Summary:
The seat saw a woman candidate only once in 1996 after many tenures of Lok Sabha.Shakuntala Chouhan is the only female candidate to contest Lok Sabha elections from Dewas (Shajapur) Lok Sabha seat in 1996. Indore: The parliamentary constituency Dewas have witnessed negligible representation of women in Lok Sabha elections. In 2014 general election, Manohar Untwal tasted victory on this seat by defeating Congress candidate Verma. I do not remember any women candidate from this seat contesting elections from BJP. Congress had fielded her from Shajapur, which ceased to exit after delimitation in 2008 and Dewas came into existence..