{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Sewda | type = SLA | constituency_no = 20 | map_image = 20-Sewda.svg | mla = [[Pradeep Agrawal]] | party = [[BJP]] | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Datia district|Datia]] | loksabha_cons = [[Bhind Lok Sabha constituency|Bhind]] | established = 1951 | reservation = None | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = Kunwar Ghansyam Singh }} '''Sewda Assembly constituency''' (formerly, '''Seondha''') is one of the 230 [[Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha]] (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]].<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=5 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile [[Vindhya Pradesh]] state.<ref name=eci2>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_VP.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh|page=5|publisher=Election Commission of India website}}</ref> It was reserved for the candidates belonging to the [[Dalit|Scheduled castes]] till 2008.
==Overview== Sewda (constituency number 20) is one of the 3 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in [[Datia district]]. This constituency covers the entire Sewda [[tehsil]] of the district.<ref name="ceo">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|pages=227, 250}}</ref>
Sewda is part of [[Bhind (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhind Lok Sabha constituency]] along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, [[Bhander Assembly constituency|Bhander]] and [[Datia Assembly constituency|Datia]] in this district and [[Bhind Assembly constituency|Bhind]], [[Ater Assembly constituency|Ater]], [[Lahar Assembly constituency|Lahar]], [[Mehgaon Assembly constituency|Mehgaon]] and [[Gohad Assembly constituency|Gohad]] in [[Bhind district]].<ref name="ceo"/>
==Members of Legislative Assembly== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ [[Vindhya Pradesh]] !Year !Member ! colspan="2" |Party |- |rowspan=2|[[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<ref name=eci2/> |Ram Das |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |Laxmi Narayan Mahate |}
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] !Year !Member ! colspan="2" |Party |- |[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]] |Shiv Charan |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] |Tulsi Ram Dangi
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] |Mangal Singh |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}} |- |[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] | rowspan="2" |[[Mahendra Boudh]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |- |[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] |Ram Dayal Prabhakar |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] |[[Mahendra Boudh]] |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] |Ram Dayal Prabhakar |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<ref name="ceom">{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha General Elections - 2008 (in Hindi) |url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/OtherLinks/Election_Result_2008.pdf |access-date=10 February 2011 |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website}}</ref> |Radhelal Baghel |{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}} |- |[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] |[[Pradeep Agrawal]] |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] |Kunwar Ghansyam Singh |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] |[[Pradeep Agrawal]] |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |}
==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Sewda<ref name="election2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/madhya-pradesh-assembly-polls-2023/story/madhya-pradesh-election-bjp-second-candidate-list-shivraj-singh-chouhan-2440421-2023-09-25|title=3 Union ministers feature in BJP's second list for Madhya Pradesh polls|work=India Today|accessdate=25 September 2023}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Pradeep Agrawal]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:43834}} |percentage = 31.14 |change = +5.49 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Kuwar Ghanshyam Singh |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:41276}} |percentage = 29.32 |change = -23.39 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) |candidate = Damodar Singh-Yadav |votes = {{formatnum:29042}} |percentage = 20.63 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Lakhan Singh Yadav |votes = {{formatnum:12787}} |percentage = 9.08 |change = -5.56 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Aam Aadmi Party |candidate = Dubey Sanjay |votes = {{formatnum:7746}} |percentage = 5.5 |change = +3.49 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:293}} |percentage = 0.21 |change = -1.22 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:2558}} |percentage = 1.82 |change = -25.24 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:140768}} |percentage = 73.33 |change = +1.75 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2018 === {{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Sewda<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Kunwar Ghansyam Singh |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:64810}} |percentage = 52.71 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Radhelal Baghel |votes = {{formatnum:31542}} |percentage = 25.65 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Lakhan Singh Yadav |votes = {{formatnum:18006}} |percentage = 14.64 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Aam Aadmi Party |candidate = Parineeta Raje (Beti Raja) |votes = {{formatnum:2472}} |percentage = 2.01 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1753}} |percentage = 1.43 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:33268}} |percentage = 27.06 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:122954}} |percentage = 71.58 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
==See also== * [[Seondha]] * [[Ratangarh, Datia]] * [[Datia district]]
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