Ater is assembly constituency number 9 in Madhya Pradesh, in Bhind district, and one of the segments of the Bhind Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Hemant Satyadev Katare of the Indian National Congress won with 45.5% of the vote, 20,228 votes ahead of Arvind Bhadoria (BJP).
- 01Hemant Satyadev KatareINC69,54245.51%
- 02Arvind BhadoriaBJP49,31432.27%
- 03Hari Shankar FhogiBSP18,78712.29%
- 04Munna Singh BhadouriaSP10,2886.73%
- 05Chandra Prakash SharmaIndependent5630.37%
- 33 other candidates · 4,153 votesNOTA · 168 (0.11%)
Margin 20,228 votes · 13.24% of valid votes
All 38 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,52,815 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemant Satyadev KatareMale · 37 yrs | INC | 69,542 | 45.51% |
| 2 | Arvind BhadoriaMale · 55 yrs | BJP | 49,314 | 32.27% |
| 3 | Hari Shankar FhogiMale · 35 yrs | BSP | 18,787 | 12.29% |
| 4 | Munna Singh BhadouriaMale · 64 yrs | SP | 10,288 | 6.73% |
| 5 | Chandra Prakash SharmaMale · 54 yrs | Independent | 563 | 0.37% |
| 6 | Om Prakash JarehaMale · 72 yrs · SC | PPID | 507 | 0.33% |
| 7 | Satendra Singh Bhadoriya (chacha)Male · 59 yrs | Independent | 371 | 0.24% |
| 8 | Pooja-Heerendra Pratap (pur)Female · 26 yrs | ASPKR | 292 | 0.19% |
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| 9 | Narendra Singh BansalMale · 39 yrs · SC | Independent | 262 | 0.17% |
| 10 | Asha RamMale · 45 yrs · SC | Independent | 237 | 0.16% |
| 11 | Ravi BaghelMale · 30 yrs | Independent | 231 | 0.15% |
| 12 | Dharmendra TiwariMale · 43 yrs | Independent | 215 | 0.14% |
| 13 | RamvilashMale · 28 yrs | Independent | 214 | 0.14% |
| 14 | Keshav Singh GurjarMale · 52 yrs | Independent | 169 | 0.11% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 168 | 0.11% |
| 15 | Rahul SharmaMale · 34 yrs | Independent | 167 | 0.11% |
| 16 | Vinod Kumar JatavMale · 51 yrs · SC | Independent | 129 | 0.08% |
| 17 | Dharmendra Singh MouryaMale · 30 yrs · SC | Independent | 124 | 0.08% |
| 18 | Chandraveer Singh KushwahMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 109 | 0.07% |
| 19 | Ashok SinghMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 97 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Umesh GargMale · 53 yrs · SC | Independent | 90 | 0.06% |
| 21 | RadhamohanMale · 41 yrs | Independent | 83 | 0.05% |
| 22 | Raj Kishor SharmaMale · 40 yrs | Independent | 79 | 0.05% |
| 23 | Pan SinghMale · 45 yrs | Independent | 79 | 0.05% |
| 24 | Ramdas GurjarMale · 63 yrs | Independent | 72 | 0.05% |
| 25 | Anil SinghMale · 36 yrs | Independent | 70 | 0.05% |
| 26 | Naval SinghMale · 51 yrs | Independent | 60 | 0.04% |
| 27 | Pankaj SharmaMale · 36 yrs | Independent | 59 | 0.04% |
| 28 | Meera DeviFemale · 58 yrs | Independent | 58 | 0.04% |
| 29 | Arvind TyagiMale · 40 yrs | Independent | 54 | 0.04% |
| 30 | Mahesh Singh YadavMale · 40 yrs | Independent | 54 | 0.04% |
| 31 | RajeevMale · 47 yrs | Independent | 43 | 0.03% |
| 32 | Vijay Singh KushvahMale · 52 yrs | Independent | 41 | 0.03% |
| 33 | Satya Prakash PathakMale · 42 yrs | Independent | 35 | 0.02% |
| 34 | Suneel KumarMale · 40 yrs | Independent | 34 | 0.02% |
| 35 | Mahesh KumarMale · 38 yrs · SC | Independent | 31 | 0.02% |
| 36 | Arun KatareMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 31 | 0.02% |
| 37 | Abhishek MishraMale · 28 yrs | Independent | 30 | 0.02% |
| 38 | Brajender SinghMale · 56 yrs | Independent | 26 | 0.02% |
The seat changed hands: BJP won in 2018, INC in 2023.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Ater bye-election, 4 Sept 2017
Turnout 58.3% · 1,23,371 of 2,11,588 electors voted
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemant Katare | INC | 59,228 | 48.01% |
| 2 | Arvind Singh Bhadoria | BJP | 58,371 | 47.31% |
| 3 | Puran Singh Nagar(fauji) | Independent | 1,029 | 0.83% |
| 4 | Mithlesh Chaubey | Independent | 832 | 0.67% |
| 5 | Angad Singh Kushwah | BMP | 705 | 0.57% |
