Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency)

Dewas Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies. Following delimitation, Shajapur constituency ceased to exist and Dewas constituency came into being.[2] This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes and covers parts of Sehore, Shajapur, Agar Malwa and Dewas districts.

For other uses, see Dewas (disambiguation).

Dewas
Lok Sabha Constituency
Dewas Lok Sabha constituency within Madhya Pradesh
IncumbentMahendra Solanki
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2014
Constituency Details
Established1951
2009-present
ReservationSC
StateMadhya Pradesh
Total Electors1,296,627[1]
Former MPManohar Untwal
Assembly ConstituenciesAshta (157)
Agar (166)
Shajapur (167)
Shujalpur (168)
Kalapipal (169)
Sonkatch (170)
Dewas (171)
Hatpipliya (172)

Since May 2019, the Member of Parliament for this constituency is Mahendra Solanki whose term is expected to last until May 2024.

Assembly segments

Presently, Dewas Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

Constituency
number		 Name Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)		 District Number of electors
(in 2009)[3]		 Party MLA
157 Ashta SC Sehore 182,389 BJPRaghunath Singh Malviya
166 Agar SC Agar Malwa 158,981 INCVipin Wankhede
167 Shajapur None Shajapur 174,137 INCHukum Singh Karada
168 Shujalpur None 149,152 BJPInder Singh Parmar
169 Kalapipal None 154,984 INCKunal Choudhary
170 Sonkatch SC Dewas 169,865 INCSajjan Singh Verma
171 Dewas None 161,043 BJPGayatri Raje Pawar
172 Hatpipliya None 146,076 BJPManoj Choudhary
Total: 1,296,627

Agar, Shajapur, Shujalpur, Dewas, Sonkatch and Hatpipliya Vidhan Sabha segments were earlier part of the erstwhile Shajapur (Lok Sabha constituency), while Ashta segment was earlier part of Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Parliament
Year Member Photo Party
1962 Hukumchand Kacchaway Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967-2008 Seat did not exist.
See : Shajapur (Lok Sabha constituency)
2009 Sajjan Singh Verma Indian National Congress
2014 Manohar Untwal Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Mahendra Solanki Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Elections 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Dewas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mahendra Solanki 862,429 61.62
INC Prahlad Singh Tipanya 490,180 35.02
BSP Badrilal Akela 18,338 1.31
NOTA None of the Above 9,034 0.65 0.35
Majority 372,249 26.60
Turnout 1,398,946 79.46 8.72
BJP hold Swing

General Elections 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Dewas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Manohar Untwal 665,646 58.19
INC Sajjan Singh Verma 405,333 35.43 12.66
BSP Gokul Prasad Dongare 17,238 1.51
NOTA None of the Above 10,253 0.90 0.90
Majority 260,313 22.76
Turnout 1,143,970 70.74 10.39
BJP gain from INC Swing

General Elections 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Dewas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sajjan Singh Verma 376,421 48.06
BJP Thavarchand Gehlot 360,964 46.09
BSP Bhagirath Parihar 10,743 1.37
Majority 15,457 1.97
Turnout 782,929 60.35
INC gain from BJP Swing

General Elections 1962
1962 Indian general election: Dewas[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJS Hukumchand Kacchaway 106,706 46.49
INC Kanhaiyalal 99,557 43.38%
Ram Rajya Parishad Ramlal 23,240 10.13%
Turnout 229,503 54.81%

See also

Notes
  1. "Three new Parliamentary seats come into existence Dewas, Tikamgarh and Ratlam in Shajapur, Seoni and Jhabua out". Department of Public Relations, Madhya Pradesh government. 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009.
  2. "Three new faces in Cong candidates' list". Central Chronicle. 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  3. "Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  4. "General Election, 1962 (Vol I, II) - General Election Archive (1951-2004) - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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