Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency, covering the districts of Balaghat and Seoni, is one of the 29 parliamentary constituencies spread across the Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Both the districts are situated in the southern regions of the state. The Balaghat Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 15) has a total of 1,339,239 electorates out of which 652,928 are females and 686,311 are males according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports. A total of eight legislative assembly segments comprise the entire constituency of Balaghat. Out of these, Seoni and Barghat belong to parts of the Seoni district, while the remaining six segments cover the entire district of Balaghat.
As per the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the total number of voters in this constituency is 13,36,535 people. This electorate number has been finalised as per the Delimitation Commission’s order issued in 2008. The Balaghat parliamentary constituency has a total population of 17,01,698, according to the 2011 Census of India.
Although, Balaghat has rich quantities of manganese and copper deposits which gives the constituency its economic backbone, this region has been identified as one of the economically backward districts of the state, being funded under the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGFP). This constituency is one of the less developed regions in Madhya Pradesh.
List of winner/current and runner up MPs Balaghat Parliamentary Constituency.
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Balaghat parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Balaghat constituency is Shri Bodhsingh Bhagat of BJP.
|
Year |
PC No. |
PC Name |
Category |
winner/current MP |
Gender |
Party |
Vote |
Runner Up MP |
Gender |
Party |
Vote |
|
2014 |
15 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Bodhsingh Bhagat |
M |
BJP |
480594 |
Hina Likhiram Kawre |
M |
INC |
384553 |
|
2009 |
15 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Deshmukh,Shri K. D. |
M |
BJP |
299959 |
Vishveshwar Bhagat |
M |
INC |
259140 |
|
2004 |
12 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Gauri Shankar Chaturbhuj Bisen |
M |
BJP |
193982 |
Kankar Munjare |
M |
JP |
105893 |
|
1999 |
23 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Prahladsingh Patel |
M |
BJP |
251308 |
Vishweshwer Bhagat |
M |
INC |
230630 |
|
1998 |
23 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Gaurishankar Chaturbhuj Bisen |
M |
BJP |
240066 |
Vishaveshwar Bhagat |
M |
INC |
214535 |
|
1996 |
23 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Vishveshwar Bhagat |
M |
INC |
171569 |
Gaurishankar Chaturbhuj Bisen |
M |
BJP |
170312 |
|
1991 |
23 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Vishveshwar Bhagat |
M |
INC |
185491 |
Gourishankar Chaturbhuj |
M |
BJP |
129265 |
|
1989 |
23 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Kankar Munjare |
M |
IND |
177870 |
K.D.Deshmukh |
M |
JD |
167404 |
|
1984 |
23 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Nandkishore Sharma |
M |
INC |
169497 |
Lochanlal Narayan Thakre |
M |
BJP |
101380 |
|
1980 |
23 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Nandkishore Sharma |
M |
INC(I) |
189743 |
Hukamchand Kachwai Munnalal |
M |
JNP |
76370 |
|
1977 |
23 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Kacharu Lal Hemraj Jain |
M |
RPK |
153980 |
Chintaman Rao Gautam |
M |
INC |
104272 |
|
1971 |
20 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Chintaman Rao Gautam |
M |
INC |
128111 |
Ramcharan Bhanwarre |
M |
IND |
40741 |
|
1967 |
20 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
C.R. Gautam |
M |
INC |
125540 |
R. Bhanware |
M |
RPI |
48323 |
|
1962 |
20 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Bholaram Ramaji |
M |
PSP |
69786 |
Shankarlal Rajaram Tiwari |
M |
INC |
66894 |
|
1957 |
17 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
Chintaman Dhivruji |
M |
INC |
97932 |
Damodar Brijlal Tembhre |
M |
PSP |
35414 |
|
1951 |
8 |
Balaghat |
GEN |
C. D. Goutam |
M |
INC |
117725 |
Sheoram Bisen |
M |
SP |
45125 |
Facts about current sitting MP of Balaghat Constituency
|
Name of MP |
Shri Bodhsingh Bhagat |
|
Age |
63 |
|
Nature of Membership |
Elected |
|
Term |
May, 2014 to In office |
|
Political Party |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
|
Gender |
Male |
|
Educational Qualification |
B. Sc. |
|
Activities of Shri Bodhsingh Bhagat in 16th Lok Sabha |
|
|
Debates participated |
18 |
|
Private member bills passed |
0 |
|
Questions asked |
77 |
|
Attendance |
N/A |
Note:Data corresponds to the period 1 June 2014 to 13 Feb 2018.
List of Assembly Constituencies in Balaghat Parliamentary Constituency
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Balaghat parliamentary constituency.
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Names of Assembly Constituencies |
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