Dewas Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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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). Since 1990, the constituency has been continuously held by members of the Dewas (Senior) Royal Family, first Tukoji Rao Pawar and then his wife Gayatri Raje Pawar after his death.
| 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 |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Tukoji Rao Pawar |
Members of Legislative Assembly
Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan | Indian National Congress | |
| Bapulal Kishan | |||
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Bapulal Kishan | Indian National Congress | |
| Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan | |||
| 1962 | Bapulal Kishan | ||
| 1967 | Hate Singh | ||
| 1972 | Dhirajsingh Mohansingh | ||
| 1977 | Shankar Kanungo | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Chandra Prabash Shekhar | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 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
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gayatri Raje Pawar | 117,422 | 55.33 | +0.26 | |
| INC | Pradeep Choudhary | 90,466 | 42.63 | +2.46 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,422 | 0.67 | −0.33 | |
| Majority | 26,956 | 12.7 | −2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 212,211 | 75.24 | −0.57 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2018
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gayatri Raje Pawar | 103,456 | 55.07 | ||
| INC | Thakur Jaysingh | 75,469 | 40.17 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Bangar | 2,362 | 1.26 | ||
| BSP | Shaikh Qutubuddin | 1,827 | 0.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,871 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 27,987 | 14.9 | |||
| Turnout | 187,874 | 75.81 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1962
- Bapulal (INC): 10,708 votes[5]
- Nand Ram (Jana Sangh): 5,695