Sheopur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sheopur Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as Sheopur Pohri, one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2]
| Sheopur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 1 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Sheopur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Morena |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Durgalal Vijay |
Sheopur (constituency number 1) is one of the two Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Sheopur district. This constituency covers the entire Sheopur sub-division.[3]
Sheopur is part of Morena Lok Sabha constituency in Morena district.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Raghunath | Hindu Mahasabha | |
| 1962 | Ram Swaroop | ||
| 1967 | S Tiwari | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Lokendra Singh | ||
| 1977 | Gulab Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Badri Prasad | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Satyabhanu Chauhan | Indian Congress (Socialist) | |
| 1990 | Gulab Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Rama Shankar Bhardwaj | ||
| 1998 | Brijraj Singh | Independent | |
| 2003 | Durgalal Vijay | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | Brijraj Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | Durgalal Vijay | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2018 | Babu Jandel | Indian National Congress | |
| 2023 | |||
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Babu Jandel | 96,844 | 45.7 | −9.47 | |
| BJP | Durgalal Vijay | 85,714 | 40.45 | +8.62 | |
| BSP | Bihari Singh Solanki | 23,054 | 10.88 | +2.8 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,801 | 0.85 | −0.15 | |
| Majority | 11,130 | 5.25 | −18.09 | ||
| Turnout | 211,909 | 81.83 | +2.31 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Babu Jandel | 98,580 | 55.17 | ||
| BJP | Durgalal Vijay | 56,870 | 31.83 | ||
| BSP | Tulsinarayan Meena | 14,444 | 8.08 | ||
| AAP | Ad.Kuldeep Singh | 2,142 | 1.2 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,794 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 41,710 | 23.34 | |||
| Turnout | 178,690 | 79.52 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Brijraj Singh | 39,472 | 34.04 | ||
| BJP | Durgalal Vijay | 30020 | 25.89 | ||
| BSP | Babulal | 20818 | 17.95 | ||
| Independent | Moolchand Rawat | 14943 | 12.89 | N/A | |
| Independent | Hiralal Mali | 2032 | 1.75 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 115972 | 72.58 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||