Karera (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Karera Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2]

Karera
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
Location of Karera within Madhya Pradesh
DistrictShivpuri
StateMadhya Pradesh
Lok Sabha ConstituencyGwalior
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyIndian National Congress
MLAPragilal Jatav
ReservationSC

Overview

Karera (constituency number 23) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Shivpuri district. This constituency covers the entire Karera tehsil and part of Narwar tehsil of the district.[3]

Karera is part of Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Pohari in this district and Gwalior Rural, Gwalior, Gwalior East, Gwalior South, Bhitarwar and Dabra in Gwalior district.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

Key

  BJP     INC  

ElectionMemberParty
1957 Gautam Sharma [4] Indian National Congress
1962 Gautam Sharma [5] Indian National Congress
1967 Vijaya Raje Scindia [6] Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1972 Hardas Gupta [7] Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1977 Sushma Singh Janata Party
2008 Ramesh Prasad Khatik Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Shakuntala Khatik Indian National Congress
2018 Jasmant Jatav Indian National Congress
2020 (bye) Pragilal Jatav Indian National Congress

Election Results

2013 election results

Source:[8]

M. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2013: Karera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shakuntala Khatik 59371 36.12
BJP Omprakash Khatik 49051 29.84
BSP Pragilal Jatav 45265 27.53
BA S D Dr Rajaram Bijoul 1870 1.14
Independent Raju 1491 0.91
Independent Mishrilal Barahar 1468 0.89 N/A
AASP Deendayal Jatav 1439 0.88 N/A
Independent Anita Devi 921 0.56 N/A
Independent Bharat Parihar 658 0.40 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 2866 1.74
Majority
Turnout 164400 72.11
INC hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 228, 250.
  4. https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1957-election-results.html
  5. https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html
  6. https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html
  7. "(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  8. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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