Kurwai Assembly constituency

Kurwai
Constituency No. 146 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictVidisha
Lok Sabha constituencySagar
Established1957
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party

Kurwai is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1957, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes since 1977, following the delimitation of the Legislative Assembly constituencies.[1]

Overview

Kurwai (constituency number 146) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Vidisha district. This constituency presently covers the entire Kurwai tehsil of the district with 224 villages, Sironj tehsil's 116 villages and Basoda tehsil's 94 villages. It has total 264 polling booths. Total Voters in the constituency are 1,98,965.

Kurwai is part of Sagar Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments namely Sironj and Shamshabad in Vidisha district and Bina, Khurai, Surkhi, Naryoli and Sagar in Sagar district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
2018 Hari Singh Sapre[2] Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurwai[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hari Singh Sapre 102,343 55.69 +3.63
INC Rani Ahirwar 76,274 41.5 +0.26
BSP Janki Prasad Ahirwar 2,453 1.33 −2.05
NOTA None of the above 1,469 0.8 −0.05
Majority 26,069 14.19 +3.37
Turnout 183,774 78.36 +3.59
BJP hold Swing


2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurwai[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hari Singh Sapre 80,264 52.06
INC Subhash Bohat Advocate 63,569 41.24
BSP Ad. Emrat Lal Ahirwar 5,212 3.38
NOTA None of the above 1,308 0.85
Majority 16,695 10.82
Turnout 154,162 74.77
BJP gain from Swing


See also

References

  1. ^ a b "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Hari Singh Sapre(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- KURWAI (SC)(VIDISHA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info.
  3. ^ "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  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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