Dewas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Dewas (देवास) Vidhan Sabha seat 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).
| Dewas | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha | |
.png) Location of Dewas within Madhya Pradesh | |
| District | Dewas |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Dewas |
| Current constituency | |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| MLA | Gayatri Raje Pawar |
| Reservation | None |
Members of Vidhan SabhaEdit
- 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
- 2018 : Gayatri Raje Pawar (BJP)
Election ResultsEdit
1962 Vidhan SabhaEdit
- Bapulal (INC) : 10,708 votes [2]
- Nand Ram (Jana Sangh) : 5,695
2018 Vidhan SabhaEdit
- Gayatri Raje Pawar (BJP) : 103,456 votes [3]
- Thakur Jaysingh (INC) : 75,469
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.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ↑ "DEWAS Election Result 2018, Winner, DEWAS MLA, Madhya Pradesh". Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ↑ 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 हिन्दी). Retrieved 31 May 2021.