Vidisha Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

Vidisha Lok Sabha Election 2024: Vidisha is one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. The state has 29 parliamentary seats. The Vidisha seat comprises eight Assembly segments including Bhojpur, Sanchi, Silwani, Vidisha, Basoda, Budhni, Ichhawar and Khategaon. The constituency is a general seat and not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are the main parties in the constituency. BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan won the Vidisha constituency five times in a row in 1991 (bypoll), 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004. BJP stalwarts Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Sushma Swaraj also represented the seat in the past.

Vidisha Constituency Demographic Profile

As per data from the Election Commission, there were 17,41,604 voters in the Vidisha constituency during the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Out of this, 9,19,583 voters were male and 8,21,976 were female voters. 45 voters belonged to the third gender. 3,835 were postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Vidisha in 2019 was 1,155 (1,133 were men and 22 were women).

In 2014, the total number of voters in the Vidisha constituency was 16,34,039. Out of this, 8,72,100 voters were male and 7,61,915 were female voters. 24 voters in this constituency belonged to the 'others' category. There were 1,334 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Vidisha in 2014 was 499 (380 were men and 119 were women).

Vidisha Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Poll Date

The Vidisha constituency in Madhya Pradesh will go to polls in the third phase on May 7 along with the other 8 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state. Overall, voters in 93 constituencies of 11 states and Union Territories across the country will use their franchise in the third phase.

Vidisha Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Result Date

The result for Vidisha will be declared on June 4 along with the other 542 parliamentary constituencies of the country.

Vidisha Madhya Pradesh Constituency Lok Sabha Election 2024 Candidates

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Congress party's Pratap Bhanu Sharma are the main candidates in the Vidisha constituency of Madhya Pradesh.

Vidisha 2019 and 2014 Winners (Candidates and Parties)

In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, BJP candidate Ramakant Bhargava won the seat for the first time with a margin of 5,03,084 votes. He was polled 8,53,022 votes with a vote share of 68.19%. He defeated Congress candidate Shailendra Rameshchandra Patel who got 3,49,938 votes (27.97%). The total number of valid votes polled was 12,50,244. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Geetawali Ahirwar stood third with 14,409 votes (1.15%).

In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj won the seat for the second time in a row. She was polled 7,14,348 votes with a vote share of 66.53%. Congress candidate and Digvijaya Singh's brother Lakshman Singh got 3,03,650 votes (28.28%) and was the runner-up. Swaraj defeated Singh by a margin of 4,10,698 votes. The total number of valid votes polled in this constituency was 10,73,473. Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) candidate Kamlesh Sallam came third with 10,824 votes (1.01%).