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State:	Madhya Pradesh
Constituency:	Vidisha
Total Votes Polled:	586652
Winner: BJP	Shivraj Singh	310580
Runner Up: INC	Hirdai Mohan Jain	134822
Margin: 175758 (30.65%)

In 1971 this constituency elected newspaper baron Ramnath Goenka on the Jan Sangh ticket, establishing its leanings despite the Congress doing well in earlier elections. In fact, out of the 11 elections so far, the JS-BJP has won six, and the Congress five. In 1991, A B Vajpayee was elected from here, and though he moved on in 1996 the seat remained with the BJP.