Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency)

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.

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Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentMahendra Solanki
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2014
Constituency Details
Established1951
2009-present
StateMadhya Pradesh
Assembly ConstituenciesAshta (157)
Agar (166)
Shajapur (167)
Shujalpur (168)
Kalapipal (169)
Sonkatch (170)
Dewas (171)
Hatpipliya (172)

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
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See also

Notes
  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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