Prithvipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Prithvipur Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] Initially, it came into existence in 1951 as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state,[2] 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. It's a city of politics.

Prithvipur
Constituency of Vidhan Sabha
Incumbent MLAShishupal Yadav
Political PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2021
Constituency Details
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictNiwari
Parliamentary ConstituencyTikamgarh
ReservationNone

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 panchayats and parts of Jatara and Prithvipur tehsils of the district.[3]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:

As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:

  • 2008: Brajendra Singh Rathore, Indian National Congress
  • 2013: Aneeta-Suneel Nayak, Bhartiya Janata party
  • 2018: Brajendra Singh Rathore, Indian National Congress
  • 2021 by-poll: Shishupal Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021 Bypoll
Bye-election, 2021: Prithvipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shishupal Yadav 82,673 53.12 +46.11
INC Nitendra Singh Rathore 66,986 43.04 +8.04
NOTA None of the Above 1,741 1.12
SP Kushwaha Moti Lal 1,181 0.76 -29.00
Margin of victory 15,687
Turnout
BJP gain from INC Swing


References
  1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 230, 250.
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