Tikamgarh Assembly constituency

Tikamgarh Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.^[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state.^[2]

Tikamgarh
Constituency No. 43 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Tikamgarh
Lok Sabha constituency	Tikamgarh
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Yadvendra Singh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Rakesh Giri

Overview

Tikamgarh (constituency number 43) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Tikamgarh district. This constituency covers the entire Tikamgarh tehsil of the district.^[3]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952[2]	Krishna Kant		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
	Rilli Chamar		Socialist Party

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1957	Ram Krishna		Indian National Congress
1962	Gyanendra Singh Dev		Independent politician
1967			Indian National Congress
1972	Sardar Singh
1977	Maganlal Goyal		Janata Party
1980	Sardar Singh		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985	Yadvendra Singh		Indian National Congress
1990	Maganlal Goyal		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Yadvendra Singh		Indian National Congress
1998	Maganlal Goyal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Akhand Pratap Singh Yadav
2008[4]	Yadvendra Singh		Indian National Congress
2013	Krishna Kumar Shrivastava		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018[5]	Rakesh Giri
2023	Yadvendra Singh		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tikamgarh^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yadvendra Singh	83,397	46.87	+5.04
	BJP	Rakesh Giri	74,279	41.75	−2.87
	Independent	Krishna Kumar Shrivastava	8,672	4.87
	BSP	Seetaram Lodhi	1,894	1.06	−5.47
	NOTA	None of the above	466	0.26	−0.68
Majority			9,118	5.12	+2.33
Turnout			177,922	78.8	+4.09
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tikamgarh^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rakesh Giri	66,958	44.62
	INC	Yadvendra Singh	62,783	41.83
	BSP	Vinod Kumar Rai	9,793	6.53
	SP	Chhakkey Lal Kushwaha	2,046	1.36
	Independent	Santosh Kushwaha	1,757	1.17
	NOTA	None of the above	1,405	0.94
Majority			4,175	2.79
Turnout			150,074	74.71
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Tikamgarh