Ujjain South Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh, India

Ujjain South
Constituency No. 218 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ujjain
LS constituency	Ujjain
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Incumbent Mohan Yadav
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Shivnarayan 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
1957	Vishwanath Ayachit	Indian National Congress
1962	Hansaben	Indian National Congress
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	Mahavir Prasad Vashistha	Indian National Congress
1990	Babu Lal Mahere	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Shiva Kotwani	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Priti Bhargava	Indian National Congress
2003	Shivnarayan Jagirdar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Shivnarayan Jagirdar
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	5.37
	INC	Chetan Premnarayan Yadav	82,758	45.04	9.66
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,098	1.14	0.08
Majority			12,941	7.04	4.29
Turnout			1,83,738	70.59	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	4.93
	INC	Rajendra Vashishtha	59,218	35.38	8.22
	Independent	Jay Singh Darbar	19,560	11.69	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,039	1.22	0.41
Majority			18,960	11.33	5.01
Turnout			1,67,378	68.67	0.25
	BJP hold		Swing

References

^ "District/Assembly List". Chief Electoral Officer, Madhya Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Bharat" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. p. 5.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "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.