Vidisha Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Vidisha | type = SLA | constituency_no = 144 | map_image = 144-Vidisha.svg | mla = [[Mukesh Tandan]] | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | preceded_by = Shashank Bhargava | state = [[Madhya Pradesh]] | district = [[Vidisha district|Vidisha]] | loksabha_cons = [[Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency|Vidisha]] | established = 1957 | reservation = None | electors = {{formatnum:203390}}<ref name="election2018"/> }}

'''Vidisha Assembly constituency''' Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha<ref name="election2014">{{cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States/madhya%20pradesh/madhya-w.htm|access-date=27 December 2014}}</ref> (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, Madhya Pradesh|Bhojpur]], [[Sanchi]] and [[Silwani tehsil|Silwani]] in [[Raisen district]]; [[Budhni]], [[Ichhawar]] in [[Sehore District]]; [[Khategaon]] in [[Dewas district]].

==Members of Legislative Assembly==

{| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Name !colspan=2|Party |- | [[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]] | [[Hiralal Pippal]] | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]] | Gore Lal | {{Full party name with color|Hindu Mahasabha}} |- | [[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]] | S. Singh | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}} |- | [[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]] | Surya Prakash | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]] | Narsinghdas Goyal | {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- | [[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]] |rowspan='4'| Mohar Singh Thakur | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=9}} |- | [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] |- | [[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |- | [[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] |- | [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] | Sushila Devi Thakur |- | [[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] | Gurucharan Singh |- | [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] | [[Raghavji|Raghav Ji]] |- || [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] |[[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] |- | 2013^ | [[Kalyan Singh Thakur]] |- | [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] | Shashank Bhargava<ref name="election2018"/> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | [[Mukesh Tandan]] | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |}

*By-Poll

==Election results== === 2023 === {{Election box begin | title=[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Vidisha<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[Mukesh Tandan]] |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:99246}} |percentage = 56.31 |change = +13.9 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Shashank Bhargava |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:72436}} |percentage = 41.1 |change = -11.41 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1323}} |percentage = 0.75 |change = -0.23 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:26810}} |percentage = 15.21 |change = +5.11 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:176250}} |percentage = 77.96 |change = +2.74 }} {{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]]: Vidisha<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 = Shashank Bhargava |party = Indian National Congress |votes = {{formatnum:80332}} |percentage = 52.51 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Mukesh Tandon |votes = {{formatnum:64878}} |percentage = 42.41 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Sapaks Party |candidate = Rakesh Sharma |votes = {{formatnum:2569}} |percentage = 1.68 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]] |votes = {{formatnum:1492}} |percentage = 0.98 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:15454}} |percentage = 10.1 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:152994}} |percentage = 75.22 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Vidisha]] [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]] [[Category:Vidisha district]] [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]] [[Category:1957 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]