Dewas Assembly constituency 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). Since 1990, the constituency has been continuously held by members of the Dewas (Senior) Royal Family, first Tukoji Rao Pawar and then his wife Gayatri Raje Pawar after his death.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan | Indian National Congress | |
| Bapulal Kishan | |||
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Bapulal Kishan | Indian National Congress | |
| Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan | |||
| 1962 | Bapulal Kishan | ||
| 1967 | Hate Singh | ||
| 1972 | Dhirajsingh Mohansingh | ||
| 1977 | Shankar Kanungo | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Chandra Prabash Shekhar | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Tukoji Rao Pawar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2015^ | Gayatri Raje Pawar | ||
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | |||
^ denotes bypoll
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gayatri Raje Pawar | 117,422 | 55.33 | +0.26 | |
| INC | Pradeep Choudhary | 90,466 | 42.63 | +2.46 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,422 | 0.67 | −0.33 | |
| Majority | 26,956 | 12.7 | −2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 212,211 | 75.24 | −0.57 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2018
In December 2018, one news outlet erroneously reported that sitting MLA Gayatri Devi had lost.[3] She was trailing for a long time but managed to turn the tide.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gayatri Raje Pawar | 103,456 | 55.07 | ||
| INC | Thakur Jaysingh | 75,469 | 40.17 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Bangar | 2,362 | 1.26 | ||
| BSP | Shaikh Qutubuddin | 1,827 | 0.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,871 | 1.0 | ||
| Majority | 27,987 | 14.9 | |||
| Turnout | 187,874 | 75.81 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1962
- Bapulal (INC): 10,708 votes[5]
- Nand Ram (Jana Sangh): 5,695
See also
References
- ^ “District/Assembly List”. Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ “Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2020”. Election Commission of India.
- ^ a b 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 Hindi). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ “Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh”. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ “Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962”. elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.