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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency&lt;br /&gt;
| image = Madhya_Pradesh_Lok_Sabha_constituencies_(Balaghat_highlighted).png&lt;br /&gt;
| caption = Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency within Madhya Pradesh&lt;br /&gt;
| Existence =1952&lt;br /&gt;
| CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
| CurrentMP = [[Dhal Singh Bisen]]&lt;br /&gt;
| ElectedByYear = 2019&lt;br /&gt;
| State = [[Madhya Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Electorate=1,336,535&lt;br /&gt;
|Successful Party= &lt;br /&gt;
|Reservation= None&lt;br /&gt;
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Baihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baihar ]] &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; [[Lanji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lanji ]] &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; [[Paraswada (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Paraswada]] &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; [[Balaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balaghat ]] &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; [[Waraseoni (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Waraseoni]] &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; [[Katangi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katangi ]] &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; [[Barghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barghat]] &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; [[Seoni (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Seoni ]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; 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]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Assembly segments==&lt;br /&gt;
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:&lt;br /&gt;
{|class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;500px&amp;quot;  &lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;50px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:75%&amp;quot;|Constituency number&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;150px&amp;quot;|Name&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;100px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:75%&amp;quot;|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;150px&amp;quot;|District&lt;br /&gt;
!width=&amp;quot;150px&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;font-size:75%&amp;quot;|Number of electorates (2009)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/PC-SR-09-05.pdf |title=Parliamentary &amp;amp; Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of  Electors in the Final Roll-2009 |access-date=2011-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163453/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/PC-SR-09-05.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|108&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Baihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baihar]]&lt;br /&gt;
|ST&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Balaghat district|Balaghat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|163,201&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|109&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Lanji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lanji]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Balaghat district|Balaghat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|177,598&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|110&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Paraswada (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Paraswada]]  &lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Balaghat district|Balaghat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|155,476&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|111&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Balaghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balaghat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Balaghat district|Balaghat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|167,420&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|112&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Waraseoni (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Waraseoni]]    &lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Balaghat district|Balaghat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|150,025&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|113&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Katangi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Katangi]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Balaghat district|Balaghat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|152,713&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|114&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Barghat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barghat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|ST&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Seoni district|Seoni]]&lt;br /&gt;
|178,641&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|115&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Seoni (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Seoni]]&lt;br /&gt;
|None&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Seoni district|Seoni]]&lt;br /&gt;
|191,461&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|colspan=&amp;quot;4&amp;quot; align=&amp;quot;right&amp;quot; bgcolor=&amp;quot;fff999&amp;quot;|Total:&lt;br /&gt;
|bgcolor=&amp;quot;fff999&amp;quot;|1,336,535&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Members of Parliament==&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
!Year&lt;br /&gt;
!Winner&lt;br /&gt;
!Party&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; |Madhya Bharat State&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1952]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Chintaman Dhivruji]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|INC}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! colspan=&amp;quot;3&amp;quot; |Madhya Pradesh State&lt;br /&gt;
!&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Chintaman Dhivruji]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|INC}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Bholaram Ramaji&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |[[Chintaman Dhivruji]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |[[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|INC}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kacharu Lal Hemraj Jain]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Republican Party of India (Khobragade)}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Nandkishore Sharma&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|INC}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Kankar Munjare&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;1&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|Independent}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |Vishveshwar Bhagat&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; |[[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|INC}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Gaurishankar Bisen]]&lt;br /&gt;
|rowspan=&amp;quot;6&amp;quot; |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
| rowspan=&amp;quot;6&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;background-color: {{party color|BJP}}&amp;quot; |&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Prahlad Singh Patel]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Gaurishankar Bisen]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[K. D. Deshmukh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Bodh Singh Bhagat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Dhal Singh Bisen]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Election Results ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===General Elections 2019===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Balaghat]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Dhal Singh Bisen]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 6,96,102&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 50.74&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = +7.57&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Madhu Bhagat]] &lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,54,036&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 33.09&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = -1.45&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate   = Kankar Munjare&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 85,177  &lt;br /&gt;
| percentage = 6.21 &lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = +2.05&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = [[Independent politician|IND]]&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = [[Bodh Singh Bhagat]]&lt;br /&gt;
|  votes      = 47,220  &lt;br /&gt;
|percentage =3.44 &lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = [[None of the Above]]&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 4,242&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 0.31&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = -0.31&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      = 2,42,066&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage = 17.07&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     = +8.44&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      = 13,72,730&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage = 77.66&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     = +9.34&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
   |winner     =Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
   |swing      = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===General Elections 2014===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Balaghat]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Bodh Singh Bhagat]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 4,80,594&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 43.17&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box candidate with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
  |party      = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
  |candidate  = [[Hina Kaware|Hina Likhiram Kavre]]&lt;br /&gt;
  |votes      = 3,84,553&lt;br /&gt;
  |percentage = 34.54&lt;br /&gt;
  |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Samajwadi Party&lt;br /&gt;
| candidate  = Anubha Munjare&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 99,392&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 8.93&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = Yogesh Nanaji Samrite&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 46,345&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 4.16&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Communist Party of India&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = Ashok Kumar Masih&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 20,297&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 1.82&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = None of the above&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = [[None of the Above]]&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 6,922&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 0.62&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box majority|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      = 96,041&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage = 8.63&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box turnout|&lt;br /&gt;
   |votes      = 11,13,364&lt;br /&gt;
   |percentage = 68.32&lt;br /&gt;
   |change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box hold with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
   |winner     = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
   |swing      = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Balaghat]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = [[K. D. Deshmukh]]&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 2,99,959&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 39.65&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Indian National Congress&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = Vishveshwar Bhagat&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 2,59,140&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 34.25&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Rashtriya Janata Dal&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = Kankar Munjare&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 48,800&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 6.45&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Bahujan Samaj Party&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = Ajab Lal&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 35,203&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 4.65&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     =&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Samajwadi Party&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = Kishor Samrite&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 29,525&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 3.90&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box candidate with party link&lt;br /&gt;
| party       = Gondwana Ganatantra Party&lt;br /&gt;
|  candidate  = Bhaiya Balkrishna&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 20,645&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 2.73&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box majority&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 40,819&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 5.40&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box turnout&lt;br /&gt;
| votes       = 7,56,541&lt;br /&gt;
|  percentage = 56.49&lt;br /&gt;
|  change     = &lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box hold with party link|&lt;br /&gt;
    |winner  = Bharatiya Janata Party&lt;br /&gt;
    |swing      = &lt;br /&gt;
 }}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Election  box end}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Balaghat district]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Coord|21|48|N|80|11|E|region:IN|display=title}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Balaghat district]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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