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{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Karera
| state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| established = 1951
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 23
| map_image = 23-Karera.svg
| district = [[Shivpuri district|Shivpuri]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gwalior]]
| reservation = SC
| mla = [[Ramesh Prasad Khatik]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by = Pragilal Jatav
}}
'''Karera''' is one of the 230 [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]]. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the [[Dalit|Scheduled castes]].<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=10 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile [[Madhya Bharat]] state.<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat|page=5|publisher=Election Commission of India website|access-date=2011-02-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721155640/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Overview==
Karera (constituency number 23) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Shivpuri district]]. This constituency covers the entire Karera [[tehsil]] and part of Narwar tehsil of the district.<ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=228, 250}}</ref>

Karera is part of [[Gwalior (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Pohari Assembly constituency|Pohari]] in this district and [[Gwalior Rural Assembly constituency|Gwalior Rural]], [[Gwalior Assembly constituency|Gwalior]], [[Gwalior East Assembly constituency|Gwalior East]], [[Gwalior South Assembly constituency|Gwalior South]], [[Bhitarwar Assembly constituency|Bhitarwar]] and [[Dabra Assembly constituency|Dabra]] in [[Gwalior district]].<ref name="ceo"/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly
|-
!Election
!Name
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
| [[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<ref name="MBECI1951">{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MB.pdf |access-date=2014-10-14 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
| [[Bhagwan Dass]]
| {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
!Election
!Name
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
| [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<ref name="election1957">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1957 |url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1957-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[Gautam Sharma]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<ref name="election1962">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962 |url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
|-
| [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<ref name="election1967">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967 |url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
| [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<ref name="election2018">{{cite web |title=(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections |url=http://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/karera.html |access-date=23 May 2018 |website=elections.in}}</ref>
| Hardas Gupta
|-
| [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| Sushma Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |Hanumant Singh Dau
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}}
|-
|[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Bhagwat Singh Yadav
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|Kiran Singh Rawat
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|Ranveer Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|Lakhan Singh Baghel
| {{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|-
| [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
| [[Ramesh Prasad Khatik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
| [[Shakuntala Khatik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| [[Jasmant Jatav]]
|-
| [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections|2020]]^
| [[Pragilal Jatav]]
|-
| [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| [[Ramesh Prasad Khatik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Karera (SC)<ref name="election2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/madhya-pradesh-assembly-polls-2023/story/madhya-pradesh-election-bjp-second-candidate-list-shivraj-singh-chouhan-2440421-2023-09-25|title=3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls|work=India Today|accessdate=25 September 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ramesh Prasad Khatik]]
|votes = {{formatnum:99304}}
|percentage = 49.11
|change = +12.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Pragilal Jatav
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:96201}}
|percentage = 47.58
|change = -5.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1683}}
|percentage = 0.83
|change = -0.18
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:3103}}
|percentage = 1.53
|change = -15.59
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:202198}}
|percentage = 76.22
|change = +2.49
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 bypolls ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections]]: Karera<ref name=byelection2020>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12753-bye-elections-2020-parliamentary-and-assemblies/ |title=Bye Elections 2020 (Parliamentary and Assemblies) |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=25 January 2022 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = Pragilal Jatav
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 95728
|percentage = 53.49
|change = +16.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Jasmant Jatav]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 65087
|percentage = 36.37
|change = +7.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Dinesh Parihar
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 7023
|percentage = 3.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Rajkumari Prajapati
|party = Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party
|votes = 3177
|percentage = 1.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Rajendra Prasad
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 2547
|percentage = 1.42
|change = -21.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 1813
|percentage = 1.01
|change = -0.06
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 30641
|percentage = 17.12
|change = +8.58
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 178978
|percentage = 73.73
|change = +0.16
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Karera<ref name="election2018"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Jasmant Jatav]]
|votes = {{formatnum:64201}}
|percentage = 37.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rajkumar Omprakash Khatik
|votes = {{formatnum:49377}}
|percentage = 28.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Pragilal Jatav
|votes = {{formatnum:40026}}
|percentage = 23.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Sapaks Party
|candidate = Ramesh Prasad Khatik
|votes = {{formatnum:9098}}
|percentage = 5.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1850}}
|percentage = 1.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:14824}}
|percentage = 8.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:173452}}
|percentage = 73.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2013===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Karera<ref name="election2013">{{cite web|title=State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh - Detailed Results|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MPAE_2013_stat_report.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=22 May 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[Shakuntala Khatik]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 59371
|percentage = 36.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Omprakash Khatik
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 49051
|percentage = 29.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Pragilal Jatav
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 45265
|percentage = 27.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|
|candidate = Dr Rajaram Bijoul
|party = BA S D
|votes = 1870
|percentage = 1.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Raju
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 1491
|percentage = 0.91
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Mishrilal Barahar
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 1468
|percentage = 0.89
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate
|
|candidate = Deendayal Jatav
|party = AASP
|votes = 1439
|percentage = 0.88
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Anita Devi
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 921
|percentage = 0.56
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Bharat Parihar
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 658
|percentage = 0.40
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 2866
|percentage = 1.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 164400
|percentage = 72.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Karera]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}
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[[Category:Shivpuri district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]

Karera Assembly constituency - Revision history

CharliKayser97 at 08:37, 19 April 2026