Dewas Lok Sabha constituency

Dewas
Dewas
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Dewas Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Ashta ; Agar ; Shajapur ; Shujalpur ; Kalapipal ; Sonkatch ; Dewas ; Hatpipliya
Established	1962–1967; 2009–
Total electors	1,296,627
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Mahendra Solanki
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Manohar Untwal

Last updated October 11, 2024

Dewas is one of the 29 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies. Following delimitation, Shajapur constituency ceased to exist and Dewas constituency came into being.^[2]^[3] This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes and covers parts of Sehore, Shajapur, Agar Malwa and Dewas districts.

Assembly segments

Presently, Dewas Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member
157	Ashta (SC)	Sehore	Gopal Singh	BJP
166	Agar (SC)	Agar Malwa	Madhav Singh Gehlot	BJP
167	Shajapur	Shajapur	Arun Bhimawad	BJP
168	Shujalpur		Inder Singh Parmar	BJP
169	Kalapipal		Ghanshyam Chandravansi	BJP
170	Sonkatch (SC)	Dewas	Rajendra Sonkar	BJP
171	Dewas		Gayatri Raje Pawar	BJP
172	Hatpipliya		Manoj Choudhary	BJP

Agar, Shajapur, Shujalpur, Dewas, Sonkatch and Hatpipliya Vidhan Sabha segments were earlier part of the erstwhile Shajapur (Lok Sabha constituency), while Ashta segment was earlier part of Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1962	Hukam Chand Kachwai	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967-2008 : See Shajapur
2009	Sajjan Singh Verma	Indian National Congress
2014	Manohar Untwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Mahendra Solanki
2024	Mahendra Solanki

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Dewas^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Mahendra Solanki	925,917	63.32
	INC	Rajendra Malaviya	502,548	34.29
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority			425225
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Dewas^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahendra Solanki	862,429	61.62
	INC	Prahlad Singh Tipanya	490,180	35.02
	BSP	Badrilal Akela	18,338	1.31
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,034	0.65	−0.35
Majority			372,249	26.60
Turnout			1,398,946	79.46	+8.72
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Dewas^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Untwal	665,646	58.19
	INC	Sajjan Singh Verma	405,333	35.43	12.66
	BSP	Gokul Prasad Dongare	17,238	1.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,253	0.90	0.90
Majority			260,313	22.76
Turnout			1,143,970	70.74	10.39
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Dewas^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sajjan Singh Verma	376,421	48.06
	BJP	Thawarchand Gehlot	360,964	46.09
	BSP	Bhagirath Parihar	10,743	1.37
Majority			15,457	1.97
Turnout			782,929	60.35
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Dewas^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ABJS	Hukumchand Kacchaway	106,706	46.49
	INC	Kanhaiyalal	99,557	43.38
	RRP	Ramlal	23,240	10.13
Majority			7,149	3.11
Turnout			229,503	54.81
	ABJS win (new seat)

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh
Current (since 2008)	Balaghat Betul Bhind Bhopal Chhindwara Damoh Dewas Dhar Guna Gwalior Indore Jabalpur Khajuraho Khandwa Khargone Mandla Mandsaur Morena Narmadapuram Rajgarh Ratlam Rewa Sagar Satna Shahdol Sidhi Tikamgarh Ujjain Vidisha
Defunct	Jhabua Seoni Shajapur Shivpuri