Ujjain South Assembly constituency

Ujjain South
Constituency No. 218 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictUjjain
LS constituencyUjjain
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byShivnarayan Jagirdar

Ujjain South is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1] This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 79 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Madhya Bharat state.[2]

Overview

Ujjain South (constituency number 217) is one of the 7 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Ujjain district. This constituency covers the R.I.Circle including Lalpur OG of Ujjain Tehsil, ward numbers 33, and 36 to 54 of the Ujjain Municipal Corporation. Ujjain Dakshin is part of Ujjain (Lok Sabha constituency) along with eight other Vidhan Sabha segments covering the entire Ujjain district and part of Ratlam district.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1957 Vishwanath Ayachit Indian National Congress
1962 Hansaben
1967 Gangaram Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Durgadas Suryavansi Indian National Congress
1977 Govindrao Naik Janata Party
1980 Mahavir Prasad Vashistha Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Babu Lal Mahere Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Shiva Kotwani
1998 Priti Bhargava Indian National Congress
2003 Shivnarayan Jagirdar Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013 Mohan Yadav
2018
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ujjain South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mohan Yadav 95,699 52.08 Increase 5.37
INC Chetan Premnarayan Yadav 82,758 45.04 Increase 9.66
NOTA None of the Above 2,098 1.14 Decrease 0.08
Majority 12,941 7.04 Decrease 4.29
Turnout 1,83,738 70.59 Increase 1.92
BJP hold Swing

2018

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Ujjain South[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Mohan Yadav 78,178 46.71 Decrease 4.93
INC Rajendra Vashishtha 59,218 35.38 Decrease 8.22
Independent Jay Singh Darbar 19,560 11.69 New
NOTA None of the Above 2,039 1.22 Decrease 0.41
Majority 18,960 11.33 Increase 5.01
Turnout 1,67,378 68.67 Decrease 0.25
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5.
  3. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  4. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ^ "आखिर कौन हैं मध्यप्रदेश के नए मुख्यमंत्री मोहन यादव, जानिए छात्रसंघ से लेकर मुख्यमंत्री बनने तक एक सफर के बारे में।". RapidLeaks Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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