Dewas Assembly constituency explained

Dewas
Type:	SLA
Constituency No:	171
Mla:	Gayatri Raje Pawar
Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
State:	Madhya Pradesh
District:	Dewas
Loksabha Cons:	Dewas
Established:	1957
Reservation:	None

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 Vidhan Sabha

• 1957: Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan, Indian National Congress
  • • • 1962: Bapulal Kishan, Indian National Congress 1967: Hatesingh, Indian National Congress 1972: Dhirajsingh Mohansingh, Indian National Congress 1977: Shankar Kannungo, Janata Party
    • 1980: Chandra Prabash Shekhar, Indian National Congress (I) 1985: Chandra Prabash Shekhar, Indian National Congress 1990: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1998: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2003: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2013: Tukoji Rao Pawar (BJP).
• 2015 bypoll: Gayatri Raje Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election	Name	Party
2018	Gayatri Raje Pawar^[2]
2023

Election Results

1962 Vidhan Sabha

• Bapulal (INC): 10,708 votes^[3]
• Nand Ram (Jana Sangh): 5,695

2018

In December 2018, one news outlet erroneously reported that sitting MLA Gayatri Devi had lost.^[4] She was trailing for a long time but managed to turn the tide.

See also

• Dewas
• Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: District/Assembly List. Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. December 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx. December 1, 2015. dead.
2. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh . . 30 September 2021.
3. Web site: Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962. elections.in. 2020-06-18.
4. Web site: 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 . 12 December 2018 . Zeeshan Akthar . 31 May 2021 . hi. One daughter-in-law of the royal family won, the other lost the seat, BJP government minister lost to independent 'Shera'.