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{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
|name = Vidisha
|type =
|parl_name = [[State Legislative Assembly (India)|Vidhan Sabha]]
|district = [[Vidisha district|Vidisha]]
|state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|electorate = {{formatnum:203390}}<ref name="election2018"/>
|lok_sabha_constituency = [[Vidisha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vidisha]]
|year = 2018
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|mla = Shashank Bhargava
|reserved = None
|ex_mla = [[Kalyan Singh Thakur]]
|map4 = Vidhan_Sabha_constituencies_of_Madhya_Pradesh_(144-Vidisha).png
|map_size = 200px
|map_entity = Madhya Pradesh
}}

'''Vidisha''' Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha<ref>{{cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States/madhya%20pradesh/madhya-w.htm|access-date=27 December 2014}}</ref> (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1957, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state. Presently INC's [http://myneta.info/madhyapradesh2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=3326 Shashank Bhargava] is the MLA from this constituency. Preceding [http://myneta.info/mp2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=2754 Kalyan Singh Thakur] in 2014 when the [[by-election]] for this seat held in 2014 after CM of Madhya Pradesh [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] resigned from this constituency post registering victory at two seats [[Budhni]] and [[Vidisha]] Vidhan Sabha constituency.

==Overview==

Vidisha (constituency number 144) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Vidisha district. This constituency presently covers the entire Vidisha tehsil of the district with 141, and entire Gulabganj tehsil's 75 villages.

It is a segment of [[Vidisha (Lok Sabha constituency)]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments namely [[Basoda]] in [[Vidisha district]]; [[Bhojpur, Madhya Pradesh|Bhojpur]], [[Sanchi]] and [[Silwani]] in [[Raisen district]]; [[Budhni]], [[Ichhawar]] in [[Sehore District]]; [[Khategaon]] in [[Dewas district]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Vidhan Sabha
!Duration
!Name of the Member
!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1st Lok Sabha|First]] || 1957-62 || [[Hiralal Pippal]] || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[2nd Lok Sabha|Second]] || 1962-67 || Gore Lal || [[Hindu Mahasabha]]
|-
| [[3rd Lok Sabha|Third]] || 1967-72 || S. Singh|| [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
|-
| [[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth]] || 1972-77 || Surya Prakash || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth]] || 1977-80 || Narsinghdas Goyal || [[Janata Party]]
|-
| [[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth]] || 1980-85 || [[Mohar Singh Thakur]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh]] || 1985-90 || [[Mohar Singh Thakur]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth]] || 1990-93 || [[Mohar Singh Thakur]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth]] || 1993-98 || [[Mohar Singh Thakur]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth]] || 1998-2003 || Sushila Devi Thakur || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh]] || 2003-08 || Gurucharan Singh || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth]] || 2008-13 || [[Raghavji|Raghav Ji]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth]] || 2013-14 || [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] <br />    Retained [[Budhni (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Budhni]] Seat. || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| 2014-18 || [[Kalyan Singh Thakur]] (by-poll) || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| Fourteenth || 2018-Incumbent || Shashank Bhargava<ref name="election2018">{{cite web |url=https://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/Election2018/Result%20Booklet%20AE%202018%20v6.pdf |title=2018 Vidhan Sabha Elections Result Book of Madhya Pradesh |access-date= November 21, 2020}}</ref> || [[Indian National Congress]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Vidisha]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]]

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