Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency
{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Balaghat
| type = LS
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=right|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Madhya Pradesh/Balaghat.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency
| established = 1952
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| mp = Bharti Pardhi
| latest_election_year = 2024
| state = Madhya Pradesh
| electors = 18,73,653{{Cite web |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf |title=Press Note |author= |date=25 May 2024 |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 December 2024}}
| reservation = None
| assembly_cons = Baihar
Lanji
Paraswada
Balaghat
Waraseoni
Katangi
Barghat
Seoni
}}
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:
| class="wikitable"
!# !Name !District !Member ! colspan="2" |Party ! colspan="2" |2024 Lead |
| 108
|Baihar (ST) | rowspan="6" |Balaghat |Sanjay Uikey | style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |INC |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |
| 109
|Rajkumar Karrahe | style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |
| 110
|Madhubhau Bhagat | style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |INC |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |
| 111
|Anubha Munjare | style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |INC |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |
| 112
|Vivek Vicky Patel | style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |INC |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |
| 113
|Gaurav Singh Pardhi | style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |
| 114
|Barghat (ST) | rowspan="2" |Seoni |Kamal Marskole | style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |
| 115
|Dinesh Rai Munmun | style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |BJP |
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Member ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 1952
| rowspan="2" |Chintaman Rao Gautam | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress |
| 1957 |
| 1962
|Bholaram Ramaji |style="background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}" | |
| 1967
| rowspan="2" |Chintaman Dhivruji | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress |
| 1971 |
| 1977
|style="background-color: {{party color|Republican Party of India (Khobragade)}}" | |
| 1980
| rowspan="2" |Nandkishore Sharma |style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" | |
| 1984
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |
| 1989
|Kankar Munjare |style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" | |
| 1991
| rowspan="2" |Vishveshwar Bhagat | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress |
| 1996 |
| 1998
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | rowspan="7" |Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1999 |
| 2004 |
| 2009 |
| 2014 |
| 2019 |
| 2024 |
Election results
=General elections 2024=
{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general election: Balaghat}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate= Bharti Pardhi
|party= Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes= 712660
|percentage= 51.56
|change= +0.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate= Samrat Saraswat
|party= Indian National Congress
|votes= 5,38,148
|percentage= 38.93
|change=+5.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party
|candidate = Nandlal Uikey
|votes = 12,422
|percentage = 0.9
|change = new
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 11,510
|percentage = 0.83
|change =+0.52
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 174,512
|percentage = 12.63
|change = -4.44
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =13,76,207{{efn|does not include postal ballots}}
|percentage =73.45
|change ={{decrease}}4.21
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = BJP
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{notelist}}
= General elections 2019=
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Balaghat}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dhal Singh Bisen
|votes = 6,96,102
|percentage = 50.74
|change = +7.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Madhu Bhagat
|votes = 4,54,036
|percentage = 33.09
|change = -1.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Kankar Munjare
| votes = 85,177
| percentage = 6.21
| change = +2.05
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = IND
| candidate = Bodh Singh Bhagat
| votes = 47,220
|percentage =3.44
| change = new
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate = None of the Above
| votes = 4,242
| percentage = 0.31
| change = -0.31
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,42,066
|percentage = 17.07
|change = +8.44
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 13,72,730
|percentage = 77.66
|change = +9.34
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General elections 2014=
{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Balaghat}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Bodh Singh Bhagat
|votes = 4,80,594
|percentage = 43.17
|change = +3.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Hina Likhiram Kavre
|votes = 3,84,553
|percentage = 34.54
|change = +0.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Samajwadi Party
| candidate = Anubha Munjare
| votes = 99,392
| percentage = 8.93
| change = +5.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Yogesh Nanaji Samrite
| votes = 46,345
| percentage = 4.16
| change = -0.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Communist Party of India
| candidate = Ashok Kumar Masih
| votes = 20,297
| percentage = 1.82
| change = new
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the above
| candidate = None of the Above
| votes = 6,922
| percentage = 0.62
| change = new
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 96,041
|percentage = 8.63
|change = +3.23
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,13,364
|percentage = 68.32
|change = +11.83
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=General elections 2009=
{{Election box begin | title=2009 Indian general elections: Balaghat}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = K. D. Deshmukh
| votes = 2,99,959
| percentage = 39.65
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Vishveshwar Bhagat
| votes = 2,59,140
| percentage = 34.25
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
| candidate = Kankar Munjare
| votes = 48,800
| percentage = 6.45
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Ajab Lal
| votes = 35,203
| percentage = 4.65
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Samajwadi Party
| candidate = Kishor Samrite
| votes = 29,525
| percentage = 3.90
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party
| candidate = Bhaiya Balkrishna
| votes = 20,645
| percentage = 2.73
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 40,819
| percentage = 5.40
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 7,56,541
| percentage = 56.49
| change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}
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