Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) was won by Nakul Kamal Nath (Indian National Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 37,536 votes over Nathansaha Kawreti. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1951	Raichand Bhai Shah	Indian National Congress	69,997	53.2%	Pannalal Bhargava (Independent)	34,255 (26.0 pts)
1957	Bhikulal Lakhmichand	Indian National Congress	136,931	26.9%	Narayan Rao Wadiwa (St) (Indian National Congress)	15,279 (3.0 pts)
1962	Bhikulal Lachhmichand	Indian National Congress	81,726	48.3%	Sanatkumar Navgopal Mukharjee (Jharkhand Party)	29,715 (17.6 pts)
1967	G.R. Mishra	Indian National Congress	86,171	44.7%	H.S. Agarwal (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)	47,983 (24.9 pts)
1971	Gargishanker Ramkrishna	Indian National Congress	103,847	52.7%	Gupta Purushottamdas (Bharatiya Jana Sangh)	18,234 (9.2 pts)
1977	Gargishankar Ramkrishna Mishra	Indian National Congress	99,396	43.8%	Pratulchandra Dwivedi (Bharatiya Lok Dal)	2,369 (1.0 pts)
1980	Kamal Nath	Congress (I)	147,779	51.6%	Pratul Chandra Dwivedi (Janata Party)	70,131 (24.5 pts)
1984	Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	234,846	67.2%	Batra Ram Kishan (Bharatiya Janata Party)	153,825 (44.0 pts)
1989	Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	211,799	50.1%	Madhav Lal Dube (Janata Dal)	40,104 (9.5 pts)
1991	Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	214,456	56.0%	Choudhari Chanderbhan (Bharatiya Janata Party)	79,632 (20.8 pts)
1996	Alka Kamalnath	Indian National Congress	281,414	46.7%	Choudhari Chandrabhan Singh Kubersingh (Bharatiya Janata Party)	21,382 (3.5 pts)
1998	Kamalnath	Indian National Congress	406,249	58.4%	Sundarlal Patwa (Bharatiya Janata Party)	153,398 (22.1 pts)
1999	Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	399,904	64.0%	Santosh Jain (Bharatiya Janata Party)	188,928 (30.2 pts)
2004	Kamalnath	Indian National Congress	308,563	40.9%	Prahlad Singh Patel (Bharatiya Janata Party)	63,708 (8.4 pts)
2009	Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	409,736	49.4%	Marot Rao Khavase (Bharatiya Janata Party)	121,220 (14.6 pts)
2014	Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	559,755	50.5%	Choudhary Chandrabhan Kuber Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)	116,537 (10.5 pts)
2019	Nakul Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	587,305	47.8%	Nathansaha Kawreti (Bharatiya Janata Party)	37,536 (3.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Raichand Bhai Shah	Indian National Congress	69,997	53.2%
Pannalal Bhargava	Independent	35,742	27.1%
Devendra Kumar Patni	Independent	25,943	19.7%

1957

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bhikulal Lakhmichand	Indian National Congress	136,931	26.9%
Narayan Rao Wadiwa (St)	Indian National Congress	121,652	23.9%
Gourishankar	Praja Socialist Party	66,045	13.0%
Sangram Shah Radhirshah (S. T. )	Praja Socialist Party	51,729	10.2%
Krishna Ganesh Rakhade	Independent	38,640	7.6%
Lalsingh	Independent	32,564	6.4%
Joshi Ramchandra Ambadas	Independent	31,237	6.1%
Anandilal	Independent	30,249	5.9%
Shiv Narayan Dev Kisan	Independent	0	0.0%

1962

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bhikulal Lachhmichand	Indian National Congress	81,726	48.3%
Sanatkumar Navgopal Mukharjee	Jharkhand Party	52,011	30.7%
Ramakant Keshaorao Haldulkar	FB	35,421	20.9%

