Maihar Assembly constituency

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Maihar
Constituency No. 65 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictSatna
LS constituencySatna
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Srikant Chaturvedi
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023

Maihar Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951.[1][2]

Overview

Maihar (constituency number 64) is one of the 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Satna district, it is the most politically motivated city of Satna district with elections hugely dominated and contested by Hindu Brahmins and Patel community.[3] Maihar is part of Satna Lok Sabha constituency along with six other Vidhan Sabha segments of this district, namely, Chitrakoot, Raigaon, Satna, Amarpatan, Nagod and Rampur-Baghelan.[3] Srikant Chaturvedi is the current MLA of Maihar.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
2018 Narayan Tripathi[4] Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 Srikant Chaturvedi

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Maihar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Srikant Chaturvedi 76,870 38.98 Increase8.81
INC Dharmesh Ghai 55,476 28.13 Decrease0.4
BSP Birendra Prasad Kushwaha 30,732 15.59 Increase5.47
NOTA None of the Above 890 0.45 Decrease0.74
Majority 21,394 10.85 Increase9.25
Turnout 1,97,179
BJP hold Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Maihar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Narayan Tripathi 54,877 30.17
INC Srikant Chaturvedi 51,893 28.53
GGP Manish Patel 33,397 18.36
BSP Nagendra Singh 18,418 10.12
SP Birendra Prasad Kushwaha 11,202 6.16
NOTA None of the Above 2,166 1.19
Majority 2,984 1.64
Turnout 1,81,918 77.6
BJP hold Swing

2016 by-election

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2016:By Elections: Maihar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Narayan Tripathi 82,658
INC Manish Patel 54,377
Margin of victory 28,281
Turnout
BJP win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 232, 250.
  4. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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