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{{Short description|Constituency of the Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Other uses|Dewas (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Dewas
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 171
| map_image = 171-Dewas.svg
| mla = [[Gayatri Raje Pawar]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by = [[Tukoji Rao Pawar]]
| state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| district = [[Dewas district|Dewas]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Dewas Lok Sabha constituency|Dewas]]
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
}}

'''Dewas Assembly constituency''' is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in [[central India]].<ref name=eci1>{{cite web|url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/DACList.aspx|title=District/Assembly List|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website|access-date=December 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201083311/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/(S(4ftawu55w1soru45gswzuz55))/DACList.aspx|archive-date=December 1, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is a segment of [[Dewas Lok Sabha constituency|Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Since 1990, the constituency has been continuously held by members of the Dewas (Senior) Royal Family, first [[Tukoji Rao Pawar]] and then his wife [[Gayatri Raje Pawar]] after his death.

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
=== Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| [[Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[Bapulal Kishan]]
|}

=== Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|[[Bapulal Kishan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=5|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Anant Sadashiv Patwardhan]]
|-
|[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|[[Bapulal Kishan]]
|-
|[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Hate Singh
|-
|[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Dhirajsingh Mohansingh
|-
|[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Shankar Kanungo
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |Chandra Prabash Shekhar
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)|dab=y}}
|-
|[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Tukoji Rao Pawar]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=9|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|-
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|-
|[[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|-
|[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|-
|[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|-
|2015^
| rowspan="3" |[[Gayatri Raje Pawar]]
|-
|[[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|-
|[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|}
^ denotes bypoll

== Election results ==
=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Dewas<ref name="election2023">{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Gayatri Raje Pawar]]
|votes = {{formatnum:117422}}
|percentage = 55.33
|change = +0.26
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Pradeep Choudhary
|votes = {{formatnum:90466}}
|percentage = 42.63
|change = +2.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1422}}
|percentage = 0.67
|change = -0.33
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:26956}}
|percentage = 12.7
|change = -2.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:212211}}
|percentage = 75.24
|change = -0.57
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===

In December 2018, one news outlet erroneously reported that sitting MLA Gayatri Devi had lost.<ref name="election2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.india.com/hindi-news/madhya-pradesh/assembly-election-results-2018-vidhan-sabha-chunav-news-updates-madhya-pradesh-election-bjp-candidate-gayatri-raje-loss-her-seat-yashodhara-raje-scindia-win-3474998/ |title=राजघराने की एक बहु जीती, दूसरी ने गंवाई सीट, निर्दलीय 'शेरा' से हार गईं बीजेपी सरकार की मंत्री - Assembly election results vidhan sabha chunav news updates madhya pradesh election bjp candidate gayatri raje loss her seat yashodhara raje scindia win |date=12 December 2018 |author=Zeeshan Akthar |access-date= 31 May 2021 |language=hi|trans-title=One daughter-in-law of the royal family won, the other lost the seat, BJP government minister lost to independent 'Shera'}}</ref> She was trailing for a long time but managed to turn the tide.
{{Election box begin | title= [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Dewas<ref name=election2018 name="election2018-1">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate=30 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="election2018"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Gayatri Raje Pawar]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:103456}}
|percentage = 55.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Thakur Jaysingh
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:75469}}
|percentage = 40.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dilip Bangar
|votes = {{formatnum:2362}}
|percentage = 1.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Shaikh Qutubuddin
|votes = {{formatnum:1827}}
|percentage = 0.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1871}}
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:27987}}
|percentage = 14.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:187874}}
|percentage = 75.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1962===
* Bapulal (INC): 10,708 votes<ref name=elections1962>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962|access-date=2020-06-18}}</ref>
* Nand Ram (Jana Sangh): 5,695

==See also==
* [[Dewas]]
* [[Dewas (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Dewas district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}
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[[Category:Dewas district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]

Dewas Assembly constituency - Revision history

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