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
G.R. Mishra	Indian National Congress	86,171	44.7%
H.S. Agarwal	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	38,188	19.8%
N.S. Shastri	Independent	22,315	11.6%
T.N. Makkhansingh	Praja Socialist Party	19,393	10.1%
J. Bhargava	Independent	13,464	7.0%
T. Pandey	Independent	7,113	3.7%
M.J. Aluwala	Independent	6,055	3.1%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gargishanker Ramkrishna	Indian National Congress	103,847	52.7%
Gupta Purushottamdas	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	85,613	43.4%
Ramakant Keshavrao Haldulkar	All India Forward Bloc	7,749	3.9%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gargishankar Ramkrishna Mishra	Indian National Congress	99,396	43.8%
Pratulchandra Dwivedi	Bharatiya Lok Dal	97,027	42.8%
Prashant Kumar N. H. Banerjee	Independent	24,150	10.6%
Vasantrao Shivajee	Independent	6,370	2.8%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamal Nath	Congress (I)	147,779	51.6%
Pratul Chandra Dwivedi	Janata Party	77,648	27.1%
S.A. Jafri	Janata Party (Secular)	23,421	8.2%
P.K. Thakur	Communist Party of India	20,382	7.1%
Wasudeorao Raghunathji Bagade	RPK	6,917	2.4%
Dinkarrao Babulal	Independent	5,688	2.0%
Narayan Ramchandra Dahasahastra	Independent	4,606	1.6%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	234,846	67.2%
Batra Ram Kishan	Bharatiya Janata Party	81,021	23.2%
Chindhaba Pundlik Sarode	Independent	9,317	2.7%
Dalchand Charnagari Krantikari	Independent	5,777	1.7%
Vasudeo Mesh Ram	Independent	4,112	1.2%
Ram Ashreya Pandey	Independent	3,971	1.1%
Fattelal Aharwar	Independent	2,160	0.6%
Ganesh Prasad Shukla	Independent	2,088	0.6%
Ashok Kumar Ramdutt Pandey	Independent	1,762	0.5%
Ravi Dube	Independent	1,513	0.4%
Murlidhar Chourasia	Independent	1,349	0.4%
Satendra Kumar Mishri	Independent	967	0.3%
Basant Kumar Dhurve	Independent	763	0.2%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	211,799	50.1%
Madhav Lal Dube	Janata Dal	171,695	40.6%
Dalchand Charnagar	Independent	18,839	4.5%
Munidra Kumar Trivedi	JNP (JP)	4,831	1.1%
Udayaram Ghudyahi Rabde	Independent	4,182	1.0%
Ramasharama	DDP	2,643	0.6%
Mohan Bhaiya	Independent	2,580	0.6%
Fattelalji Ahirwar	Bahujan Samaj Party	2,516	0.6%
Nainsukh Parteti	Independent	1,111	0.3%
Basant Kumar Dhurve	Independent	931	0.2%
Vasantrao Shivaji Kamble	Independent	705	0.2%
Anjanshah Dhurve	Independent	572	0.1%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	214,456	56.0%
Choudhari Chanderbhan	Bharatiya Janata Party	134,824	35.2%
Noor Bhai (Jawai)	Independent	5,098	1.3%
Kripashanker Bhargav	Janata Dal	5,092	1.3%
Naresh Kumar Lath	Independent	4,746	1.2%
Jitender Kumar Jain	Janata Party	3,354	0.9%
Choudhari Chanderbhan Komal Singh	Independent	3,148	0.8%
Premsriwel Bhagat	GNP	1,954	0.5%
Kamal	Independent	1,190	0.3%
Umesh Kumar Gohiya	Independent	1,096	0.3%
Sahdeo Arse	Independent	1,004	0.3%
Dalchand Charnagar	MSD	967	0.3%
Ramroop	DDP	817	0.2%
Prakash Kumar Bawne	Independent	656	0.2%
Abdul Kalim Khan Haji Abdul Karim Khan	Independent	569	0.1%
Saiyad Inayat Ali	BKUS	513	0.1%
Rajesh Kumar	Independent	481	0.1%
Aslam Bhai	Independent	428	0.1%
Ganesh Patel	Independent	398	0.1%
Subhash Bale	Independent	395	0.1%
Vasant Kumar Dhurve	Independent	380	0.1%
Umakant Mishra	Independent	376	0.1%
Pukhraj Babu Gokhe	Independent	337	0.1%
Santosh Kumar Soni	Independent	301	0.1%
Munna Pawar	Independent	277	0.1%
Laxman Chake	Independent	261	0.1%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Alka Kamalnath	Indian National Congress	281,414	46.7%
Choudhari Chandrabhan Singh Kubersingh	Bharatiya Janata Party	260,032	43.1%
Chakrapal Singh Patel	Janata Dal	12,746	2.1%
Banwari Lal (Raju Thakur)	Independent	7,824	1.3%
Fagu Lal	Independent	5,515	0.9%
Fattu Lal	Independent	4,009	0.7%
Laxman	Independent	3,550	0.6%
Bharat	Independent	3,042	0.5%
Mohammed Istiyak	Independent	2,868	0.5%
Rajesh Tantrik	Independent	2,468	0.4%
Vasantrao Shivaji Kamble	Independent	2,154	0.4%
Prakash Kumar Bawne	Independent	1,968	0.3%
Indersingh	Independent	1,750	0.3%
Raghuraj	Independent	1,686	0.3%
Suresh Gotekar	Independent	1,384	0.2%
Meshram Vasudeo	Independent	1,360	0.2%
Fagan Singh Dhurve (Guruji)	Independent	1,295	0.2%
Khushi Ram	Independent	1,184	0.2%
Ramesh Alias Kaka Chopde	Independent	1,035	0.2%
Pukhraj Gokhe	Independent	1,021	0.2%
Deorao Dhurve	Independent	822	0.1%
Ravi Bhau Journalist	Independent	672	0.1%
Santosh Amarchand Jain	Independent	544	0.1%
Harvan Singh Bramhe	Independent	507	0.1%
Shobhasahu Kishanlal	Independent	498	0.1%
Naresh Parmar	Independent	485	0.1%
Kundan Lal Dhurve	Independent	482	0.1%
Dani Ramkrishna	Independent	464	0.1%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamalnath	Indian National Congress	406,249	58.4%
Sundarlal Patwa	Bharatiya Janata Party	252,851	36.3%
Shanta Iwnati	Bahujan Samaj Party	9,759	1.4%
Raju Nimade	SVSP	7,421	1.1%
Chakrapal Singh Patel	Janata Dal	5,223	0.8%
Md. Istyak Qureshi	Samajwadi Party	2,231	0.3%
Prakash Kumar Bawane	SAP	1,658	0.2%
Dilip Parasram	Independent	1,427	0.2%
Ramkishan Pal	RPI	1,360	0.2%
Satish Agre	Shiv Sena	1,325	0.2%
Yaswant Daheria	Independent	1,311	0.2%
Khemlal Bhondekar	Independent	1,162	0.2%
Bharatlal	Independent	1,135	0.2%
Rajesh Tantrik	Independent	874	0.1%
Bhaiyalal Malviya Pujari	AJBP	718	0.1%
Vasant Kumar Dhurve	Independent	487	0.1%
Radhelal Jharia	Independent	429	0.1%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	399,904	64.0%
Santosh Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party	210,976	33.8%
Raju Nimade	Independent	5,144	0.8%
Naushad Ali	Independent	3,212	0.5%
Kailash Chandra Kori	Independent	2,373	0.4%
Govindi ( Shayama Dhurve)	GGP	1,735	0.3%
Thakur Hement Singh Senger	Independent	1,030	0.2%
Vishal	Independent	650	0.1%

