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Dewas Assembly constituency

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Dewas
Constituency No. 171 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictDewas
Lok Sabha constituencyDewas
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party

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).

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
1957 Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan Indian National Congress
1962 Bapulal Kishan
1967 Hate Singh
1972 Dhirajsingh Mohansingh
1977 Shankar Kanungo Janata Party
1980 Chandra Prabash Shekhar Indian National Congress
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

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2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dewas[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gayatri Raje Puar 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


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.


2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dewas[4][3]
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


  • Bapulal (INC): 10,708 votes[5]
  • Nand Ram (Jana Sangh): 5,695


See also

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References

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