Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency

Balaghat
Balaghat
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Baihar ; Lanji ; Paraswada ; Balaghat ; Waraseoni ; Katangi ; Barghat ; Seoni
Established	1952
Total electors	18,73,653
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Bharti Pardhi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Last updated October 21, 2024

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
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	Seoni	Dinesh Rai Munmun	BJP	BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	Chintaman Rao Gautam	Indian National Congress
1957	Chintaman Rao Gautam	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 (K)
1980	Nandkishore Sharma	Indian National Congress (I)
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 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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	73.45	4.21
	BJP hold		Swing

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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

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh
Current (since 2008)	Balaghat Betul Bhind Bhopal Chhindwara Damoh Dewas Dhar Guna Gwalior Indore Jabalpur Khajuraho Khandwa Khargone Mandla Mandsaur Morena Narmadapuram Rajgarh Ratlam Rewa Sagar Satna Shahdol Sidhi Tikamgarh Ujjain Vidisha
Defunct	Jhabua Seoni Shajapur Shivpuri