MP Election 2023: Voting is being held for the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh on Friday. 2,533 candidates, including Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his predecessor Kamal Nath, are in the fray for a total of 230 assembly seats in the state, where it is a largely direct contest between the ruling party BJP and the opposition Congress. Meanwhile, there is a lot of discussion going on about one seat from where Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is contesting the election. Congress has again fielded sitting MLA Ravinder Singh Tomar against Narendra Tomar. News channel Aaj Tak has reported firing between two parties at a booth in Dimani seat. After the firing, a stampede broke out in which two people were injured. In the meantime, let us tell you the equation of this seat…
Know the history of Dimani seat
If we look at the history of Dimani assembly seat of Morena district, BJP dominated this seat from 1980 to 2008…but in the last two elections, BJP had to face defeat at the hands of Congress, especially in the by-elections…in the year 2018. Girraj Dandotiya of Congress had won from this seat. In the 2013 elections, BSP’s Balveer Singh Dandotia had won the election. To make a comeback in its stronghold, BJP has placed a bet on a veteran leader like Narendra Singh Tomar.
Congress eyes a hat-trick on Dimani assembly seat
If we look at the 2018 assembly elections and then the by-elections held in 2020, Congress won the Dimani assembly seat. In the year 2018, Congress’s Scindia supporter Girraj Dandotia defeated BJP candidate Shiv Mangal Singh Tomar from here. When Scindia left Congress and joined BJP, Dandotia also changed sides. BJP fielded Dandotiya for the by-elections held in the year 2020. In front of him, Congress fielded Ravindra Singh Tomar who won from here.
Number of voters in Dimani Assembly: There are total 201517 voters in Dimani. Of these, 112279 are male voters while 89234 are female voters in this area. There are other 4 voters.
Know what is caste equation
In Dimani Assembly, maximum 65000 votes are from Tomar (Thakur) community. After this there are 48000 voters from Scheduled Caste category. Also, voters of OBC category (Kushwah, Gurjar, Yadav, Baghel and Lodhi) play an important role in this area.
Dimani MLA since 1990
-1990- Munshi Lal (BJP)
-1993- Ramesh Kori (Congress)
-1998- Munshi Lal (BJP)
-2003- Sandhya Ray (BJP)
-2008- Shivmangal Singh Tomar (BJP)
-2013- Balveer Singh Dandotia (BSP)
-2018- Giriraj Dandotia (Congress)
-2020 (By-Election)- Ravinder Singh Tomar Bhidosa (Congress)