Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) was won by Dr Dhal Singh Bisen (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 242,066 votes over Madhu Bhagat. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1951	C. D. Goutam	Indian National Congress	117,725	65.6%	Sheoram Bisen (Samajwadi Party)	72,600 (40.4 pts)
1957	Chintaman Dhivruji	Indian National Congress	97,932	54.6%	Damodar Brijlal Tembhre (Praja Socialist Party)	62,518 (34.9 pts)
1962	Bholaram Ramaji	Praja Socialist Party	69,786	39.8%	Shankarlal Rajaram Tiwari (Indian National Congress)	2,892 (1.7 pts)
1967	C.R. Gautam	Indian National Congress	125,540	50.6%	R. Bhanware (RPI)	77,217 (31.1 pts)
1971	Chintaman Rao Gautam	Indian National Congress	128,111	59.2%	Ramcharan Bhanwarre (Independent)	87,370 (40.4 pts)
1977	Kacharu Lal Hemraj Jain	RPK	153,980	53.9%	Chintaman Rao Gautam (Indian National Congress)	49,708 (17.4 pts)
1980	Nandkishore Sharma	Congress (I)	189,743	56.7%	Hukamchand Kachwai Munnalal (Janata Party)	113,373 (33.9 pts)
1984	Nandkishore Sharma	Indian National Congress	169,497	41.7%	Lochanlal Narayan Thakre (Bharatiya Janata Party)	68,117 (16.8 pts)
1989	Kankar Munjare	Independent	177,870	34.3%	K.D.Deshmukh (Janata Dal)	10,466 (2.0 pts)
1991	Vishveshwar Bhagat	Indian National Congress	185,491	40.8%	Gourishankar Chaturbhuj (Bharatiya Janata Party)	56,226 (12.4 pts)
1996	Vishveshwar Bhagat	Indian National Congress	171,569	30.9%	Gaurishankar Chaturbhuj Bisen (Bharatiya Janata Party)	1,257 (0.2 pts)
1998	Gaurishankar Chaturbhuj Bisen	Bharatiya Janata Party	240,066	40.3%	Vishaveshwar Bhagat (Indian National Congress)	25,531 (4.3 pts)
1999	Prahladsingh Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party	251,308	43.5%	Vishweshwer Bhagat (Indian National Congress)	20,678 (3.6 pts)
2004	Gauri Shankar Chaturbhuj Bisen	Bharatiya Janata Party	193,982	31.8%	Kankar Munjare (Janata Party)	88,089 (14.5 pts)
2009	K. D. Deshmukh	Bharatiya Janata Party	299,959	39.6%	Vishveshwar Bhagat (Indian National Congress)	40,819 (5.4 pts)
2014	Bodhsingh Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party	480,594	43.2%	Hina Likhiram Kawre (Indian National Congress)	96,041 (8.6 pts)
2019	Dr Dhal Singh Bisen	Bharatiya Janata Party	696,102	50.9%	Madhu Bhagat (Indian National Congress)	242,066 (17.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C. D. Goutam	Indian National Congress	117,725	65.6%
Sheoram Bisen	Samajwadi Party	45,125	25.1%
Ramlal Bhawani	RRP	16,728	9.3%

1957

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chintaman Dhivruji	Indian National Congress	97,932	54.6%
Damodar Brijlal Tembhre	Praja Socialist Party	35,414	19.8%
Haridas Damaji Awode	SCF	23,563	13.1%
Kisanji Dharamji	Independent	22,372	12.5%

1962

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bholaram Ramaji	Praja Socialist Party	69,786	39.8%
Shankarlal Rajaram Tiwari	Indian National Congress	66,894	38.1%
Munnalal Dhiwruji	REP	22,865	13.0%
Fadalram Dewaji	Independent	15,821	9.0%

