Pawai Assembly constituency

Pawai 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]

Pawai
Constituency No. 58 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictPanna
LS constituencyKhajuraho
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Prahalad Lodhi
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2018

Overview

Pawai (constituency number 58) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Panna district. This constituency covers the entire Pawai and Shahnagar tehsils of the district.[3]

Pawai is part of Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Gunnaor and Panna in this district, Chandla and Rajnagar in Chhatarpur district and Vijayraghavgarh, Murwara and Bahoriband in Katni district.[3]

ElectorsNo.
Male1,35,041
Female1,21,886
Total2,56,929

Members of Legislative Assembly

As a constituency of Madhya Bharat

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

ElectionNameParty
1957Narendra SinghIndian National Congress
1962Jagsuriya
1967Ram Sewak Patel (Daddua Ji Sundra)Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972Jagdish SinghIndian National Congress
1977Uma ShankarJanata Party
1980Jaipal SinghIndian National Congress
1985Jaipal SinghIndian National Congress
1990Ashok Veer Vikram SinghIndependent
1993Mukesh NayakIndian National Congress
1998Ashok Veer Vikram SinghSamajwadi Party
2003Brijendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2008Brijendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janshakti Party
2013Mukesh NayakIndian National Congress
2018Prahalad LodhiBharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pawai[4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCMukesh Nayak 78,949 45.15
BJPBrijendra Pratap Singh6725438.46
BSPFeran Singh116916.69
GGPGhasoti Adiwasi39772.27
IndependentChhatrapal Singh21721.24
IndependentNarendra Kumar Sharma16480.94
IndependentJeevan Prasad14130.81
IndependentMukesh13570.78
IndependentKalpna Singh12720.73
IndependentJawahar Lal12000.69
BSCPRoshan Lal8050.46
NOTANone of the Above31351.79
Majority
Turnout17487372.42
Swing to INC from BJPSwing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Pawai
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPPrahlad Lodhi 79,642 39.83
INCMukesh Nayak5596827.99
SPBhuwan Vikram Singh (Keshu Bhaiya Raja)2237511.19
BSPAdvocate Sita Ram Patel143777.19
Majority
Turnout19995677.46 5.04
Swing to BJP from INCSwing

See also

References

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