Sehore
Constituency No. 159 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictSehore
Lok Sabha constituencyBhopal
Established1957
Total electors2,21,644
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
AllianceNDA
Elected year2023
Preceded byRamesh Saxena


Sehore Assembly constituency is one of the 230 assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh. It comes under Sehore district.[1][2] It is a segment of Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency).The seat is currently held by Sudesh Rai of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving his third consecutive term.

Party-wise Seat Wins in Sehore Assembly (1952–2023)
  1. Bharatiya Janata Party / Jan Sangh (41.6%)
  2. Indian National Congress (33.4%)
  3. Others (Janata Party, Independent) (25.0%)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Bhopal Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
1952 Umrao Singh Indian National Congress
Sultan Muhammad Khan

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1957 Umrao Singh Indian National Congress
Inayatullah Khan[3]
1962 Inayatullah Khan
1967 R. Mewada Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1972 Aziz Qureshi Indian National Congress
1977 Savita Bajpai Janata Party
1980 Sunder Lal Patwa Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Shankar Lal Indian National Congress
1990 Madan Lal Tyagi Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Ramesh Saxena Independent
1998 Bharatiya Janata Party
2003
2008
2013[4] Sudesh Rai Independent
2018[5] Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2023
 
 58.40%
2018
 
 38.00%
2013
 
 44.47%
2008
 
 42.15%
2003
 
 49.49%
1998
 
 56.79%
1993
 
 50.91%

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sehore[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sudesh Rai 105,997 58.4 Increase20.4
INC Shashank Ramesh Saxena 68,146 37.55 Increase12.6
BSP Kamlesh Dohare 4,103 2.26 Increase1.46
NOTA None of the above 917 0.51 Decrease0.21
Majority 37,851 20.85 Increase7.8
Turnout 181,501 81.89 Increase0.69
BJP hold Swing


2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sehore[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sudesh Rai 60,117 38.0
INC Surendra Singh Thakur 39,473 24.95
Independent Usha Ramesh Saxena 26,397 16.69
Independent Gaurav "Sunny" Mahajan 25,916 16.38
NOTA None of the above 1,140 0.72
Majority 20,644 13.05
Turnout 158,187 81.2
BJP gain from Independent Swing

2013

2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sehore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sudesh Rai 63,604 44.47
BJP Usha Ramesh Saxena 61,978 43.34
INC Harish Rathore 9,244 6.46
BSP Anokhi Verma 755 0.53
NOTA None of the above 2,379 1.66
Majority 1,626 1.18 −−
Turnout 137,960 −−
Independent gain from BJP Swing


2008

2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sehore[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Saxena 43,404 42.15
INC Swadash Rai 33,368 32.40
Bharatiya Janshakti Party Gourav Mahajan (Sunny) 19,776 19.20
BSP K. K. Gupta 901 0.87
Majority 10,036 9.75 −−
Turnout 69.7 −−
BJP hold Swing

2003

2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sehore[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Saxena 52,681 49.49
INC Surendra Singh Thakur 41,670 39.14
Independent Jaspal Ajit Singh Arora 4,613 4.33
BSP Sunita Sharma 2,349 2.21
NCP Noshad Khan 1,524 1.43
Independent Payal Jan 1,498 1.41
SP Arif Ali 902 0.85
Majority 11,011 10.35 −−
Turnout 106,455 72.70 −−
BJP hold Swing

1998

1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sehore[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Saxena 46,171 56.79
INC Jaspal Singh Arora 32,883 40.45
SS Jashrath Dhangar 1,058 1.30
ABHM Pt. Radheyshyam Vashishtha 809 1.00
Independent Kutubuddin Sheikh 228 0.28
Independent Devendra Kumar 149 0.18
Majority 13,288 16.34
Turnout 81,298 70.80
BJP hold Swing

1993

1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sehore[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ramesh Saxena 39,182 50.91
BJP Madan Lal Tyagi 25,826 33.56
INC Shankar Lal Sabu 10,083 13.10
Independent Vimal Kumar 732 0.95
Independent Sewa Yadav 422 0.55
Democratic Dal Party Sakun Bai 415 0.54
BSP Ajij Khan 300 0.39
Majority 13,356 17.35
Turnout 78,731 69.52
Independent gain from BJP Swing


References

  1. ^ "Sehore, Bhopal Assembly Elections | Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency | Elections in Bhopal". Electionsinindia.com. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate". Empowering India. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  3. ^ "General Elections of MP 1957" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
  4. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh. p. 346. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
  8. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. p. 295.
  9. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. p. 401.
  10. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. p. 415.

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