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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh, India}}
{{Other uses|Dewas (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| name = Dewas
| image = Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha constituencies (Dewas highlighted).png
| caption = Dewas Lok Sabha constituency within Madhya Pradesh
| Existence = 1951; 2009–
| CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| CurrentMP = [[Mahendra Solanki]]
| ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| FormerMP = [[Manohar Untwal]]
| State = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|Electorate={{formatnum:1296627}}<ref name="voters"/>
|Successful Party=
|Reservation= [[Dalit|SC]]
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Ashta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ashta]] [[Agar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Agar]] [[Shajapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shajapur]] [[Shujalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shujalpur]] [[Kalapipal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalapipal]] [[Sonkatch (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonkatch]] [[Dewas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dewas]] [[Hatpipliya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hatpipliya]]
}}

'''Dewas Lok Sabha constituency''' 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 [[boundary delimitation|delimitation]] of parliamentary constituencies. Following delimitation, [[Shajapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shajapur constituency]] ceased to exist and Dewas constituency came into being.<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=2348|title=Three new faces in Cong candidates' list|publisher=Central Chronicle|date=14 March 2009|access-date=16 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717050439/http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=2348|archive-date=17 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the [[Dalit|Scheduled castes]] and covers parts of [[Sehore district|Sehore]], [[Shajapur district|Shajapur]], [[Agar Malwa district|Agar Malwa]] and [[Dewas district|Dewas]] districts.

Since May 2019, the Member of Parliament for this constituency is [[Mahendra Solanki]]<ref name="results2019"/> whose term is expected to last until May 2024.{{Update after|2024|5|reason=2024 election results}}

==Assembly segments==
Presently, Dewas Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:<ref name="voters">{{cite web|url=http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/english/election_commission/191208.asp|title=Three new Parliamentary seats come into existence Dewas, Tikamgarh and Ratlam in Shajapur, Seoni and Jhabua out|publisher=Department of Public Relations, Madhya Pradesh government|date=19 December 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621174614/http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/english/election_commission/191208.asp|archivedate=21 June 2009}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width ="500px"
!style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!Name
!style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Scheduled Castes|SC]]/[[Scheduled Tribes|ST]]/None)
!District
!style="font-size:75%"|Number of electors (in 2009)<ref name="electors2009">{{Cite web |url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/PC-SR-09-05.pdf |title=Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2009 |access-date=19 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163453/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/PC-SR-09-05.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
!colspan="2"|Party
!MLA
|-
|157
|[[Ashta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ashta]]
|[[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|[[Sehore district|Sehore]]
|{{formatnum:182389}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] || [[Raghunath Singh Malviya]]
|-
|166
|[[Agar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Agar]]
|[[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|[[Agar Malwa district|Agar Malwa]]
|{{formatnum:158981}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Vipin Wankhede]]
|-
|167
|[[Shajapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shajapur]]
|None
|[[Shajapur district|Shajapur]]
|{{formatnum:174137}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Hukum Singh Karada]]
|-
|168
|[[Shujalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shujalpur]]
|None
|[[Shajapur district|Shajapur]]
|{{formatnum:149152}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] || [[Inder Singh Parmar]]
|-
|169
|[[Kalapipal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalapipal]]
|None
|[[Shajapur district|Shajapur]]
|{{formatnum:154984}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Kunal Choudhary]]
|-
|170
|[[Sonkatch (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonkatch]]
|[[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
|[[Dewas district|Dewas]]
|{{formatnum:169865}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"| || [[Indian National Congress|INC]] || [[Sajjan Singh Verma]]
|-
|171
|[[Dewas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dewas]]
|None
|[[Dewas district|Dewas]]
|{{formatnum:161043}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] || [[Gayatri Raje Pawar]]
|-
|172
|[[Hatpipliya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hatpipliya]]
|None
|[[Dewas district|Dewas]]
|{{formatnum:146076}}
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"| || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] || [[Manoj Choudhary]]
|-
|colspan="4" align="right" bgcolor="fff999"|Total:
|bgcolor="fff999"|{{formatnum:1296627}}
|colspan="3" bgcolor="fff999"|
|}

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

== Members of Parliament ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[Hukumchand Kacchaway]]<ref name="results1962"/>
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|1967-2008
|colspan="4"| Seat did not exist. See : [[Shajapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Sajjan Singh Verma]]<ref name="results2009"/>
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Manohar Untwal]]<ref name="results2014"/>
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Mahendra Solanki]]<ref name="results2019"/>
|-
|}

==Election results==
===General Elections 2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: Dewas<ref name="results2019">{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/1551-general-election-2019-including-vellore-pc/|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2019 to the Lok Sabha}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Mahendra Solanki]]
|votes = 8,62,429
|percentage = 61.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Prahlad Tipanya|Prahlad Singh Tipanya]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 4,90,180
|percentage = 35.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Badrilal Akela
|votes =18,338
|percentage = 1.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:9034}}
|percentage = 0.65
|change = -0.35
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:3,72,249}}
|percentage = 26.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:13,98,946}}
|percentage = 79.46
|change =+8.72
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Elections 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: Dewas<ref name="results2014">{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/97-general-election-2014/|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2014 to the Lok Sabha}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Manohar Untwal]]
|votes = {{formatnum:665646}}
|percentage = 58.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Sajjan Singh Verma]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:405333}}
|percentage = 35.43
|change = {{Decrease}} 12.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Gokul Prasad Dongare
|votes = {{formatnum:17238}}
|percentage = 1.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:10253}}
|percentage = 0.90
|change = {{Increase}} 0.90
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:260313}}
|percentage = 22.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:1143970}}
|percentage = 70.74
|change = {{Increase}} 10.39
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Elections 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: Dewas<ref name="results2009">{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/2857-constituency-wise-detailed-result/|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 2009 to the Lok Sabha}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Sajjan Singh Verma]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:376421}}
|percentage = 48.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Thavarchand Gehlot
|votes = {{formatnum:360964}}
|percentage = 46.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Bhagirath Parihar
|votes = {{formatnum:10743}}
|percentage = 1.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:15457}}
|percentage = 1.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:782929}}
|percentage = 60.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Elections 1962===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1962 Indian general election]]: Dewas<ref name="results1962">{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4113-general-election-1962-vol-i-ii/ |title=General Election, 1962 (Vol I, II) - General Election Archive (1951-2004) - Election Commission of India |newspaper=eci.gov.in|date= |author= |access-date= 30 November 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Hukumchand Kacchaway]]
|party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
|votes = {{formatnum:106706}}
|percentage = 46.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kanhaiyalal
|votes = {{formatnum:99557}}
|percentage = 43.38%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
|candidate = Ramlal
|votes = {{formatnum:23240}}
|percentage = 10.13%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:229503}}
|percentage = 54.81%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Shajapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* [[Dewas district]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Dewas district}}
{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}

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