Ujjain South Assembly constituency

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]

Ujjain South
Constituency No. 218 for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ujjain
Lok Sabha 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

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	Party
1957	Vishwanath Ayachit		Indian National Congress
1962	Hansaben
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			Indian National Congress
1990	Babu Lal Mahere		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Shiva Kotwani
1998	Priti Bhargava		Indian National Congress
2003	Shivnarayan Jagirdar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
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

See also

• Ujjain
• Ujjain (Lok Sabha constituency)
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