| 6 | Dr. Ramkumar Tripathi(seethi) | Independent | 544 | 0.44% |
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| 7 | Pushpa Bhadoria | Independent | 518 | 0.42% |
| 8 | Dinesh Singh Bhadoria | SP | 384 | 0.31% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 275 | 0.22% |
| 9 | Om Prakash Dubey | Independent | 188 | 0.15% |
| 10 | Chatur Singh Narwaria | Independent | 180 | 0.15% |
| 11 | Kaushlendra Singh | Independent | 179 | 0.15% |
| 12 | Kalle Singh | Independent | 142 | 0.12% |
| 13 | Umesh Garg(jatav) | Independent | 115 | 0.09% |
| 14 | Keshav Singh Narwaria | Independent | 112 | 0.09% |
| 15 | Om Prakash | Independent | 100 | 0.08% |
| 16 | Arvind Singh Bhadoria | Independent | 88 | 0.07% |
| 17 | Vinod Kumar | Independent | 78 | 0.06% |
| 18 | Haribhan Singh Bhadoria | Independent | 78 | 0.06% |
| 19 | Anil Goyal | Independent | 76 | 0.06% |
| 20 | Harendra Singh Bhadoria | Independent | 76 | 0.06% |
| 21 | Abhilakh Singh Yadav (fauji) | Independent | 70 | 0.06% |
Ater result 2018
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arvind Singh Bhadoria | BJP | 58,928 | 43.45% |
| 2 | Hemant Satyadev Katare | INC | 53,950 | 39.78% |
| 3 | Sanjeev Baghel | BSP | 16,585 | 12.23% |
| 4 | Chatur Singh | Independent | 695 | 0.51% |
| 5 | Nand Kishor Yadav | SP | 645 | 0.48% |
| 6 | Shyam Sundar Singh Yadav | LSWP | 636 | 0.47% |
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| 7 | Ashok Singh Bhadouria (kanawar) | AAP | 520 | 0.38% |
| 8 | Jalaluddin Khan | Independent | 328 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Koshlendra Singh | Independent | 297 | 0.22% |
| 10 | Chandrveer Singh | Independent | 293 | 0.22% |
| 11 | Ganesh Shingh Bhadoria | Independent | 270 | 0.20% |
| 12 | Dinesh Singh | Independent | 255 | 0.19% |
| 13 | Sonu | Independent | 245 | 0.18% |
| 14 | Avdhesh Rajawat | Independent | 220 | 0.16% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 195 | 0.14% |
| 15 | Mithlesh Vijay Mishra (raju Kheri) | SSKP | 191 | 0.14% |
| 16 | Omprakash Laharia | Independent | 133 | 0.10% |
| 17 | Jay Prakash | Independent | 121 | 0.09% |
| 18 | Shivcharan Singh Lodhi | RTKP | 121 | 0.09% |
| 19 | Santosh Sharma | Independent | 117 | 0.09% |
| 20 | Harendra Singh Bhadouriya | Independent | 109 | 0.08% |
| 21 | Umesh Garg | Independent | 102 | 0.08% |
| 22 | Indal Singh | Independent | 97 | 0.07% |
| 23 | Sarvesh Singh | Independent | 96 | 0.07% |
| 24 | Ramnaresh Pavaiya (jagnnath) | Independent | 96 | 0.07% |
| 25 | Arvind Tyagi | Independent | 73 | 0.05% |
| 26 | Santosh Kumar Pachauri | Independent | 69 | 0.05% |
| 27 | Mohit Singh Tomar | Independent | 37 | 0.03% |
| 28 | Mukesh Kumar Porsiya | Independent | 37 | 0.03% |
| 29 | Bhuri Bai | Independent | 37 | 0.03% |
| 30 | Vikrant Singh | Independent | 36 | 0.03% |
| 31 | Rajeev Singh Bhadoria | Independent | 33 | 0.02% |
| 32 | Virendra D Sharma | Independent | 31 | 0.02% |
| 33 | Engineer Rahul Dixit | Independent | 30 | 0.02% |
Ater result 2013
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyadev Katare | INC | 45,592 | 40.29% |
| 2 | Arvind Singh Bhadoriya | BJP | 34,166 | 30.19% |
| 3 | Mahendra Singh Bhadoriya | BSP | 19,972 | 17.65% |
| 4 | Narottam Singh Narwariya Advocate | BA | 6,680 | 5.90% |
| 5 | B.K. Bohare | SP | 735 | 0.65% |
| 6 | Sarnam Singh Bhadoriya | Independent | 694 | 0.61% |
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| 7 | Devendra Singh Bhadoriya | Independent | 631 | 0.56% |
| 8 | Arvind Singh Chauhan | GMS | 511 | 0.45% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 499 | 0.44% |
| 9 | Shyam Sundar Purohit | NCP | 352 | 0.31% |
| 10 | Parashuram Samadhiya | Independent | 350 | 0.31% |
| 11 | Devraj Singh Yadav | Independent | 307 | 0.27% |
| 12 | Shivkumar | Independent | 238 | 0.21% |
| 13 | Brajendra | Independent | 204 | 0.18% |
| 14 | Sarvendra Singh Urf Pappu Bambaiya | Independent | 202 | 0.18% |
