Bhitarwar 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 2008, following the delimitation of the assembly constituencies. This constituency covers parts of the erstwhile Gird and Dabra constituencies.
Bhitarwar (constituency number 18) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Gwalior district. This constituency covers the entire Bhitarwar tehsil and part of Gwalior tehsil of the district.[2]
Bhitarwar is part of Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Gwalior, Gwalior East, Gwalior South, Gwalior Rural and Dabra in this district and Karera and Pohari in Shivpuri district.[2]
| Year | Name[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Established in 2008 | |||
| 2008 | Lakhan Singh Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | Mohan Singh Rathore | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mohan Singh Rathore | 97,000 | 53.05 | +18.26 | |
| INC | Lakhan Singh Yadav | 74,646 | 40.82 | −1.75 | |
| BSP | Kalicharan (Pappu Gurjar) | 3,792 | 2.07 | −9.93 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,032 | 0.56 | −0.29 | |
| Majority | 22,354 | 12.23 | +4.45 | ||
| Turnout | 182,852 | 75.26 | +3.8 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Lakhan Singh Yadav | 66,439 | 42.57 | ||
| BJP | Anoop Mishra | 54,309 | 34.79 | ||
| BSP | Vishvjit Beenu Patel | 18,728 | 12.0 | ||
| Independent | Raghvendra Singh Tomar | 9,154 | 5.86 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,325 | 0.85 | ||
| Majority | 12,130 | 7.78 | |||
| Turnout | 156,087 | 71.46 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Lakhan Singh Yadav | 40,578 | 28.89 | ||
| BJP | Anoop Mishra | 34030 | 24.23 | ||
| BSP | Ram Niwas Singh Gurjar | 24556 | 17.48 | ||
| BA S D | Jawahar Singh Rawat | 17000 | 12.10 | ||
| RSMD | Brijendra Tiwari | 14578 | 10.38 | ||
| Independent | Sitav Kha | 1272 | 0.91 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 983 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 140470 | 70.02 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
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