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Dewas Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 22°58′N 76°03′E / 22.96°N 76.05°E / 22.96; 76.05
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Dewas
Constituency No. 171 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictDewas
Lok Sabha constituencyDewas
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya 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 Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
1957 Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan Indian National Congress
1962 Bapulal Kishan
1967 Hate Singh
1972 Dhirajsingh Mohansingh
1977 Shankar Kanungo Janata Party
1980 Chandra Prabash Shekhar Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Tukoji Rao Pawar Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998
2003
2008
2013
2015^ Gayatri Raje Pawar
2018
2023

^ denotes bypoll

Election Results

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1962 Vidhan Sabha

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  • Bapulal (INC): 10,708 votes[2]
  • Nand Ram (Jana Sangh): 5,695

2018

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In December 2018, one news outlet erroneously reported that sitting MLA Gayatri Devi had lost.[3] She was trailing for a long time but managed to turn the tide.

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dewas[4][5]
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

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References

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  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ "DEWAS Election Result 2018, Winner, DEWAS MLA, Madhya Pradesh". Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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