| Sehore | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 159 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| File:159-Sehore.svg | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Sehore |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bhopal |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,21,644 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| File:Sudeshrai2026-04-06 at 06.45.45.jpg | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Ramesh Saxena |
Sehore Assembly constituency is one of the 230 assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh. It comes under Sehore district.[1][2] It is a segment of Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency).The seat is currently held by Sudesh Rai of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving his third consecutive term.
Party-wise Seat Wins in Sehore Assembly (1952–2023)
Bharatiya Janata Party / Jan Sangh (41.6%)
Indian National Congress (33.4%)
Others (Janata Party, Independent) (25%)
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
Bhopal Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Umrao Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Sultan Muhammad Khan | |||
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Umrao Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Inayatullah Khan[3] | |||
| 1962 | Inayatullah Khan | ||
| 1967 | R. Mewada | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 1972 | Aziz Qureshi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Savita Bajpai | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Sunder Lal Patwa | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Shankar Lal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Madan Lal Tyagi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Ramesh Saxena | Independent | |
| 1998 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2013[4] | Sudesh Rai | Independent | |
| 2018[5] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2023 | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
2023[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sudesh Rai | 105,997 | 58.4 |  20.4
| |
| INC | Shashank Ramesh Saxena | 68,146 | 37.55 | 12.6
| |
| BSP | Kamlesh Dohare | 4,103 | 2.26 | 1.46
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 917 | 0.51 |  0.21
| |
| Majority | 37,851 | 20.85 | 7.8
| ||
| Turnout | 181,501 | 81.89 | 0.69
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2018[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sudesh Rai | 60,117 | 38.0 | ||
| INC | Surendra Singh Thakur | 39,473 | 24.95 | ||
| Independent | Usha Ramesh Saxena | 26,397 | 16.69 | ||
| Independent | Gaurav "Sunny" Mahajan | 25,916 | 16.38 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,140 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | 20,644 | 13.05 | |||
| Turnout | 158,187 | 81.2 | |||
| BJP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2013[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Sudesh Rai | 63,604 | 44.47 | ||
| BJP | Usha Ramesh Saxena | 61,978 | 43.34 | ||
| INC | Harish Rathore | 9,244 | 6.46 | ||
| BSP | Anokhi Verma | 755 | 0.53 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,379 | 1.66 | ||
| Majority | 1,626 | 1.18 | −− | ||
| Turnout | 137,960 | −− | |||
| Independent gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2008[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramesh Saxena | 43,404 | 42.15 | ||
| INC | Swadash Rai | 33,368 | 32.40 | ||
| Bharatiya Jan Shakti Party | Gourav Mahajan(sunny) | 19,776 | 19.20 | -- | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | K.K Gupta | 901 | 0.87 | -- | |
| Majority | 10,036 | 9.75 | −− | ||
| Turnout | 69.7 | −− | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||
2003[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramesh Saxena | 52,681 | 49.49 | ||
| INC | Surendra Singh Thakur | 41,670 | 39.14 | ||
| Independent | Jaspal Ajit Singh Arora | 4,613 | 4.33 | ||
| BSP | Sunita Sharma | 2,349 | 2.21 | ||
| NCP | Noshad Khan | 1,524 | 1.43 | ||
| Independent | Payal Jan | 1,498 | 1.41 | ||
| SP | Arif Ali | 902 | 0.85 | ||
| Majority | 11,011 | 10.35 | −− | ||
| Turnout | 106,455 | 72.70 | −− | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Sehore, Bhopal Assembly Elections | Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency | Elections in Bhopal". Electionsinindia.com. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ↑ "Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate". Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ↑ "General Elections of MP 1957" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ↑ "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh. p. 346. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. p. 295.