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Balaghat (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Member of parliament
  
Bodh Singh Bhagat

State
  
Madhya Pradesh

Female electors
  
807,102

Party
  
Bharatiya Janata Party

Male electors
  
822,667

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Paraswada, Balaghat, Lanji, Waraseoni, Baihar, Seoni, Katangi, Barghat

Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: बालाघाट लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) 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.

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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:

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
  • References

    Balaghat (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia