Dewas Lok Sabha constituency

Dewas Lok Sabha constituency
Dewas Lok Sabha constituency
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

Dewas (देवास) Lok Sabha seat 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.^[1] This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes and covers parts of Sehore, Shajapur , agar Malwa and Dewas districts.

Assembly segments

Presently, Dewas Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2009)^[3]
157	Ashta	SC	Sehore	182,389
166	Agar	SC	Agar Malwa	158,981
167	Shajapur	None	Shajapur	174,137
168	Shujalpur	None	Shajapur	149,152
169	Kalapipal	None	Shajapur	154,984
170	Sonkatch	SC	Dewas	169,865
171	Dewas	None	Dewas	161,043
172	Hatpipliya	None	Dewas	146,076
Total:				1,296,627

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

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1962	Hukumchand Kacchaway	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967-2008	Seat did not exist	See : Shajapur Lok Sabha Seat
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	8,62,429	61.62
	INC	Prahlad Singh Tipanya	4,90,180	35.02	−0.41
	BSP	Badrilal Akela	18,338	1.31
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,034	0.65
Majority			3,72,249	26.60
Turnout			13,98,946	79.46
	BJP hold		Swing

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Dewas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Manohar Untwal	6,65,646	58.19
	INC	Sajjan Singh Verma	4,05,333	35.43
	BSP	Gokul Prasad Dongare	17,238	1.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,253	0.90
Majority			2,60,313	22.76
Turnout			11,43,970	70.74
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Dewas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sajjan Singh Verma	3,76,421	48.06
	BJP	Thavarchand Gehlot	3,60,964	46.09
	BSP	Bhagirath Parihar	10,743	1.37
Majority			15,457	1.97
Turnout			7,82,929	60.35
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Notes

^ "Three new faces in Cong candidates' list". Central Chronicle. 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
^ "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.
^ "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.

[1] "Three new faces in Cong candidates' list". Central Chronicle. 14 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2009.

[2] "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.

[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.

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh
Current (since 2008)	Balaghat Betul Bhind Bhopal Chhindwara Damoh Dewas Dhar Guna Gwalior Indore Jabalpur Khajuraho Khandwa Khargone Mandla Mandsaur Morena Narmadapuram Rajgarh Ratlam Rewa Sagar Satna Shahdol Sidhi Tikamgarh Ujjain Vidisha
Defunct	Jhabua Seoni Shajapur Shivpuri