Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Central India |
State | Madhya Pradesh |
Assembly constituencies | Gwalior Rural Gwalior Gwalior East Gwalior South Bhitarwar Dabra Karera Pohari |
Established | 1952 |
Total electors | 21,54,601 [1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2024 |
Gwalior Lok Sabha seat is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh state. This constituency covers the entire Gwalior district and part of Shivpuri district.
Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency currently comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:
# | Name | District | Member | Party | |
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14 | Gwalior Rural | Gwalior | Sahab Singh Gurjar | INC | |
15 | Gwalior | Pradhuman Singh Tomar | BJP | ||
16 | Gwalior East | Satish Sikarwar | INC | ||
17 | Gwalior South | Narayan Singh Kushwah | BJP | ||
18 | Bhitarwar | Mohan Singh Rathore | BJP | ||
19 | Dabra (SC) | Suresh Raje | INC | ||
23 | Karera (SC) | Shivpuri | Ramesh Prasad Khatik | BJP | |
24 | Pohari | Kailash Kushwah | INC |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Bharat Singh Kushwah | 671,535 | 49.99 | -2.45% | |
INC | Praveen Pathak | 601,325 | 44.77 | +4.61% | |
BSP | Kalyan Singh Kansana | 33,465 | 2.49% | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 3,341 | 0.25 | ||
Majority | 70,210 | 5.22 | |||
Turnout | 13,43,229 | 62.13 | 2.31 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar | 627,250 | 52.44 | ||
INC | Ashok Singh | 4,80,408 | 40.16 | ||
BSP | Mamta Singh Kushwaha | 44,677 | 3.74 | ||
IND. | Govind Singh | 6,320 | 0.53 | ||
PPI(D) | Geeta Rani Kushwah | 5,566 | 0.47 | ||
Majority | 1,46,842 | 12.28 | |||
Turnout | 11,96,888 | 59.82 | +7.02 | ||
BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Narendra Singh Tomar | 4,42,796 | 44.68 | +1.39 | |
INC | Ashok Singh | 4,13,097 | 41.68 | +3.04 | |
BSP | Alok Sharma | 68,196 | 6.88 | -6.21 | |
AAP | Neelam Agrwal | 11,510 | 1.16 | N/A | |
CPI(M) | Akhilesh Yadav | 10,297 | 1.04 | N/A | |
SP | Balwant Singh Kushwah | 5,327 | 0.54 | N/A | |
Independent | Asif Khan | 4,969 | 0.50 | N/A | |
Jan Nyay Dal | C.L. Karodiya | 4,719 | 0.48 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,219 | 0.43 | ||
Majority | 29,699 | 3.00 | |||
Turnout | 9,90,912 | 52.80 | |||
BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Yashodhara Raje Scindia | 2,52,314 | 43.19 | ||
INC | Ashok Singh | 2,25,723 | 38.64 | ||
BSP | Ajab Singh Kushwaha | 76,481 | 13.09 | ||
IND. | Jagadish Gobara | 3,943 | 0.67 | ||
LJP | Avtar Singh | 3,341 | 0.57 | ||
Majority | 26,591 | 4.55 | |||
Turnout | 5,84,196 | 41.12 | |||
BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Yashodhara Raje Scindia | 2,13,583 | 37.43 | ||
INC | Ashok Singh | 1,77,109 | 31.04 | ||
RSD | Ramshree Baghel | 51,308 | 8.99 | ||
BSP | Kedar Singh Bidhuri | 35,707 | 6.26 | ||
LJP | Phool Singh Baraiya | 31,844 | 5.58 | ||
SP | Munna Lal Goyal | 16,829 | 2.95 | ||
Majority | 36,474 | 6.39 | |||
Turnout | 5,70,609 | 41.38 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
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