | [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections|2020]]^ | [[Pragilal Jatav]] |- | [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | [[Ramesh Prasad Khatik]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |}

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Karera (SC)<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 |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Ramesh Prasad Khatik]] |votes = {{formatnum:99304}} |percentage = 49.11 |change = +12.74 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Pragilal Jatav |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:96201}} |percentage = 47.58 |change = -5.91 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1683}} |percentage = 0.83 |change = -0.18 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:3103}} |percentage = 1.53 |change = -15.59 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:202198}} |percentage = 76.22 |change = +2.49 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2020 bypolls === {{Election box begin | title= [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections]]: Karera<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 = Pragilal Jatav |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 95728 |percentage = 53.49 |change = +16.48 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[Jasmant Jatav]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 65087 |percentage = 36.37 |change = +7.90 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Dinesh Parihar |party = Samajwadi Party |votes = 7023 |percentage = 3.92 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Rajkumari Prajapati |party = Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party |votes = 3177 |percentage = 1.78 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Rajendra Prasad |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 2547 |percentage = 1.42 |change = -21.66 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |party = None of the above |votes = 1813 |percentage = 1.01 |change = -0.06 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 30641 |percentage = 17.12 |change = +8.58 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 178978 |percentage = 73.73 |change = +0.16 }} {{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]]: Karera<ref name="election2018"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Jasmant Jatav]] |votes = {{formatnum:64201}} |percentage = 37.01 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Rajkumar Omprakash Khatik |votes = {{formatnum:49377}} |percentage = 28.47 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Pragilal Jatav |votes = {{formatnum:40026}} |percentage = 23.08 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Sapaks Party |candidate = Ramesh Prasad Khatik |votes = {{formatnum:9098}} |percentage = 5.25 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1850}} |percentage = 1.07 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:14824}} |percentage = 8.54 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:173452}} |percentage = 73.57 |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]]: Karera<ref name="election2013">{{cite web|title=State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MPAE_2013_stat_report.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |candidate = [[Shakuntala Khatik]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 59371 |percentage = 36.12 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Omprakash Khatik |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 49051 |percentage = 29.84 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Pragilal Jatav |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 45265 |percentage = 27.53 |change = }} {{Election box candidate | |candidate = Dr Rajaram Bijoul |party = BA S D |votes = 1870 |percentage = 1.14 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Raju |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 1491 |percentage = 0.91 |change = }}

{{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Mishrilal Barahar |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 1468 |percentage = 0.89 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate | |candidate = Deendayal Jatav |party = AASP |votes = 1439 |percentage = 0.88 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Anita Devi |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 921 |percentage = 0.56 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Bharat Parihar |party = Independent (politician) |votes = 658 |percentage = 0.40 |change = N/A }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]] |party = None of the above |votes = 2866 |percentage = 1.74 |change = }} {{Election box majority | |votes = |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 164400 |percentage = 72.11 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link | |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * [[Karera]]

==References== {{reflist}}

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