Bijawar Assembly constituency explained

Bijawar
Type:	SLA
Constituency No:	52
Mla:	Rajesh Shukla "Bablu Bhaiya"
Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
State:	Madhya Pradesh
District:	Chhatarpur
Loksabha Cons:	Tikamgarh
Established:	1951
Reservation:	None

Bijawar Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.^[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state.^[2]

Overview

Bijawar (constituency number 52) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the Satai and Bijawar nagar panchayats and parts of Chhatarpur, Bijawar and Rajnagar tehsils of the district.^[3]

Bijawar is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Maharajpur and Chhatarpur in this district and Jatara, Prithvipur, Niwari, Tikamgarh and Khargapur in Tikamgarh district.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:

• 1951: Diwan Pratap Singh, Indian National Congress / Piyare Lal, Indian National Congress^[2]

As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

• 1957: Gayatri Devi and Hansraj, both from the Indian National Congress^[4]
• 1962: Govind Singh Ju Deo, Independent
• 1967: K. Nath, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Yadvendra Singh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
• 1977: Mukund Sakharam, Janata Party
• 1980: Yadvendra Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Jujhar Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1990: Jujhar Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Manvendra Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Manvendra Singh, Indian National Congress
• 2003: Jitendra Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Asharani, Bharatiya Janata Party^[5]
• 2013 Pushpendranath Pathak "Guddan Bhaiya" Bhartiya Janta Party

Election	Name	Party
2018	Rajesh Shukla
2023

Election results

2018

See also

• Bijawar
• Satai

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: District/Assembly List. Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. 23 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx. 1 December 2015. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh. 4. Election Commission of India website.
3. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008. The Election Commission of India. 230, 250.
4. Web site: General Elections of MP 1957. Election Commission of India. 2004. 10.
5. Web site: Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. 23 February 2011.