Basoda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Basoda Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi:बासोदा विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1962, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state.

Overview

Basoda (constituency number 145) is one of the 5 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Vidisha district. This constituency presently covers some of the Basoda tehsil's villages of the district with 98, Gyaraspur tehsil's 132 villages and Tyonda tehsil's 104 villages. It has total 232 polling booth. Total Voters in the constituency are 1,78,486.

Basoda is part of Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency along with seven other Vidhan Sabha segments namely Vidisha in vidisha district; Bhojpur, Sanchi and Silwani in Raisen district; Budhni, Ichhawar in Sehore District; Khategaon in Dewas district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

1962: Ram Singh, Indian National Congress
1967: H. Pippal, Bhartiya Jana Sangh
1972: Sita Ram, Bhartiya Jana Sangh
1977: Jamna Prasad Beharilal, JNP
1980: Phool Chand Verma, Bharatiya Janata Party
1985: Veersingh Raghuvanshi, Indian National Congress (I)
1990: Ajaya Singh Raghuvanshi, Bharatiya Janata Party
1993: Ramnarayan Munnilal, Indian National Congress (I)
1998: Veersingh Raghuvanshi, Indian National Congress (I)
2003: Hari Singh Raghuvanshi Haripur, Bharatiya Janata Party
2008: Hari Singh Raghuvanshi Badda, Bharatiya Janata Party
2013: Nishank, Indian National Congress (I)