Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency

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Chhindwara
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateMadhya Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesJunnardeo
Amarwara
Chourai
Saunsar
Chhindwara
Parasia
Pandhurna
Established1951
Total electors16,32,190[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2024

Chhindwara is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in Central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951, and it presently covers the entire Chhindwara district and Pandhurna district.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Most Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh, with few seats like Durg (which has nine assembly segments under it) being exceptions, have 8 assembly seats as their segments. This seat is among the exceptions. Chhindwara and Satna have 7 assembly segments under them. Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following seven Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
122 Junnardeo (ST) Chhindwara Sunil Uikey INC BJP
123 Amarwara (ST) Kamlesh Shah BJP
124 Chourai Chaudhry Sujit INC
125 Sausar Vijay Revanth Chore
126 Chhindwara Kamal Nath
127 Parasiya (SC) Sohanlal Balmik
128 Pandhurna (ST) Neelesh Uikey

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Indian National Congress is the most successful political party in Chhindwara Lok Sabha elections.
  1. INC (16 terms) (84.2%)
  2. BJP (2 terms) (10.5%)
  3. INC (I) (1 term) (5.26%)
Year Member Party
1952 Raichandbhai Shah Indian National Congress
1957 Bhikulal Chandak
1962
1967 Gargi Shankar Mishra
1971
1977
1980 Kamal Nath Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996 Alka Nath
1997^ Sunder Lal Patwa Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Kamal Nath Indian National Congress
1999
2004
2009
2014
2019 Nakul Nath
2024 Vivek Kumar Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party

^ by poll

Election results[edit | edit source]

2024[edit | edit source]

2024 Indian general election: Chhindwara[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vivek Bunty Sahu 644,738 49.41 +5.36
INC Nakul Nath 5,31,120 40.70 −6.34
GGP Deviram Bhalavi 55,988 4.29 +4.09
NOTA None of the above 9,903 0.76 −0.87
Majority 1,13,618 8.71 +5.70
Turnout 13,04,827 79.83 −2.59
BJP gain from INC Swing

2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nakul Nath 547,305 47.06 −3.48
BJP Nathan Shah 5,09,769 44.05 +4.04
ABGP Manmohan Shah Batti 35,968 2.88 new
BSP Gyaneshwar Gajbhiye 14,275 1.14 +0.03
GGP Rajkumar Saryam 4,706 0.38 −1.93
NOTA None of the Above 20,324 1.63 −0.67
Majority 37,536 3.00 −7.53
Turnout 12,48,478 82.42 +3.43
INC hold Swing -7.53

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2014 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Nath 559,755 50.54 +1.13
BJP Ch. Chandrabhan Kuber Singh 4,43,218 40.01 +5.22
GGP Pardeshi Hartapshah Tirgam 25,628 2.31 new
Independent Sitaram Sareyam 12,762 1.15 new
BSP Nitin Kumar Sahu 12,241 1.11 −0.08
NOTA None of the Above 25,499 2.30 N/A
Majority 1,16,537 10.53 −4.09
Turnout 11,07,498 78.99 +7.14
INC hold Swing -2.04

2009 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Nath 409,736 49.41 +8.52
BJP Marot Rao Khavase 2,88,516 34.79 +2.34
Independent Manmohan Shah Batti 27,414 3.31 new
Independent Tulsiram Suryawanshi 21,211 2.56 new
BSP Rao Saheb Shinde 9,880 1.19 new
Majority 1,21,220 14.62 +6.18
Turnout 8,29,294 71.85 +5.93
INC hold Swing

2004 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

2004 Indian general elections: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Nath 308,563 40.89 −23.09
BJP Prahlad Singh Patel 2,44,855 32.45 −1.3
Majority 63,708 8.44 −21.26
Turnout 7,52,439 65.92 +5.61
INC hold Swing

1999 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

1999 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Nath 399,904 63.98 +6.88
BJP Santosh Jain 2,10,976 33.75 −1.75
Majority 1,88,928 29.7 +8.1
Turnout 6,36,741 60.31 −10.20
INC hold Swing

1998 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

1998 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Nath 406,249 57.1 +11.35
BJP Sunder Lal Patwa 2,52,851 35.5 −15.87
Majority 153,398 21.6 +15.98
Turnout 70.51 +3.22
INC gain from BJP Swing

By election, 1997[edit | edit source]

By Election, 1997: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sunder Lal Patwa 344,302 51.37 +11.37
INC Kamal Nath 3,06,622 45.75 +2.61
JP I. S. Chauhan 4,151 0.62 new
Independent Vijay Singh Baghel 3,210 0.48 new
Independent Dilip Parsram 2,972 0.44 new
Majority 37,680 5.62 +2.48
Turnout 6,70,220 67.29 +3.2
BJP gain from INC Swing

1996 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

1996 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Alka Nath 281,414 43.14 −12.84
BJP Chandrabhan Singh Chaudhary 2,60,032 40 +4.81
Majority 21,382 3.14 −17.65
Turnout 64.09 +17.47
INC hold Swing

1991 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

1991 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Nath 214,456 55.98 +5.84
BJP Chandrabhan Singh Chaudhary 1,34,824 35.19 new
Majority 79,632 20.79 +11.3
Turnout 46.62 −6.79
INC hold Swing

1989 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

1989 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Nath 211,799 50.14 −16.97
JD Madhav Lal Dube 1,71,695 40.65 new
Majority 40,104 9.49 −34.51
Turnout 53.41 4.41
INC hold Swing

1984 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

1984 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Nath 234,846 67.17 +15.58
BJP Batra Ram Kishan 81,021 23.17 new
Majority 153,825 44 −20.7
Turnout 57.82 +4.92
INC hold Swing

1980 Indian general election[edit | edit source]

1980 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kamal Nath 147,779 51.59 N/A
JP Pratul Chandra Dwivedi 77,648 27.11 N/A
Majority 70,131 23.3 N/A
Turnout 3,00,998 52.9 N/A
INC hold Swing

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Press Note" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Chhindwara Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.
  3. ↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Chhindwara". 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

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