Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency 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.
| Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
.png) Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency within Madhya Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| Assembly constituencies | Baihar Lanji Paraswada Balaghat Waraseoni Katangi Barghat Seoni |
| Established | 1952 |
| Total electors | 1,336,535 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 17th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Assembly segments edit
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | Baihar (ST) | Balaghat | Sanjay Uikey | INC | |
| 109 | Lanji | Rajkumar Karrahe | BJP | ||
| 110 | Paraswada | Madhubhau Bhagat | INC | ||
| 111 | Balaghat | Anubha Munjare | INC | ||
| 112 | Waraseoni | Vivek Vicky Patel | INC | ||
| 113 | Katangi | Gaurav Singh Pardhi | BJP | ||
| 114 | Barghat (ST) | Seoni | Kamal Marskole | BJP | |
| 115 | Seoni | Dinesh Rai Munmun | BJP | ||
Members of Parliament edit
| 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 | ||
Election results edit
2024 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Samrat Saraswat | ||||
| BJP | Bharti Pardhi | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2019 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||