Barwara Assembly constituency

Barwara is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.^[1][2][3]

Barwara
Constituency No. 91 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Lok Sabha constituency	Shahdol
Established	1977
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dhirendra Bahadur Singh
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2018

It is part of Katni District and is reserved for members of the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2023, its representative is Dhirendra Bahadur Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
2018	Vijayraghvendra Singh[2]		Indian National Congress
2023	Dhirendra Bahadur Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Barwara^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dhirendra Bahadur Singh	112,916	56.92	+20.36
	INC	Vijayraghvendra Singh	61,923	31.21	−17.77
	GGP	Arvind Singh Tekam	10,060	5.07	+2.2
	Independent	Geeta Singh	4,273	2.15
	CPI	Suresh Kol	3,316	1.67	+0.66
	NOTA	None of the above	3,386	1.71	−0.49
Majority			50,993	25.71	+13.29
Turnout			198,380	78.23	+3.33
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Barwara^[5][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijayraghvendra Singh	84,236	48.98
	BJP	Moti Kashyap	62,876	36.56
	BSP	Ajay Gotiya	5,942	3.46
	GGP	Arvind Singh Tekam	4,938	2.87
	Independent	Ratan Lal Bhattar	2,024	1.18
	Independent	Baniya Prasad	1,877	1.09
	CPI	Anjan Kol	1,745	1.01
	NOTA	None of the above	3,783	2.2
Majority			21,360	12.42
Turnout			171,977	74.9
	INC gain from		Swing