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Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency

Balaghat
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesBaihar
Lanji
Paraswada
Balaghat
Waraseoni
Katangi
Barghat
Seoni
Established1952
Total electors18,73,653[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Balaghat is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers the entire Balaghat district and part of Seoni district.

Assembly segments

Like most other Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh, with few seats like Durg (which has nine assembly segments under it) being exceptions, Balaghat Lok Sabha seat has 8 assembly seats as its segments. Presently, since the delimitation of the parliamentary and legislative assembly constituencies in 2008, Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
108 Baihar (ST) Balaghat Sanjay Uikey INC BJP
109 Lanji Rajkumar Karrahe BJP BJP
110 Paraswada Madhubhau Bhagat INC BJP
111 Balaghat Anubha Munjare INC BJP
112 Waraseoni Vivek Vicky Patel INC BJP
113 Katangi Gaurav Singh Pardhi BJP BJP
114 Barghat (ST) Seoni Kamal Marskole BJP BJP
115 Seoni Dinesh Rai Munmun BJP BJP

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1952 Chintaman Rao Gautam Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Bholaram Ramaji Praja Socialist Party
1967 Chintaman Dhivruji Indian National Congress
1971
1977 Kacharu Lal Hemraj Jain Republican Party of India (K)
1980 Nandkishore Sharma Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Kankar Munjare Independent
1991 Vishveshwar Bhagat Indian National Congress
1996
1998 Gaurishankar Bisen Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Prahlad Patel
2004 Gaurishankar Bisen
2009 K. D. Deshmukh
2014 Bodh Singh Bhagat
2019 Dhal Singh Bisen
2024 Bharti Pardhi

Election results

General elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Balaghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bharti Pardhi 712,660 51.56
INC Samrat Saraswat 5,38,148 38.93
NOTA None of the above 11,510 0.83
Majority
Turnout 13,76,207[a] 73.45 Decrease4.21
BJP hold Swing
  1. ^ does not include postal ballots

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Balaghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dhal Singh Bisen 696,102 50.74 +7.57
INC Madhu Bhagat 4,54,036 33.09 −1.45
BSP Kankar Munjare 85,177 6.21 +2.05
IND Bodh Singh Bhagat 47,220 3.44
NOTA None of the Above 4,242 0.31 −0.31
Majority 2,42,066 17.07 +8.44
Turnout 13,72,730 77.66 +9.34
BJP hold Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Balaghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bodh Singh Bhagat 4,80,594 43.17
INC Hina Likhiram Kavre 3,84,553 34.54
SP Anubha Munjare 99,392 8.93
BSP Yogesh Nanaji Samrite 46,345 4.16
CPI Ashok Kumar Masih 20,297 1.82
NOTA None of the Above 6,922 0.62
Majority 96,041 8.63
Turnout 11,13,364 68.32
BJP hold Swing

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Balaghat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP K. D. Deshmukh 2,99,959 39.65
INC Vishveshwar Bhagat 2,59,140 34.25
RJD Kankar Munjare 48,800 6.45
BSP Ajab Lal 35,203 4.65
SP Kishor Samrite 29,525 3.90
GGP Bhaiya Balkrishna 20,645 2.73
Majority 40,819 5.40
Turnout 7,56,541 56.49
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Press Note" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

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