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
C.R. Gautam	Indian National Congress	125,540	50.6%
R. Bhanware	RPI	48,323	19.5%
B.R. Pardhi	Praja Socialist Party	34,220	13.8%
R. Umre	Independent	15,818	6.4%
R. Raghunath	Independent	13,090	5.3%
R. Pathak	Communist Party of India	11,237	4.5%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chintaman Rao Gautam	Indian National Congress	128,111	59.2%
Ramcharan Bhanwarre	Independent	40,741	18.8%
Sheoram Bisen	Congress (O)	23,481	10.8%
Sonsingh Uyake	Independent	9,096	4.2%
Jaichand Prasad Dongre	Independent	6,775	3.1%
Komal Chand	Praja Socialist Party	4,823	2.2%
Surajlal Dhuware	Independent	3,407	1.6%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kacharu Lal Hemraj Jain	RPK	153,980	53.9%
Chintaman Rao Gautam	Indian National Congress	104,272	36.5%
Ramcharan Bhanware	Independent	8,276	2.9%
Zummaklal Kishor	Independent	6,352	2.2%
Ram Prasad Umare Namdeo	Independent	4,425	1.5%
Puran Ganpat	Independent	2,698	0.9%
Amarsingh Jalansingh	Independent	1,921	0.7%
Mohanlal Saulakhe	Independent	1,734	0.6%
Basantlal Nagpure	Independent	1,276	0.4%
Rawanlal Dhedya	Independent	809	0.3%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nandkishore Sharma	Congress (I)	189,743	56.7%
Hukamchand Kachwai Munnalal	Janata Party	76,370	22.8%
Moharsingh Tundilal	Janata Party (Secular)	37,915	11.3%
Moolchand Shambharker	RPK	25,083	7.5%
Inderchand Jain Phoolchand	Independent	5,368	1.6%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nandkishore Sharma	Indian National Congress	169,497	41.7%
Lochanlal Narayan Thakre	Bharatiya Janata Party	101,380	25.0%
Kankar Munjare	Independent	73,789	18.2%
Mulchand Shambhakar	Independent	20,184	5.0%
Itthal Baheswar	Janata Party	14,429	3.6%
Dharm Raj	Independent	13,527	3.3%
Dayaram	Independent	5,518	1.4%
Shankarlal Kasar	Independent	2,922	0.7%
S. R. Silare	Independent	2,704	0.7%
Nimarchand	Independent	2,266	0.6%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kankar Munjare	Independent	177,870	34.3%
K.D.Deshmukh	Janata Dal	167,404	32.2%
Nandkishore Sharma	Indian National Congress	134,234	25.9%
Moochand Shambharkar	RPK	13,529	2.6%
Kishan Lal Ambadare	Independent	6,169	1.2%
Omkar Prasad	Bahujan Samaj Party	4,372	0.8%
Jangal Singh	Independent	3,893	0.7%
Raghunath Singh	DDP	3,777	0.7%
Santosh Kumar	Independent	2,498	0.5%
Panchulal	Independent	1,718	0.3%
Y.K.Shukla	Independent	1,364	0.3%
Anant Lal	Independent	1,337	0.3%
Samelal Singh	Independent	1,112	0.2%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Vishveshwar Bhagat	Indian National Congress	185,491	40.8%
Gourishankar Chaturbhuj	Bharatiya Janata Party	129,265	28.4%
Kankar Munjare	Janata Dal	123,234	27.1%
Chunnilal Panche	Independent	2,208	0.5%
Pancham Rushiya	Independent	1,683	0.4%
Gobordhan Patle Alias Hitler	Independent	1,531	0.3%
Mohan Lal Saulakhe	Independent	1,460	0.3%
Kunwar Nagdeve	Independent	1,368	0.3%
Shivbhajan Daddu Bhawre	Janata Party	1,236	0.3%
Uttamchand Gorelal Agarwal	Independent	1,104	0.2%
Dinesh Puri Alias Moon	Independent	976	0.2%
Premlal Girdharilal Soni	Independent	963	0.2%
Kankar Marar	Independent	947	0.2%
