Dewas Assembly constituency
| Dewas | |
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| Constituency No. 171 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Dewas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dewas |
| Established | 1957 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Dewas Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] It is a segment of Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Vidhan Sabha
[edit]- 1957: Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan, Indian National Congress
- 1962: Bapulal Kishan, Indian National Congress
- 1967: Hatesingh, Indian National Congress
- 1972: Dhirajsingh Mohansingh, Indian National Congress
- 1977: Shankar Kannungo, Janata Party
- 1980: Chandra Prabash Shekhar, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1985: Chandra Prabash Shekhar, Indian National Congress
- 1990: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1993: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2003: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2008: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2013: Tukoji Rao Pawar (BJP).
- 2015 bypoll: Gayatri Raje Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Gayatri Raje Pawar[2] | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2023 | |||
Election Results
[edit]1962 Vidhan Sabha
[edit]- Bapulal (INC): 10,708 votes[3]
- Nand Ram (Jana Sangh): 5,695
2018
[edit]In December 2018, one news outlet erroneously reported that sitting MLA Gayatri Devi had lost.[4] She was trailing for a long time but managed to turn the tide.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gayatri Raje Pawar | 103,456 | |||
| INC | Thakur Jaysingh | 75,469 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,88,201 | 75.95 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
- ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ Zeeshan Akthar (12 December 2018). "राजघराने की एक बहु जीती, दूसरी ने गंवाई सीट, निर्दलीय 'शेरा' से हार गईं बीजेपी सरकार की मंत्री - Assembly election results vidhan sabha chunav news updates madhya pradesh election bjp candidate gayatri raje loss her seat yashodhara raje scindia win" [One daughter-in-law of the royal family won, the other lost the seat, BJP government minister lost to independent 'Shera'] (in Hindi). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "DEWAS Election Result 2018, Winner, DEWAS MLA, Madhya Pradesh". Retrieved 31 May 2021.