Shajapur Assembly constituency

Shajapur Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.^[1][2] It is a segment of Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency).

Shajapur
Constituency No. 167 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shajapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Dewas
Established	1962
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arun Bhimawad
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party

It is part of Shajapur district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1962	Ramesh Chandra		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Tara P Chandra Sharma		Indian National Congress
1977	Shashikant Shendurnaikar		Janata Party
1980	Tarrajyoti Sharma		Indian National Congress
1985	Purushottam Chandravanshi		Bharatiya Janta Party
1990	Laxmi Narain Patel
1993	Hukum Singh Karada		Indian National Congress
1998
2003
2008
2013	Arun Bhimawad[3]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Hukum Singh Karada		Indian National Congress
2023	Arun Bhimawad		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shajapur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Bhimawad	98,960	47.33	+22.9
	INC	Hukum Singh Karada	98,932	47.32	−2.52
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,534	0.73
Majority			28	0.01
Turnout			2,09,087
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Shajapur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hukum Singh Karada	89,940	49.85
	BJP	Arun Bhimawad	44,961	24.42
	Independent	JP Mandloi	37,841	20.55
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,072	1.13
Majority
Turnout			1,84,125	83.26
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1962 Vidhan Sabha Election

• Ramesh Chandra (JS) : 17,418 votes ^[6]
• Pratap Bhai (INC) : 14,163

See also

• Shajapur