Balaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: बालाघाट लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) 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
Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency within Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent	Dhal Singh Bisen
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency Details
State	Madhya Pradesh
Total Electors	1,336,535
Assembly Constituencies	Baihar (108) Lanji (109) Paraswada (110) Balaghat (111) Waraseoni (112) Katangi (113) Barghat (114) Seoni (115)

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:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2009)[1]
108	Baihar	ST	Balaghat	163,201
109	Lanji	None	Balaghat	177,598
110	Paraswada	None	Balaghat	155,476
111	Balaghat	None	Balaghat	167,420
112	Waraseoni	None	Balaghat	150,025
113	Katangi	None	Balaghat	152,713
114	Barghat	ST	Seoni	178,641
115	Seoni	None	Seoni	191,461
Total:				1,336,535

Members of Parliament

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

Election Results

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Balaghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dhal Singh Bisen	6,96,102	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

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

• Balaghat district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-04-03.