{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Prithvipur | type= SLA | constituency_no = 45 | map_image = 45-Prithvipur.svg | mla = [[Nitendra Singh Rathore]] | party = [[Indian National Congress]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Niwari district|Niwari]] | loksabha_cons = [[Tikamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tikamgarh]] | established = 1951 | reservation = None | preceded_by = [[Shishupal Yadav]] }}
'''Prithvipur 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=20 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> Initially, it came into existence in 1951 as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile [[Vindhya Pradesh]] state,<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_VP.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh|page=5|publisher=Election Commission of India website}}</ref> but it was abolished in 1956. This constituency again came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies. Prithvipur is small town of Bundelkhand.
==Overview== Prithvipur (constituency number 45) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Niwari District. This constituency covers the Prithvipur and Jeron Khalsa [[nagar panchayat]]s and parts of Jatara and Prithvipur [[tehsil]]s 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=230, 250}}</ref>
Prithivpur is part of [[Tikamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Tikamgarh Assembly constituency|Tikamgarh]], [[Jatara Assembly constituency|Jatara]], [[Niwari Assembly constituency|Niwari]] and [[Khargapur Assembly constituency|Khargapur]] in this district and [[Maharajpur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Maharajpur]], [[Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Chhatarpur]] and [[Bijawar Assembly constituency|Bijawar]] in [[Chhatarpur district]].<ref name="ceo"/>
==Members of Legislative Assembly==
=== Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly ===
{|class="wikitable sortable" !Election !Name !colspan=2|Party |- |[[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<ref name=eci2/> |Shyam Lal |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |}
=== Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Member ! colspan="2" |Party |- |[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] |Brajendra Singh Rathore |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress }} |- |[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] |Aneeta Suneel Nayak |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]<ref name="election2018">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |accessdate=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> |Brijendra Singh Rathore |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |2021{{Efn|by-poll}} |[[Shishupal Yadav]] |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | [[Nitendra Singh Rathore]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress }} |} {{noteslist}}
==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin |title = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Prithvipur<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 |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Nitendra Singh Rathore]] |votes = {{formatnum:85739}} |percentage = 48.35 |change = {{increase}}5.31 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Shishupal Yadav]] |votes = {{formatnum:83908}} |percentage = 47.32 |change = {{decrease}}12.81 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Ashish Kumar Raikwar |votes = {{formatnum:1614}} |percentage = 0.91 |change = {{decrease}}19.35 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:823}} |percentage = 0.46 |change = {{increase}}0.22 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:1831}} |percentage = 1.03 |change = {{decrease}}4.11 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:177335}} |percentage = 83.2 |change = {{increase}}3.79 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2021 bypolls === {{Election box begin | title= By-election, 2021: Prithvipur}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = [[Shishupal Yadav]] |votes = 82,673 |percentage = 53.12 |change = +46.11 }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = [[Nitendra Singh Rathore]] |votes = 66,986 |percentage = 43.04 |change = +8.04 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Samajwadi Party |candidate = Moti Lal Kushwaha |votes = 1,181 |percentage = 0.76 |change = -29.00 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the Above]] |votes = 1,741 |percentage = 1.12 |change = }} {{Election box margin of victory| |votes = 15,687 |percentage = 10.08 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 1,55,796 |percentage = 78.47 |change = }} {{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]]: Prithvipur<ref name="election2018"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Indian National Congress |candidate = Brajendra Singh Rathore |votes = {{formatnum:52436}} |percentage = 35.36 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Samajwadi Party |candidate = [[Shishupal Yadav]] |votes = {{formatnum:44816}} |percentage = 30.22 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Kushwaha Nandram |votes = {{formatnum:30043}} |percentage = 20.26 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Abhay Akhand Pratap Singh Yadav |votes = {{formatnum:10391}} |percentage = 7.01 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Mukesh Bhadoriya |votes = {{formatnum:1418}} |percentage = 0.96 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:359}} |percentage = 0.24 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:7620}} |percentage = 5.14 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:148310}} |percentage = 79.41 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
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