Vidisha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Vidisha Vidhan Sabha Constituency(Hindi:विदिशा विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha^[1] (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 BJP's Kalyan Singh Thakur is the MLA from this constituency. When the by-election for this seat held in 2014 after CM of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan resigned from this constituency post registering victory at two seats Budhni and Vidisha Vidhan Sabha 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 has total 239 polling booth. Total Voters in the constituency are 1,90,472.

Vidisha is part of Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments namely Basoda in Vidisha district; Bhojpur, Sanchi and Silwani in Raisen district; Budhni, Ichhawar in Sehore District; Khategaon in Dewas district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha	Duration	Name of the Member	Party Affiliation
First	1957-62	Hiralal Pippal	Indian National Congress
Second	1962-67	Gore Lal	Hindu Mahasabha
Third	1967-72	S. Singh	Bharatiya Jan Sangh
Fourth	1972-77	Surya Prakash	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1977-80	Narsinghdas Goyal	Janata Party
Sixth	1980-85	Mohar Singh Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
Seventh	1985-90	Mohar Singh Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
Eighth	1990-93	Mohar Singh Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
Ninth	1993-98	Mohar Singh Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
Tenth	1998-2003	Sushila Devi Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh	2003-08	Gurucharan Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth	2008-13	Raghav Ji	Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth	2013–14	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2014– Incumbent	Kalyan Singh Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party

References

1. "Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly". http://legislativebodiesinindia.gov.in/States/madhya%20pradesh/madhya-w.htm. External link in |website= (help);