Bijawar Assembly constituency is one of the 230
Vidhan Sabha
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(Legislative Assembly) constituencies of
Madhya Pradesh
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state in central
India
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.
This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile
Vindhya Pradesh
Vindhya Pradesh was a former state of India. It was created in 1948 as Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States from the territories of the princely states in the eastern portion of the former Central India Agency. It was named as Vindhya P ...
state.
Overview
Bijawar (constituency number 52) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in
Chhatarpur district. This constituency covers the Satai and Bijawar
nagar panchayat
A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...
s and parts of Chhatarpur, Bijawar and Rajnagar
tehsil
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s of the district.
Bijawar is part of
Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely,
Maharajpur and
Chhatarpur
Chhatarpur is a city and a municipality in Chhatarpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Chhatarpur District.
History
Chhatarpur was founded in 1785 and is named after leader Chhatrasal ...
in this district and
Jatara
Jatara is a town and a nagar palika parishad in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
Geography
Jatara is located at . It has an average elevation of 246 metres (807 feet). It is situated near Khajuraho and Orchha ...
,
Prithvipur
Prithvipur is a town and a nagar parishad in Niwari district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Prithvipur tehsil in the Niwari sub-division of the district.
Demographics
India census
A census ( ...
,
Niwari,
Tikamgarh
Tikamgarh (also spelled as Tikamgadh)is a town and a tehsil in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The city serves as a district headquarters. The earlier name of Tikamgarh was Tehri (i.e., a triangle) consisting of thr ...
and
Khargapur
Khargapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Tikamgarh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Khargapur is an assembly constituency.
History
Khargapur was the part of vast empires successively ruled by the Mauryas, the Shungas and the ...
in
Tikamgarh district.
Members of Legislative Assembly
As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh:
* 1951: Diwan Pratap Singh,
Indian National Congress
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/ Piyare Lal, Indian National Congress
[
As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:
* ]1957
Events January
* January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany.
* January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
* January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...
: Gayatri Devi and Hansraj, both from the Indian National CongressIndependent
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Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
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* 1967: K. Nath, Indian National Congress
* 1972: Yadvendra Singh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
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* 1977: Mukund Sakharam, Janata Party
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The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...
* 1980: Yadvendra Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
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* 1985: Jujhar Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
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* 1990: Jujhar Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
* 1993: Manvendra Singh, Indian National Congress
* 1998: Manvendra Singh, Indian National Congress
* 2003: Jitendra Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
* 2008: Asharani, Bharatiya Janata Party
Election results
2018
See also
* Bijawar
* Satai
References
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Chhatarpur district
Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh
Politics of Madhya Pradesh
Constituencies established in 1951
1951 establishments in India