Indore - 3 constituency The central area of Indore consists of historical palaces, social centres, traditional markets and strong political stand: Indore constituency 3 will see a new battle between Indian National Congress (INC) and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).

Indore Constituency – 3
New Contenders: Battleground of History, Social, Economical & Political @Central Area

The central area of Indore consists of historical palaces, social centres, traditional markets and strong political stand: Indore constituency 3 will see a new battle between Indian National Congress (INC) and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).

The constituency holds a large diversity and serves as the heartbeat of Indore's social, political and economic activities. Naturally, to understand the nature of such an assembly constituency, not only political but also social understanding is needed.

Indore-3 assembly constituency is one of the 230 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. This constituency comprises Ward No. 55 to 64 of the city of Indore. This covers the following major areas: South Tukoganj, Snehlata Ganj, Devi Ahilyabai, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Harsiddhi, Ranipura, Tatya Sarvate, Raoji Bazaar, Navlakha, and Chitawad.

It is a General category assembly seat. It is situated in Indore district and is one of the 8 assembly segments of Indore Parliament Seat.

The Election for Indore-3 Assembly Constituency in Madhya Pradesh will be held on November 17. The counting of votes and announcement of results for the Indore-3 Assembly Constituency Election 2023 will be held on December 3.

Population Dynamics

Of the total 3.91 lakh projected population, the constituency has 1.88 lakh voters –94,437 males, 93,740 females and 69 third gender ones. The constituency has around 25 per cent voters of minority community, 15 per cen Brahmins and Jains, 5 per cen Vaish, around 30 per cent OBC and 15 per cen SC voters.

Muslim population in Madhya Pradesh is 7 per cent according to the 2011 Census which might be 9-10 per cent now. The Muslim vote is effective in 47 assembly seats while they are a deciding factor in 22 segments.

The state is home to about 5 million Muslims, with over a million residing in more than 19 districts. Muslims play a significant role in nearly two dozen assembly constituencies, and this includes Indore- 3.

Indore- 3 dominated by Muslim community is often seen as an obvious supporter of INC, making it a much-harder battle for BJP.

Contenders of 2023

BJP replaced sitting MLA Akash Vijayvargiya and fielded a fresher Rakesh alias Golu Shukla from this seat. The party had already fielded Akash’s father Kailash from Indore-I. Shukla, who is IDA vice-chairman, is expected to have a direct contest with Congress candidate and a fresher Deepak alias Pintu Joshi on this seat that has EP (electoral population) less than 50%.

Congress party’s Ashwin Joshi had won the seat three times but in the last two elections, it was won by BJP.

BJP had broken the streak of INC in 2018, will it repeat?

Until 2013, that is the last two elections, Indore-3 was a confirmed win for INC. INC’s Ashwin Joshi had won the election in 2008, but lost to Usha Thakur in 2013.

In fact, from 1997 to 1985, the winning streak of Sujan Singh (1997), Vinay Shankar Shankerlal (1980), to Vinayashankar Dubey (1985), INC had always registered the win.

Before the streak continued, Sujan Singh Patel from BJP had won the elections of 1990. Then INC’s winning streak continued with Chandar Bhan Singh (1993), Diwan Chandra Bhan Singh (1998) and Joshi in 2008.

Surprisingly, the last two elections were won by BJP candidates. In the last elections in 2018, Akash Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP candidate, won the Indore-3 constituency, securing 67075 votes while 61324 votes were polled in favour of Ashwin Joshi of the Indian National Congress. Vijayvargiya won with a narrow margin of 5751 votes.

A lot depends upon his work in the constituency, which will now affect BJP’s win the constituency.

Year	Candidate's Name	Party	Level	Votes	Vote Rate %	Margin
2018	Akash Kailash Vijaywargiya	BJP	Winner	67,075	51%	5,751
	Ashwin Joshi	INC	Runner Up	61,324	47%
2013	Miss Usha Thakur (didi)	BJP	Winner	68,334	54%	13,318
	Ashwin Joshi	INC	Runner Up	55,016	44%
2008	Ashwin Joshi	INC	Winner	45,000	47%	402
	Gopikrishna Nema	BJP	Runner Up	44,598	47%
1998	Diwan Chandra Bhan Singh (daddu Bhaiya)	INC	Winner	37,089	48%	8,117
	Amar Singh	BJP	Runner Up	28,972	37%
1993	Chandar Bhan Singh	INC	Winner	33,987	54%	10,503
	Sujan Singh	BJP	Runner Up	23,484	37%
1990	Sujan Singh Patel	BJP	Winner	24,899	47%	7,325
	Thakur Shashi Bhusan Singh	INC	Runner Up	17,574	33%
1985	Vinayashankar Dubey	INC	Winner	22,211	51%	5,973
	Kuwarnarayan Singh	BJP	Runner Up	16,238	37%
1980	Vinay Shankar Shankerlal	INC(I)	Winner	18,188	51%	7,631
	Sujan Singh Jainarayan Singh	BJP	Runner Up	10,557	30%
1977	Sujan Singh	INC	Winner	12,594	32%	1,470
	Kranti Kumar Chouhan	JNP	Runner Up	11,124	29%

 

Economic Influence

A majority of area in Indore constituency – 3 covers traditional market areas. Here lies the interest of businesspersons. The question of which politician makes the business easier with least problems. The constituency has a population of 3.91 lakh, with 1.88 lakh eligible voters. The area has seen commercial growth, leading to a considerable population shift. Either party’s work in the commercial sector will be a determining factor here.

INC claims that BJP has failed in development, while BJP counts commercial growth and development in the area.

In statistics

Total Voters - 1,80,813

Male - 91,032

Female - 89,781