Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Established:1952
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Mp:Bharti Pardhi
Latest Election Year:2024
State:Madhya Pradesh
Electors:18,73,653[1]
Reservation:None
Assembly Cons:Baihar
Lanji
Paraswada
Balaghat
Waraseoni
Katangi
Barghat
Seoni

Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency 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:

NameDistrictMemberParty
108Baihar (ST)BalaghatSanjay UikeyINC
109LanjiRajkumar KarraheBJP
110ParaswadaMadhubhau BhagatINC
111BalaghatAnubha MunjareINC
112WaraseoniVivek Vicky PatelINC
113KatangiGaurav Singh PardhiBJP
114Barghat (ST)SeoniKamal MarskoleBJP
115SeoniDinesh Rai MunmunBJP

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952Chintaman Rao GautamIndian National Congress
1957
1962Bholaram RamajiPraja Socialist Party
1967Chintaman DhivrujiIndian National Congress
1971
1977Kacharu Lal Hemraj JainRepublican Party of India (K)
1980Nandkishore SharmaIndian National Congress (I)
1984Indian National Congress
1989Kankar MunjareIndependent
1991Vishveshwar BhagatIndian National Congress
1996
1998Gaurishankar BisenBharatiya Janata Party
1999Prahlad Patel
2004Gaurishankar Bisen
2009K. D. Deshmukh
2014Bodh Singh Bhagat
2019Dhal Singh Bisen
Bharti Pardhi

Election results

General elections 2009

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf