Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency

Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency (Template:Lang-hi) 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

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:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2009)
108	Baihar	ST	Balaghat	163,201
109	Lanji	None	Balaghat	177,598
110	Paraswada	None	Balaghat	155,476
111	Balaghat	None	Balaghat	167,420
112	Waraseoni	None	Balaghat	150,025
113	Katangi	None	Balaghat	152,713
114	Barghat	ST	Seoni	178,641
115	Seoni	None	Seoni	191,461
Total:				1,336,535

Members of Parliament

• 1951: C.R. Gautam, Indian National Congress
• 1957: Chintaman Dhivruji, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Bholaram Ramaji, Praja Socialist Party
• 1967: C.R. Gautam, Indian National Congress
• 1971: Chintaman Rao Gautam, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Kacharu Lal Hemraj Jain, Republican Party of India (Khobragade)
• 1980: Nandkishore Sharma, Indian National Congress - I
• 1984: Nandkishore Sharma, Indian National Congress
• 1989: Kankar Munjare, Independent
• 1991: Vishveshwar Bhagat, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Vishveshwar Bhagat, Indian National Congress
• 1998: Gauri Shankar Chaturbhuj Bisen, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1999: Prahladsingh Patel, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2004: Gauri Shankar Chaturbhuj Bisen, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2009: K. D. Deshmukh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2014: Bodh Singh Bhagat, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Election, 2014: Balaghat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bodh Singh Bhagat
	INC
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

See also

• Balaghat district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha