Vidisha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Vidisha
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
Outline map
Location of Vidisha within Madhya Pradesh
DistrictVidisha
StateMadhya Pradesh
Electorate203,390[1]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyVidisha
Current constituency
Created2018
PartyIndian National Congress
MLAShashank Bhargava
ReservationNone
Ex MLAKalyan Singh Thakur

Vidisha Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha[2] (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 Shashank Bhargava is the MLA from this constituency. Preceding 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[edit]

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, Sanchi and Silwani in Raisen district; Budhni, Ichhawar in Sehore District; Khategaon in Dewas district.

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Vidhan Sabha Duration Name of the Member Party Affiliation
First 1957-62 Hiralal Pippal Indian National Congress
Second 1962-67 Gore Lal Hindu Mahasabha
Third 1967-72 S. Singh Bharatiya Jan Sangh
Fourth 1972-77 Surya Prakash Indian National Congress
Fifth 1977-80 Narsinghdas Goyal Janata Party
Sixth 1980-85 Mohar Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Seventh 1985-90 Mohar Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Eighth 1990-93 Mohar Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Ninth 1993-98 Mohar Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Tenth 1998-2003 Sushila Devi Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh 2003-08 Gurucharan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth 2008-13 Raghav Ji Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth 2013-14 Shivraj Singh Chouhan
    Retained Budhni Seat.		 Bharatiya Janata Party
2014-18 Kalyan Singh Thakur (by-poll) Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth 2018-Incumbent Shashank Bhargava[1] Indian National Congress

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2018 Vidhan Sabha Elections Result Book of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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