Vidisha Assembly constituency

Vidisha Assembly constituency 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. He was preceded by Kalyan Singh Thakur in 2014 when the by-election for this seat was held in 2014 after CM of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan resigned from this constituency post registering victory at two seats Budhni and Vidisha Assembly constituency.

Vidisha
Constituency for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictVidisha
LS constituencyVidisha
Total electors203,390[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Shashank Bhargava
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2018

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 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
Year Name Party
1957 Hiralal Pippal Indian National Congress
1962 Gore Lal Hindu Mahasabha
1967 S. Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Surya Prakash Indian National Congress
1977 Narsinghdas Goyal Janata Party
1980 Mohar Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Mohar Singh Thakur
1990 Mohar Singh Thakur
1993 Mohar Singh Thakur
1998 Sushila Devi Thakur
2003 Gurucharan Singh
2008 Raghav Ji
2013 Shivraj Singh Chouhan
    Retained Budhni Seat.
2013 (by-poll) Kalyan Singh Thakur
2018 Shashank Bhargava[1] Indian National Congress

Election results

2018
2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Vidisha[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shashank Bhargava
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
BJP hold Swing

References
  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. "Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 27 December 2014.

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