Karera Assembly constituency

Karera 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 No. 23 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Lok Sabha constituency	Gwalior
Established	1951
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ramesh Prasad Khatik
Party	BJP
Elected year	2023

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 the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1952	Bhagwan Dass[4]		Hindu Mahasabha

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1957	Gautam Sharma[5]		Indian National Congress
1962	Gautam Sharma[6]
1967	Vijaya Raje Scindia[7]		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Hardas Gupta[8]
1977	Sushma Singh		Janata Party
2008	Ramesh Prasad Khatik		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Shakuntala Khatik		Indian National Congress
2018	Jasmant Jatav
2020 (bypoll)	Pragilal Jatav
2023	Ramesh Prasad Khatik		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Karera (SC)^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Prasad Khatik	99,304	49.11
	INC	Pragilal Jatav	96,201	47.58
	NOTA	None of the above	1,683	0.83
Majority			3,103	1.53
Turnout			2,02,198	75.94
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Karera^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shakuntala Khatik	59,371	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

• Karera