Jatara 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 since 2008, following the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies.[1] It came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state.[2]
| Jatara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 44 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Tikamgarh |
| LS constituency | Tikamgarh |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | SC |
Overview
Jatara (constituency number 44) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Tikamgarh district. This constituency covers the Jatara and Lidhorakhas nagar panchayats and parts of Jatara and Palera tehsils of the district.[3]
Jatara is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Tikamgarh, Prithvipur, Niwari and Khargapur in this district and Maharajpur, Chhatarpur and Bijawar in Chhatarpur district.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
As a constituency of Madhya Bharat
- 1951: Narayan Das, Indian National Congress[2]
As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Kamta Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Narendra Singh Dev | Independent | |
| 1967 | Narendra Singh Dev | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Akhand Pratap Singh Yadav | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Swami Prasad Pastor | Independent | |
| 1985 | Thakurdas Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Surendra Pratap Singh Bundela Baby Raja | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Akhand Pratap Singh Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Sunil Nayak | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2003 | Sunil Nayak | ||
| 2008 | Harishankar Khatik | ||
| 2013 | Dinesh Kumar Ahirwar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018 | Harishankar Khatik | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | |||
Election results
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dinesh Kumar Ahirwar | 51,149 | 39.90 | ||
| BJP | Harishankar Khatik | 50916 | 39.72 | ||
| MD | Santosh | 15516 | 12.10 | ||
| BSP | Anil Ravi | 3310 | 2.58 | N/A | |
| ABGP | Dinesh Ahirwar | 1289 | 1.01 | ||
| SP | Kewra Devi Khangar | 1130 | 0.88 | N/A | |
| Independent | Suresh | 938 | 0.73 | ||
| Independent | Satish Ahirwar | 934 | 0.73 | ||
| Independent | Duli Chandra Ahirwar | 654 | 0.51 | ||
| Independent | Bhagchandra Ahirwar | 611 | 0.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1755 | 1.37 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 128202 | 70.69 | |||
| Swing to INC from BJP | Swing | ||||