Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency

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.

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[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Bharti Pardhi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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	Party		2024 Lead
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		Dinesh Rai Munmun		BJP		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Chintaman Rao Gautam		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Bholaram Ramaji		Praja Socialist Party
1967	Chintaman Dhivruji		Indian National Congress
1971
1977	Kacharu Lal Hemraj Jain		Republican Party of India (K)
1980	Nandkishore Sharma		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Kankar Munjare		Independent
1991	Vishveshwar Bhagat		Indian National Congress
1996
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[a]	73.45	4.21
	BJP hold		Swing

1. does not include postal ballots

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

See also

• Balaghat district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha