Surkhi 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 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state.[2]
Surkhi (constituency number 37) is one of the 8 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Sagar district. This constituency presently covers the entire Surkhi town, Rahatgarh tehsil and part of Sagar tehsil of the district.[3]
Surkhi is part of Sagar Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Bina, Khurai, Naryoli and Sagar in this district and Kurwai, Sironj and Shamshabad in Vidisha district.[3]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jyotishi Jwala Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Bani Bhushan Rai | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | N. P. Rai | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Gaya Prasad Kabirpanthi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Laxminarayan Yadav | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Vitthalbhai Patel | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Laxminarayan Yadav | Janata Dal | |
| 1993 | Bhupendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | Govind Singh Rajput | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | Parul Sahu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2018 | Govind Singh Rajput | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020^ | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Govind Singh Rajput | 83,551 | 48.73 | −12.38 | |
| INC | Neeraj Sharma | 81,373 | 47.46 | +13.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,079 | 0.63 | +0.08 | |
| Majority | 2,178 | 1.27 | −25.58 | ||
| Turnout | 171,456 | 76.41 | +2.26 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
In the 2020 by-election, Govind Singh Rajput of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat by defeating Parul Sahu Keshri from the Indian National Congress with a margin of 40,991 votes.[5] Rajput secured 93,294 votes while runner-up Parul got only 52,303 votes.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Govind Singh Rajput | 93,294 | 61.11 | +20.45 | |
| INC | Parul Sahu Keshri | 52,303 | 34.26 | −21.07 | |
| BSP | Gopal Prasad Ahirwar | 1,585 | 1.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 844 | 0.55 | −0.91 | |
| Majority | 40,991 | 26.85 | +12.18 | ||
| Turnout | 152,671 | 74.15 | −1.59 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Govind Singh Rajput | 80,806 | 55.33 | ||
| BJP | Sudheer Yadav | 59,388 | 40.66 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,137 | 1.46 | ||
| Majority | 21,418 | 14.67 | |||
| Turnout | 146,046 | 75.74 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
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