New Deputy CM Jagdish Devda has been an MLA from the BJP and serving from the Malhargarh constituency since 2008. He defeated Congress party's Shyamlal Jokchand with a margin of 3,688 votes in 2008. He retained the Malhargarh seat in the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections by again defeating Shyamlal Jokchand with a margin of 6,571 votes. In the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, Devda defeated Congress candidate Parshuram Sisodia by 11,872 votes. Devda emerged victorious once again in 2023. In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections, Jagdish Devda won the Malhargarh constituency by 59,024 votes. He defeated Independent candidate Shyamlal Jokchand.
Before the 2023 polls, Jagdish Devda won three consecutive elections from the Malhargarh constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018.
Jagdish Devda represented the Suwasara constituency in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in 1990, 1993 and 2003.
In the 1990 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, Devda defeated Congress candidate Parvati Arya in Suwasara by 15,428 votes.
In the 1993 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election, Devda defeated Congress candidate Girish in Suwasara by 5,443 votes.
