Vidisha (Lok Sabha constituency)

Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: विदिशा लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1967. This constituency covers parts of Raisen, Vidisha, Sehore and Dewas districts.

Assembly segments

Presently, since the delimitation of the parliamentary and legislative assembly constituencies in 2008, Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2009)
141	Bhojpur	None	Raisen	153,987
142	Sanchi	SC	Raisen	174,541
143	Silwani	None	Raisen	150,563
144	Vidisha	None	Vidisha	148,263
145	Basoda	None	Vidisha	138,934
156	Budhni	None	Sehore	173,917
158	Ichhawar	None	Sehore	146,733
173	Khategaon	None	Dewas	147,068
Total:				1,234,006

Members of Parliament

Cl.	Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
	Fourth	1967-71	Pandit Shiv Sharma	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
	Fifth	1971-77	Ramnath Goenka	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
	Sixth	1977-80	Raghav Ji	Janata Party
	Seventh	1980-84	Pratap Bhanu Sharma	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	Eighth	1984-89	Pratap Bhanu Sharma	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	Ninth	1989-91	Raghav Ji	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Tenth	1991-91	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
		1991-96	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Eleventh	1996-98	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Twelfth	1998-99	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Thirteenth	1999-2004	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Fourteenth	2004-06	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
		2006-09	Rampal Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Fifteenth	2009-14	Sushma Swaraj	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Sushma Swaraj	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

Indian general election, 2014: Vidisha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sushma Swaraj	7,14,348	66.55	-12.25
	INC	Lakshman Singh	3,03,650	28.29	+28.29
	GGP	Kamlesh Sallam	10,824	1.01	+1.01
	BSP	Amar Singh Patel	9,699	0.90	-5.78
	Independent	Chandresh Singh	5,359	0.50	+0.50
	NOTA	None of the Above	10,618	0.99	+0.99
Majority			4,10,698	38.36	-31.74
Turnout			10,73,473	66.62	+21.53
	BJP hold		Swing	-12.25

Indian general elections, 2009: Vidisha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sushma Swaraj	4,38,235	78.80	+37.63
	SP	Chaudhary Munavvar Salim	48,391	8.70	+5.93
	BSP	Dr. Prem Shankar Sharma	37,142	6.68	+6.68
	RPI(A)	Bhai Munshi Lal Silawat	12,136	2.18	+2.18
	Independent	Rajeshwar Singh Yadav Rao	7,596	1.37	+1.37
	LJP	Harbhajan Jangre	5,054	0.91	+0.91
	Independent	Ganesh Ram Lodhi	4,434	0.80	+0.80
	Independent	Ram Gopal Malviya	3,140	0.56	+0.56
Majority			3,89,844	70.10	+56.54
Turnout			5,56,128	45.09	-2.59
	BJP hold		Swing	+37.63

By Election, 2006: Vidisha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rampal Singh	2,58,263	41.17	-24.02
	INC	Rajshree Rudra Pratap Singh	1,73,176	27.61	+2.13
	BJSP	Raghunandan Sharma	1,37,354	21.89	+21.89
	SP	Ch. Munavvar Salim	17,397	2.77	-0.51
	Independent	Malti Bai	10,041	1.60	+1.60
Majority			85,087	13.56	-26.15
Turnout			6,27,219	47.68	-2.32
	BJP hold		Swing	-24.02

Indian general elections, 2004: Vidisha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	4,28,030	65.19	+9.54
	INC	Narbada Prasad Sharma	1,67,304	25.48	-17.45
	SP	Ch. Munavvar Salim	21,543	3.28	+2.24
	BSP	Khuman Singh Kushwaha	15,638	2.38
	Independent	Mohan Babu Sharma	10,876	1.66
	GGP	Rajesh Kumar Pandey	8,280	1.26
	Independent (politician)	Abdul Jabbar	4,893	0.75
Majority			2,60,726	39.71	+26.99
Turnout			6,56,555	50.00	-5.96
	BJP hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1999: Vidisha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	3,60,421	55.65
	INC	Jasvant Singh	2,78,024	42.93
	SP	Azijkhan Dada Bhai	6,749	1.04
	Natural Law	Shivdayal Tiwari	1,690	0.26
Majority			82,397	12.72
Turnout			6,47,645	55.96
	BJP hold		Swing

Indian general election, 1991: Vidisha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	2,79,232	58.81
	INC	Pratap Bhanu Sharma	1,75,098	36.88
	Janata Dal	Jagdish Yadav	3,958	0.84
Majority			1,04,134	21.93
Turnout			4,74,794	50.25
	BJP hold		Swing

References

Election Commission of India -http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

See also

• Vidisha district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha