In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Balaghat Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
| Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Dhal Singh Bisen | Bharatiya Janata Party | 692859 | 0 | 3243 | 696102 | 50.74 | Winner |
| Madhu Bhagat | Indian National Congress | 452594 | 0 | 1442 | 454036 | 33.09 | 1st Runner-up |
| Kankar Munjare | Bahujan Samaj Party | 84996 | 0 | 181 | 85177 | 6.21 | 2nd Runner-up |
| Bodhsingh Bhagat | Independent | 47105 | 0 | 115 | 47220 | 3.44 | 3rd Runner-up |
| Ali .M R. Khan | Communist Party Of India | 9678 | 0 | 7 | 9685 | 0.71 | 4th Runner-up |
| Jaisingh Tekam | Gondvana Gantantra Party | 8625 | 0 | 86 | 8711 | 0.63 | 5th Runner-up |
| Narayan Banjare | Independent | 8463 | 0 | 0 | 8463 | 0.62 | 6th Runner-up |
| Kishor Samrite | Independent | 7361 | 0 | 4 | 7365 | 0.54 | 7th Runner-up |
| Abhishek Bilhore | Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party | 5920 | 0 | 2 | 5922 | 0.43 | 8th Runner-up |
| Advocate Satyaprakash Shulke (Lodhi) | Madhya Pradesh Jan Vikas Party | 5882 | 0 | 0 | 5882 | 0.43 | 9th Runner-up |
| Makbool Shah | Independent | 4787 | 0 | 0 | 4787 | 0.35 | 10th Runner-up |
| Glg Tandekar | Independent | 4504 | 0 | 0 | 4504 | 0.33 | 11th Runner-up |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 4211 | 0 | 31 | 4242 | 0.31 | 12th Runner-up |
| Baboo Rajendra Dhoke | Peoples Party Of India (Democratic) | 4171 | 0 | 1 | 4172 | 0.3 | 13th Runner-up |
| Mukesh Bansod | Ambedkarite Party Of India | 4073 | 0 | 3 | 4076 | 0.3 | 14th Runner-up |
| Shrimati Manisha Vaid | Independent | 3804 | 0 | 5 | 3809 | 0.28 | 15th Runner-up |
| Satish Tiwari | Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party | 3433 | 0 | 2 | 3435 | 0.25 | 16th Runner-up |
| Pitam Borkar | Independent | 2740 | 0 | 0 | 2740 | 0.2 | 17th Runner-up |
| Karan Singh Naagpure | Bahujan Mukti Party | 2436 | 0 | 4 | 2440 | 0.18 | 18th Runner-up |
| Meershyam Lilhare Lodhi | Independent | 2319 | 0 | 1 | 2320 | 0.17 | 19th Runner-up |
| Rajan Masih | Bharat Prabhat Party | 2016 | 0 | 6 | 2022 | 0.15 | 20th Runner-up |
| Yuvraj Singh Bais | Proutist Bloc, India | 1890 | 0 | 0 | 1890 | 0.14 | 21th Runner-up |
| Ruplal Kutrahe (Samaj Sevak ) Lodhi | Independent | 1513 | 0 | 0 | 1513 | 0.11 | 22th Runner-up |
| Rakesh Kumar | Independent | 1505 | 0 | 0 | 1505 | 0.11 | 23th Runner-up |
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 |
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.| Names of Assembly Constituencies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baihar (ST) | Lanji | Paraswada |
| Balaghat | Waraseoni | Katangi |
| Barghat (ST) | Seoni | |
Last Updated on July 2, 2019