Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency

Chhindwara
Chhindwara
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Junnardeo ; Amarwara ; Chourai ; Saunsar ; Chhindwara ; Parasia ; Pandhurna
Established	1951
Total electors	16,32,190
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Vivek Kumar Sahu (Bunty)
Party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Elected year	2024

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

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

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	Raichandbhai Shah	Indian National Congress
1957	Bhikulal Chandak
1962	Bhikulal Chandak
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

2024

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

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
	BSP	Gyaneshwar Gajbhiye	14,275	1.14
	GGP	Rajkumar Saryam	4,706	0.38
	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

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
	Independent	Sitaram Sareyam	12,762	1.15
	BSP	Nitin Kumar Sahu	12,241	1.11	−0.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	25,499	2.30
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

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

2004 Indian general election

2004 Indian general elections: Chhindwara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kamal Nath	308,563	40.89
	BJP	Prahlad Singh Patel	2,44,855	32.45
Majority			63,708	8.44
Turnout				65.92
	INC hold		Swing

1999 Indian general election

1999 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kamal Nath	399,904	63.98
	BJP	Santosh Jain	2,10,976	33.75
Majority
Turnout				60.31
	INC hold		Swing

1998 Indian general election

1998 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kamal Nath	399,904	58.40
	BJP	Sunder Lal Patwa	2,10,976	36.35
Majority
Turnout				70.51
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

By election, 1997

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

1996 Indian general election

1996 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Alka Nath	281,414	40
	BJP	Chandrabhan Singh Chaudhary	2,60,032	43.14
Majority
Turnout				64.09
	INC hold		Swing

1991 Indian general election

1991 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kamal Nath	214,456	55.98
	BJP	Chandrabhan Singh Chaudhary	1,34,824	35.19
Majority
Turnout				46.62
	INC hold		Swing

1989 Indian general election

1989 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kamal Nath	211,799	50.14
	JD	Madhav Lal Dube	1,71,695	40.65
Majority
Turnout				53.41
	INC hold		Swing

1984 Indian general election

1984 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kamal Nath	234,846	67.17
	BJP	Batra Ram Kishan	81,021	23.17
Majority
Turnout				57.82
	INC hold		Swing

1980 Indian general election

1980 Indian general election: Chhindwara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Kamal Nath	147,779	51.59
	JP	Pratul Chandra Dwivedi	77,648	27.11
Majority
Turnout				57.82
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Chhindwara Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.
^ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Chhindwara". 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2019-05-23.

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[1] ttps://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2] "Chhindwara Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Chhindwara-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 2019-05-23.

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