Vidisha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Vidisha Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha[1] (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.

Vidisha
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
Location of Vidisha within Madhya Pradesh
DistrictVidisha
StateMadhya Pradesh
Lok Sabha ConstituencyVidisha
Current constituency
Seats1
PartyIndian National Congress
MLAShashank Bhargava
ReservationNone
Ex MLAKalyan Singh Thakur

Overview

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 has total 239 polling booth. Total Voters in the constituency are 1,90,472.

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
Vidhan Sabha Duration Name of the Member Party Affiliation
First1957-62Hiralal PippalIndian National Congress
Second1962-67Gore LalHindu Mahasabha
Third1967-72S. SinghBharatiya Jan Sangh
Fourth1972-77Surya PrakashIndian National Congress
Fifth1977-80Narsinghdas GoyalJanata Party
Sixth1980-85Mohar Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
Seventh1985-90Mohar Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
Eighth1990-93Mohar Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
Ninth1993-98Mohar Singh ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
Tenth1998-2003Sushila Devi ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh2003-08Gurucharan SinghBharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth2008-13Raghav JiBharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth2013-14Shivraj Singh Chouhan
    Retained Budhni Seat.		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014-18Kalyan Singh Thakur (by-poll)Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth2018-IncumbentShashank BhargavaIndian National Congress

References
  1. "Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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