Dewas Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Dewas (disambiguation).

Dewas Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.^[1] It is a segment of Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency).

Dewas
Constituency No. 171 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dewas
Lok Sabha constituency	Dewas
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Gayatri Raje Pawar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Vidhan Sabha

• 1957: Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Bapulal Kishan, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Hatesingh, Indian National Congress
• 1972: Dhirajsingh Mohansingh, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Shankar Kannungo, Janata Party
• 1980: Chandra Prabash Shekhar, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1985: Chandra Prabash Shekhar, Indian National Congress
• 1990: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1993: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1998: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2003: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2008: Tukoji Rao Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2013: Tukoji Rao Pawar (BJP).
• 2015 bypoll: Gayatri Raje Pawar, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election	Name	Party
2018	Gayatri Raje Pawar[2]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election Results

1962 Vidhan Sabha

• Bapulal (INC): 10,708 votes^[3]
• Nand Ram (Jana Sangh): 5,695

2018

In December 2018, one news outlet erroneously reported that sitting MLA Gayatri Devi had lost.^[4] She was trailing for a long time but managed to turn the tide.

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dewas^[2][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gayatri Raje Pawar	103,456
	INC	Thakur Jaysingh	75,469
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout			1,88,201	75.95
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Dewas
• Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency)