Indore-2 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Indore-2 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.[1]This constituency is considered a BJP stronghold since 1993 and in the previous election held in 2013 BJP's Ramesh Mendola won from this constituency by a record margin of over 91000 votes.[2]


Overview

Indore-2 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 8 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Indore district which comes under Indore (Lok Sabha constituency). Constituency includes Ward Nos.7 to 8, 10 to 16 and 32 to 33 of Indore city.[3]

As a constituency of Madhya Pradesh

Key   INC     CPI     INC(I)      BJP  

ElectionMember [4]Party
1967 G. Tiwari Indian National Congress
1972 Homi F. Daji Communist Party of India
1977 Yagyadatt Sharma Indian National Congress
1980 Kanhaiyalal Yadav Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Kanhaiyalal Yadav Indian National Congress
1990 Suresh Seth Indian National Congress
1993 Kailash Vijayvargiya Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Kailash Vijayvargiya Bharatiya Janata Party
2003 Kailash Vijayvargiya Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 Ramesh Mendola Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Ramesh Mendola Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

M. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2013: Indore-2
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Ramesh Mendola 1,33,669 71.60
INC Chhotu Shukla 42,652 22.85
BSP Rajendra Choudhary 2,378 1.27
CPI Rudrapal Yadav 1,151 0.62
NCP Prince Yohan 656 0.35
NOTA None of the Above 4,919 2.63
Majority 91,017 48.75
Turnout 1,86,690 65.55
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 9 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "BJP MLA Ramesh Mendola wins Indore-2 seat with margin of over 91,000 votes". News 18. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  4. ↑ "(Madhya Pradesh) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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