Gwalior Rural 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 legislative assembly constituencies. It covers part of the erstwhile Morar constituency, which was abolished in 2008.
Gwalior Rural (constituency number 14) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Gwalior district. This constituency covers Morar Cantonment and part of Gwalior tehsil of the district.[2]
Gwalior Rural is part of Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Gwalior, Gwalior East, Gwalior South, Bhitarwar and Dabra in this district and Karera and Pohari in Shivpuri district.[2]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Madan Kushwah | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2013[3] | Bharat Singh Kushwah | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2018 | |||
| 2023[4] | Sahab Singh Gurjar | Indian National Congress | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sahab Singh Gurjar | 79,841 | 42.34 | +17.76 | |
| BJP | Bharat Singh Kushwah | 76,559 | 40.6 | +7.76 | |
| BSP | Suresh Baghel | 26,990 | 14.31 | −17.55 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 311 | 0.16 | −0.71 | |
| Majority | 3,282 | 1.74 | +0.76 | ||
| Turnout | 188,560 | 74.64 | +5.52 | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bharat Singh Kushwah | 51,033 | 32.84 | ||
| BSP | Sahab Singh Gurjar | 49,516 | 31.86 | ||
| INC | Madan Kushwah | 38,199 | 24.58 | ||
| Bahujan Sangharsh Dal | Phool Singh Baraiya | 7,698 | 4.95 | ||
| AAP | Balveer Singh Baghel | 2,689 | 1.73 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,349 | 0.87 | ||
| Majority | 1,517 | 0.98 | |||
| Turnout | 155,404 | 69.12 | |||
| BJP gain from | Swing | ||||
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