Bijawar Assembly constituency

Bijawar Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh 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 panchayats and parts of Chhatarpur, Bijawar and Rajnagar tehsils of the district.

Bijawar is part of Tikamgarh Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Maharajpur and Chhatarpur in this district and Jatara, Prithvipur, Niwari, Tikamgarh and Khargapur in Tikamgarh district.

Members of Legislative Assembly
As from a constituency of Vindhya Pradesh: As from a constituency of Madhya Pradesh:
 * 1951: Diwan Pratap Singh, Indian National Congress / Piyare Lal, Indian National Congress
 * 1957: Gayatri Devi and Hansraj, both from the Indian National Congress
 * 1962: Govind Singh Ju Deo, Independent
 * 1967: K. Nath, Indian National Congress
 * 1972: Yadvendra Singh, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
 * 1977: Mukund Sakharam, Janata Party
 * 1980: Yadvendra Singh, Indian National Congress (I)
 * 1985: Jujhar Singh Bundela, Bharatiya Janata Party
 * 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
 * 2013 Pushpendranath Pathak "Guddan Bhaiya" Bhartiya Janta Party