Surkhi 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 = Surkhi | type= SLA | map_image = 37-Surkhi.svg | mla = [[Govind Singh Rajput]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = Parul Sahu | district = [[Sagar district|Sagar]] | constituency_no = 37 | loksabha_cons = [[Sagar Lok Sabha constituency|Sagar]] | established = 1951 | reservation = None }}

'''Surkhi 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=15 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 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state.<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_MP.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh|page=6|publisher=Election Commission of India website}}</ref>

==Overview== Surkhi (constituency number 37) is one of the 8 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Sagar district]]. This constituency presently covers the entire [[Surkhi]] town, [[Rahatgarh]] [[tehsil]] and part of Sagar 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=229, 250}}</ref>

Surkhi is part of [[Sagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sagar Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Bina Assembly constituency|Bina]], [[Khurai, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Khurai]], [[Naryoli Assembly constituency|Naryoli]] and [[Sagar, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Sagar]] in this district and [[Kurwai Assembly constituency|Kurwai]], [[Sironj Assembly constituency|Sironj]] and [[Shamshabad Assembly constituency|Shamshabad]] in [[Vidisha district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Election !Name !colspan=2|Party |- | 1952 | Jyotishi Jwala Prasad | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}} |- |[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]] | rowspan=2|[[Bani Bhushan Rai]] |- |[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]] |- |[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]] | N. P. Rai | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} |- |[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]] | Gaya Prasad Kabirpanthi | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] | [[Laxminarayan Yadav]] | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] | rowspan=2|[[Vitthalbhai Patel]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}} |- | [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] | [[Laxminarayan Yadav]] | {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}} |- | [[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] | rowspan=2|[[Bhupendra Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)|Bhupendra Singh]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- |[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] |- |[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] | rowspan=2|[[Govind Singh Rajput]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] |- | [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] | Parul Sahu | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] | rowspan=3|[[Govind Singh Rajput]] | {{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]] |} *^ denotes by-election

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Surkhi<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 = [[Govind Singh Rajput]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:83551}} |percentage = 48.73 |change = -12.38 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Neeraj Sharma |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:81373}} |percentage = 47.46 |change = +13.20 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1079}} |percentage = 0.63 |change = +0.08 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:2178}} |percentage = 1.27 |change = -25.58 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:171456}} |percentage = 76.41 |change = +2.26 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2020 bypoll === In the 2020 by-election, [[Govind Singh Rajput]] of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat by defeating Parul Sahu Keshri from the Indian National Congress with a margin of 40,991 votes.<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/surkhi-assembly-elections-mp-37/|title=Surkhi Election Result 2018 LIVE: Surkhi MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia}}</ref> Rajput secured 93,294 votes while runner-up Parul got only 52,303 votes.<ref name="byelection2020"/>

{{Election box begin | title= [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections]]: Surkhi<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 = [[Govind Singh Rajput]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 93,294 |percentage = 61.11 |change = +20.45 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Parul Sahu Keshri |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 52,303 |percentage = 34.26 |change = -21.07 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Gopal Prasad Ahirwar |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 1,585 |percentage = 1.04 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |party = None of the above |votes = 844 |percentage = 0.55 |change = -0.91 }} {{Election box majority |votes = 40,991 |percentage = 26.85 |change = +12.18 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = 152,671 |percentage = 74.15 |change = -1.59 }} {{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]]: Surkhi<ref name="election2018"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Govind Singh Rajput]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:80806}} |percentage = 55.33 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Sudheer Yadav |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:59388}} |percentage = 40.66 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:2137}} |percentage = 1.46 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:21418}} |percentage = 14.67 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:146046}} |percentage = 75.74 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==See also== * [[Rahatgarh]] * [[Surkhi]]

==References== {{reflist}}

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