SHAJAPUR
Constituency no. 22 in Madhya Pradesh · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1971.
Madhya Pradesh also has an assembly constituency called SHAJAPUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 10 results.
Winner, 1996
THAWARCHAND GEHLOT
BJP
Elections held
10
1971–2004
Most successful party
BJP
won 6 of 10
Margin, 1996
1,29,639
21.29% of valid votes
Result, 1996
Runner-up
INCSHAKUNTALA CHOUHAN
- Votes
- 2,13,285
- Vote share
- 35.02%
- Behind by
- 1,29,639
Electors
11,13,464
Total votes polled
6,09,000
Valid votes
6,09,000
NOTA votes
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Turnout
54.7%
Full result, 1996
24 candidates · 6,09,000 valid votes
THAWARCHAND GEHLOTBJPwon
3,42,924
56.3%
SHAKUNTALA CHOUHANINC
2,13,285
35.0%
PURAN LAL MALVIYAAIICT
13,464
2.2%
SIDDHULAL KARANJIAIND
6,109
1.0%
MITTO LAL JATAVIND
4,459
0.7%
DOLATRAM MALVIYAIND
4,356
0.7%
KARAN SIHNGH MALVIAIND
3,888
0.6%
KARAN SINGH (THAPKA BASANTPUR)IND
3,870
0.6%
MADAN LAL MALVIYAIND
2,684
0.4%
KAILASH MALVIA PAINTERIND
2,374
0.4%
KANHIYA LALIND
2,077
0.3%
GHEESAJEE SURYABANSHIIND
1,754
0.3%
Showing the top 12 of 24. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | THAWARCHAND GEHLOT | BJP | 4,24,004 | 58.87% | SHYAM BAPULAL MALVIYA | 1,68,187 |
| 1999 | Thavarchand Gehlot | BJP | 3,87,607 | 51.44% | Radhakishan Malviya | 34,666 |
| 1998 | GEHLOT THAVARCHAND | BJP | 3,71,571 | 49.03% | SAJJANSINGH VERMA | 18,994 |
| 1996 | THAWARCHAND GEHLOT | BJP | 3,42,924 | 56.31% | SHAKUNTALA CHOUHAN | 1,29,639 |
| 1991 | PHOOLCHAND VERMA | BJP | 2,65,553 | 56.79% | BAPULAL MALVIYA | 78,248 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
