Vidisha Assembly constituency

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Vidisha
Constituency for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictVidisha
LS constituencyVidisha
Total electors203,390[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAShashank Bhargava
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2018

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.

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

Vidhan Sabha Duration Name Party
First 1957-62 Hiralal Pippal Indian National Congress
Second 1962-67 Gore Lal Hindu Mahasabha
Third 1967-72 S. Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Fourth 1972-77 Surya Prakash Indian National Congress
Fifth 1977-80 Narsinghdas Goyal Janata Party
Sixth 1980-85 Mohar Singh Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Seventh 1985-90 Mohar Singh Thakur
Eighth 1990-93 Mohar Singh Thakur
Ninth 1993-98 Mohar Singh Thakur
Tenth 1998-2003 Sushila Devi Thakur
Eleventh 2003-08 Gurucharan Singh
Twelfth 2008-13 Raghav Ji
Thirteenth 2013-14 Shivraj Singh Chouhan
    Retained Budhni Seat.
2014-18 Kalyan Singh Thakur (by-poll)
Fourteenth 2018-Incumbent Shashank Bhargava[1] Indian National Congress

References

  1. ^ a b "2018 Vidhan Sabha Elections Result Book of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 27 December 2014.

Coordinates: 23°31′N 77°49′E / 23.52°N 77.81°E / 23.52; 77.81