Devilal Dudhiya Tatdhari	DDP	928	0.2%
Samelal Singh Dhurve	Independent	754	0.2%
Rajeswar Chainu Bhatere	Independent	536	0.1%
Moolchand Shambharkar	Independent	477	0.1%
Mustak Ahmed Nazmi	Independent	247	0.1%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Vishveshwar Bhagat	Indian National Congress	171,569	30.9%
Gaurishankar Chaturbhuj Bisen	Bharatiya Janata Party	170,312	30.7%
Kankar Munjare	KSM	112,185	20.2%
Dhruva Ratansingh	Independent	29,656	5.3%
Domansingh Nagpure	RPI(A)	22,640	4.1%
Vijay Beniram Vare	Bahujan Samaj Party	15,781	2.8%
Ramratan Baheshwar	Independent	7,769	1.4%
Mulakraj	Independent	5,941	1.1%
Vikas Hazari	Independent	5,301	1.0%
Samelal Singh	Independent	2,156	0.4%
Pramod Borkar	Independent	1,870	0.3%
Meenu Adme	Independent	1,610	0.3%
Vijay Bhojraj Surana	Independent	1,452	0.3%
Lekhlal Manbale	Independent	1,402	0.3%
Swami Kamlanandji Maharaj	Independent	853	0.2%
Goverdhan Patle Alias Hitler	Independent	809	0.1%
Saheblal Tekam	Independent	792	0.1%
Kesri Vishwakarma	Independent	699	0.1%
Vipin	Independent	576	0.1%
Kanwarlal Pandurang	Independent	564	0.1%
Vinod Hemraj Daharval	Independent	506	0.1%
Subodh Dhoke	Independent	384	0.1%
R.D. Kathane	Independent	293	0.1%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gaurishankar Chaturbhuj Bisen	Bharatiya Janata Party	240,066	40.3%
Vishaveshwar Bhagat	Indian National Congress	214,535	36.0%
Kanker Munjare	SAP	86,277	14.5%
Ad. K.D.L. Choure	Bahujan Samaj Party	36,212	6.1%
Rajesh Kumar Gupta	AJBP	10,540	1.8%
Dr. R.D. Kathane	Independent	2,863	0.5%
Moolakraj Anand	Independent	2,137	0.4%
Sudhakar Sharma	SVSP	2,105	0.4%
Govardhan Patle Alias Hitlar	Independent	1,396	0.2%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Prahladsingh Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party	251,308	43.5%
Vishweshwer Bhagat	Indian National Congress	230,630	39.9%
Anubha Munjare	Janata Party	52,392	9.1%
Udaysingh Pancheswar	Bahujan Samaj Party	29,733	5.1%
Hiradhar Verma	GGP	5,726	1.0%
Pritamsingh Uikey	Janata Dal (United)	2,688	0.5%
Kaviraj Meshram	Independent	1,325	0.2%
Vijay Kumar Patil " Bauddh"	Independent	1,186	0.2%
Dr. R. D. Kathane	Independent	1,183	0.2%
Mahipal Sulakhe	Independent	1,156	0.2%
Rajesh Gupta ( Pappu Bhaiya)	AJBP	545	0.1%
Sahabsingh Saiyam	Independent	194	0.0%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gauri Shankar Chaturbhuj Bisen	Bharatiya Janata Party	193,982	31.8%
Kankar Munjare	Janata Party	105,893	17.4%
Hirasan Uikey	GGP	97,197	16.0%
Pushpa Bisen	Indian National Congress	85,142	14.0%
Udaysingh Pancheshwar	Bahujan Samaj Party	72,391	11.9%
Dr. Bhikkhoo R. D. K. Pragyasheel	Independent	16,486	2.7%
Kishor Samrite	Samajwadi Party	15,516	2.5%
Govardhan S/O Kunwarlal Mohare	Rashtriya Lok Dal	8,905	1.5%
Siddharth Gajbhiye ( Adhivakta )	RPI	7,418	1.2%
Dhaneshawar Lilhare	Independent	6,391	1.0%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
K. D. Deshmukh	Bharatiya Janata Party	299,959	39.6%
Vishveshwar Bhagat	Indian National Congress	259,140	34.3%
Kankar Munjare	Rashtriya Janata Dal	48,800	6.5%
Ajab Lal	Bahujan Samaj Party	35,203	4.7%
Kishor Samrite	Samajwadi Party	29,525	3.9%