| 15 | Pradeep Varua | Independent | 194 | 0.17% |
| 16 | Gangasharen | Independent | 191 | 0.17% |
| 17 | Kuldeep Singh Narwariya (mahapur) | Independent | 188 | 0.17% |
| 18 | Chandra Veer Singh | Independent | 183 | 0.16% |
| 19 | Satya Narayan Purohit | AASP | 181 | 0.16% |
| 20 | Lakhan Singh Baghel | Independent | 177 | 0.16% |
| 21 | Umesh Bhadoriya | Independent | 135 | 0.12% |
| 22 | Vinod Upadhyaya | Independent | 127 | 0.11% |
| 23 | Om Prakash Sharma | Independent | 112 | 0.10% |
| 24 | Raj Veer Chaube Vindwa | Independent | 90 | 0.08% |
| 25 | Brajesh Singh Bhadoriya | Independent | 85 | 0.08% |
| 26 | Brajesh Kumar Sharma | Independent | 78 | 0.07% |
| 27 | Mansharam Jatav | Independent | 72 | 0.06% |
| 28 | Pradeep Singh | Independent | 58 | 0.05% |
| 29 | Satendra Kumar Pathak | LJP | 58 | 0.05% |
| 30 | Rambahadur | Independent | 54 | 0.05% |
| 31 | Ravindra Singh Urf Bablu Bhadoriya | Independent | 46 | 0.04% |
Ater result 2008
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arvind Singh Bhadouria | BJP | 33,669 | 32.92% |
| 2 | Satyadev Katare | INC | 31,818 | 31.11% |
| 3 | Pahalwan Singh Pal | BJSH | 13,723 | 13.42% |
| 4 | Dinesh Singh Bhadouria (pappu Bhaiya) | BSP | 12,560 | 12.28% |
| 5 | Rampal Singh Kushwah | SP | 2,530 | 2.47% |
| 6 | Gariv Singh | LJP | 2,185 | 2.14% |
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| 7 | Kunwar Singh Bhadouria | Independent | 1,347 | 1.32% |
| 8 | Rajesh | Independent | 715 | 0.70% |
| 9 | Ratiram Rathor | RSMD | 592 | 0.58% |
| 10 | Ram Naresh Chakwa | Independent | 489 | 0.48% |
| 11 | Pradeep Singh | Independent | 427 | 0.42% |
| 12 | Harmukh Jatav | Independent | 380 | 0.37% |
| 13 | Ram Das Patwari (retired) | BHBP | 323 | 0.32% |
| 14 | Om Prakash Singh Bhadouria | Independent | 316 | 0.31% |
| 15 | Daleep Singh | Independent | 284 | 0.28% |
| 16 | Rupendra Singh | Independent | 282 | 0.28% |
| 17 | Dharm Singh Bhadouria | Independent | 242 | 0.24% |
| 18 | Sarvesh Kaushal | Independent | 151 | 0.15% |
| 19 | Dharmendra Singh | Independent | 138 | 0.13% |
| 20 | Ramhet Singh Baghel | IVD | 103 | 0.10% |
Ater outlined in orange among the other Madhya Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Bhind district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Ater is one of the assembly segments of Bhind. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Bhind candidates.
- Sandhya RayBJP56,192 49.7%
- Phool Singh BaraiyaINC53,659 47.4%
- Devashish JarariyaBSP1,903 1.7%
- Umesh GargIndependent521 0.5%
- Rekha ShakyaIndependent346 0.3%
In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 2,533 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Ater.
Who won the Ater assembly seat in 2023?
Hemant Satyadev Katare of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Ater in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh assembly election with 69,542 votes, which was 45.51% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Ater?
The margin was 20,228 votes (13.24% of valid votes). The runner-up was Arvind Bhadoria of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 49,314 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Ater in 2023?
Turnout was 63.88%: 1,53,996 of 2,41,065 registered electors voted, across 288 polling stations. That is 1.9 points higher than in 2018.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Ater part of?
Ater is an assembly segment of the Bhind Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Sandhya Ray got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Has Ater had a bye-election?
Yes. In the bye-election on 4 Sept 2017, Hemant Katare (Indian National Congress) won by 857 votes.
Is Ater a reserved constituency?
No. Ater is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Ater?
The Madhya Pradesh assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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