Sanchi Assembly constituency

Sanchi
Constituency No. 142 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Lok Sabha constituency	Vidisha
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prabhuram Chaudhary
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party

Sanchi is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. It is a segment of Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Sanchi is known for its Buddhist monuments, called Sanchi Stupas.

The assembly seat lies in Raisen district.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Election	Name	Party
1957	Khuman Singh [4]		Indian National Congress
1962	Gulab Chand (SOC)		Socialist
1967
2003	Gauri Shankar Shejwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Dr.Prabhuram Choudhary		Indian National Congress
2013	Gauri Shankar Shejwar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Dr.Prabhuram Choudhary		Indian National Congress
2020			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sanchi ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Prabhuram Choudhary	122,960	59.45	+14.87
	INC	G. C. Gautam	78,687	38.05	−12.65
	NOTA	None of the above	1,616	0.78	−0.65
Majority			44,273	21.4	+15.28
Turnout			206,825	78.27	+2.95
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Sanchi ^{[6] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prabhuram Choudhary	89,567	50.7
	BJP	Mudit Shejwar	78,754	44.58
	NOTA	None of the above	2,519	1.43
Majority			10,813	6.12
Turnout			176,654	75.32

2013

• Dr Gourishankar Shejwar (BJP) : 85,599 votes ^[7]
• Dr Prabhuram Choudhary (INC) : 64,663

1962

• Gulab Chand (SOC) : 7,979 votes ^[8]
• Vijai Singh (INC) : 7,400

See also

• Sanchi

References

1. "Madhya Pradesh 2013". myneta.info. National Election Watch. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. "List of Assembly Constituencies". eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
3. "Vidhansabha Seats". electionsininda.com. Election In India. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "General Elections of MP 1957" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.
5. "Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2023 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India .
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 September 2021.
7. "Sanchi Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
8. "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962". www.elections.in.

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