Bhaiya Balkrishna	GGP	20,645	2.7%
Mansingh Bisen	Independent	13,195	1.7%
Darbu Singh Uikey	GMS	10,810	1.4%
Dhaneshwar Lilhare	Independent	5,767	0.8%
Jitendra Meshram	Independent	5,339	0.7%
Kalpana Gopal Wasnik	RPI(A)	5,005	0.7%
Nyazmir Khan	Independent	4,408	0.6%
Pooranlal Lodhi	Independent	4,395	0.6%
Govardhan Patle Urf Hitlar	Independent	4,034	0.5%
Shriram Thakur	Independent	3,417	0.5%
Sandeep Santram	Independent	2,829	0.4%
Anju Ashok Uikey	Independent	2,143	0.3%
Advocate Azhar Ul Alim	Independent	1,927	0.3%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bodhsingh Bhagat	Bharatiya Janata Party	480,594	43.2%
Hina Likhiram Kawre	Indian National Congress	384,553	34.5%
Anubha Munjare	Samajwadi Party	99,392	8.9%
"Yogesh Nanaji Samrite"	Bahujan Samaj Party	46,345	4.2%
Ashok Kumar Masih	Communist Party of India	20,297	1.8%
Smt. Hirasan Uikey	GGP	15,801	1.4%
Jabalpur High Court Advocate And Writer Sukharam Astkar Lanji	Independent	11,767	1.1%
"Sandeep Soni"	Independent	10,444	0.9%
U. K. Choudhary (Munna Bhaiya)	Aam Aadmi Party	9,898	0.9%
None Of The Above	Independent	6,922	0.6%
Shankar Kansre Lodhi (Samaj Sewak)	Independent	6,374	0.6%
Laxminarayan Dehariya	BMP	4,427	0.4%
Vivek Mishra (Lalu Bhaiya)	JMBP	4,397	0.4%
Gautam Ramteke	RPI(K)	3,250	0.3%
Dr. Asra Anjum Farooqui	RPI(A)	3,243	0.3%
Nandlal Uikey	CSM	3,008	0.3%
Asif Khan	MDP	2,652	0.2%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dr Dhal Singh Bisen	Bharatiya Janata Party	696,102	50.9%
Madhu Bhagat	Indian National Congress	454,036	33.2%
Kankar Munjare	Bahujan Samaj Party	85,177	6.2%
Bodhsingh Bhagat	Independent	47,220	3.5%
Ali .M R. Khan	Communist Party of India	9,685	0.7%
Jaisingh Tekam	GGP	8,711	0.6%
Narayan Banjare	Independent	8,463	0.6%
Kishor Samrite	Independent	7,365	0.5%
Abhishek Bilhore	BSCP	5,922	0.4%
Advocate Satyaprakash Shulke (Lodhi)	MPJVP	5,882	0.4%
Makbool Shah	Independent	4,787	0.3%
Glg Tandekar	Independent	4,504	0.3%
Baboo Rajendra Dhoke	PPI(D)	4,172	0.3%
Mukesh Bansod	API	4,076	0.3%
Shrimati Manisha Vaid	Independent	3,809	0.3%
Satish Tiwari	BLRP	3,435	0.3%
Pitam Borkar	Independent	2,740	0.2%
Karan Singh Naagpure	BMP	2,440	0.2%
Meershyam Lilhare Lodhi	Independent	2,320	0.2%
Rajan Masih	BPP	2,022	0.1%
Yuvraj Singh Bais	PBI	1,890	0.1%
Ruplal Kutrahe (Samaj Sevak ) Lodhi	Independent	1,513	0.1%
Rakesh Kumar	Independent	1,505	0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

Trend

Balaghat has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party, RPK, Congress (I), Independent, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Balaghat in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Dr Dhal Singh Bisen (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, in 2019 with 696,102 votes (50.9%), a margin of 242,066 votes over Madhu Bhagat.

Which parties have won Balaghat since 1951?

Since 1951, Balaghat has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party, RPK.

What was the closest result in Balaghat?

The closest result on record for Balaghat was 1996, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 1,257 votes (0.2 percentage points).