Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency

Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency within Madhya Pradesh
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Junnardeo Amarwara Chourai Saunsar Chhindwara Parasia Pandhurna
Established	1951
Total electors	15,12,369
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Nakul Nath
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2019

Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951, and it presently covers the entire Chhindwara district.

Assembly segments

Most Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh, with few seats like Durg (which has nine assembly segments under it) being exceptions, have 8 assembly seats as their segments. This seat is among the exceptions. Chhindwara and Satna have 7 assembly segments under them. Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party
122	Junnardeo (ST)	Chhindwara	Sunil Uikey		INC
123	Amarwara (ST)		Kamlesh Pratap Shah		INC
124	Chourai		Chaudhry Sujit		INC
125	Sausar		Vijay Revanth Chore		INC
126	Chhindwara		Kamal Nath		INC
127	Parasiya (SC)		Sohanlal Balmik		INC
128	Pandhurna (ST)		Neelesh Uikey		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Raichandbhai Shah		Indian National Congress
1957	Bhikulal Chandak
1962
1967	Gargi Shankar Mishra
1971
1977
1980	Kamal Nath		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Alka Nath
1997^	Sunder Lal Patwa		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Kamal Nath		Indian National Congress
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019	Nakul Nath

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nakul Nath
	BJP	Vivek 'Bunty' Sahu
	BSP	Umakant Bandewar
	GGP	Deviram Bhalavi
	RPI(A)	Fogal Bansod
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nakul Nath	547,305	47.06	-3.48
	BJP	Nathan Shah	5,09,769	44.05	+4.04
	ABGP	Manmohan Shah Batti	35,968	2.88
	BSP	Gyaneshwar Gajbhiye	14,275	1.14
	GGP	Rajkumar Saryam	4,706	0.38
	NOTA	None of the Above	20,324	1.63	-0.67
Majority			37,536	3.00	-7.53
Turnout			12,48,478	82.42	+3.43
	INC hold		Swing	-7.53

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2014 Indian general election

2014 Indian general elections: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamal Nath	559,755	50.54	+1.13
	BJP	Ch. Chandrabhan Kuber Singh	4,43,218	40.01	+5.22
	GGP	Pardeshi Hartapshah Tirgam	25,628	2.31
	Independent	Sitaram Sareyam	12,762	1.15
	BSP	Nitin Kumar Sahu	12,241	1.11	-0.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	25,499	2.30
Majority			1,16,537	10.53	-4.09
Turnout			11,07,498	78.99	+7.14
	INC hold		Swing	-2.04

2009 Indian general election

2009 Indian general elections: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamal Nath	4,09,736	49.41
	BJP	Marot Rao Khavase	2,88,516	34.79
	Independent	Manmohan Shah Batti	27,414	3.31
	Independent	Tulsiram Suryawanshi	21,211	2.56
	BSP	Rao Saheb Shinde	9,880	1.19
Majority			1,21,220	14.62
Turnout			8,29,294	71.85
	INC hold		Swing

2004 Indian general election

2004 Indian general elections: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamal Nath	3,08,563	40.89
	BJP	Prahlad Singh Patel	2,44,855	32.45
Majority			63,708	8.44
Turnout				65.92
	INC hold		Swing

1999 Indian general election

1999 Indian general election: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamal Nath	3,99,904	63.98
	BJP	Santosh jain	2,10,976	33.75
Majority
Turnout				60.31
	INC hold		Swing

1998 Indian general election

1998 Indian general election: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamal Nath	3,99,904	58.40
	BJP	Sunder Lal Patwa	2,10,976	36.35
Majority
Turnout				70.51
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

By election, 1997

By Election, 1997: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sunder Lal Patwa	3,44,302	51.37
	INC	Kamal Nath	3,06,622	45.75
	JP	I. S. Chauhan	4,151	0.62
	Independent	Vijay Singh Baghel	3,210	0.48
	Independent	Dilip Parsram	2,972	0.44
Majority			37,680	5.62
Turnout			6,70,220	67.29
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1996 Indian general election

1996 Indian general election: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Alka Nath	2,81,414	46.69
	BJP	Choudhari Chandrabhan	2,60,032	43.14
Majority
Turnout				64.09
	INC hold		Swing

1991 Indian general election

1991 Indian general election: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamal Nath	2,14,456	55.98
	BJP	Choudhari Chandrabhan	1,34,824	35.19
Majority
Turnout				46.62
	INC hold		Swing

1989 Indian general election

1989 Indian general election: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamal Nath	2,11,799	50.14
	JD	Madhav Lal Dube	1,71,695	40.65
Majority
Turnout				53.41
	INC hold		Swing

1984 Indian general election

1984 Indian general election: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamal Nath	2,34,846	67.17
	BJP	Batra Ram Kishan	81,021	23.17
Majority
Turnout				57.82
	INC hold		Swing

1980 Indian general election

1980 Indian general election: Chhindwara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kamal Nath	1,47,779	51.59
	JP	Pratul Chandra Dwivedi	77,648	27.11
Majority
Turnout				57.82
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Chhindwara district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-05-23.

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