2004

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamalnath	Indian National Congress	308,563	40.9%
Prahlad Singh Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party	244,855	32.4%
Man Mohan Shah Batti	GGP	85,330	11.3%
Dhanraj	Independent	23,403	3.1%
Sunil Yuvnati	Independent	9,234	1.2%
Naresh Ivanati	Independent	8,812	1.2%
Sachin Sadshiv	Independent	8,268	1.1%
Dalchand Pal	Bahujan Samaj Party	7,117	0.9%
Dinesh Sahu	Independent	7,088	0.9%
Jaydeep Alias Deepa Yadav	Samajwadi Party	6,422	0.9%
Dwarka Prasad Pahade	Independent	5,498	0.7%
Dilip Ramrao Thakre	Independent	5,265	0.7%
Amart Lal Raghuwar	SVSP	5,138	0.7%
Jagadesh Kaoyalare	Independent	3,974	0.5%
Mukesh Wadiwa	Independent	3,177	0.4%
Goru Prasad Dhurve	Independent	2,864	0.4%
Gangaram	Independent	2,376	0.3%
Laxmi Wasnik	RPI(A)	2,356	0.3%
Laxmiprasad Banskar	Independent	2,253	0.3%
Shaligram Sidam	Independent	2,232	0.3%
Biresh Marascola	Independent	1,600	0.2%
Krishna Kanoje	Independent	1,557	0.2%
Bharat Lal Dehariya	Independent	1,552	0.2%
Aadil Khan	Independent	1,498	0.2%
Ram Kumar Pandram	Independent	1,483	0.2%
Ramkishan Pal	Independent	1,387	0.2%
Rajendra Zhod " Bablu "	Independent	1,335	0.2%

2009

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	409,736	49.4%
Marot Rao Khavase	Bharatiya Janata Party	288,516	34.8%
Manmohan Shah Batti	Independent	27,414	3.3%
Tulsiram Suryawanshi	Independent	21,211	2.6%
Rao Saheb Shinde	Bahujan Samaj Party	9,880	1.2%
Jagdish Bais	Independent	8,845	1.1%
Duaram Uikey	Independent	8,383	1.0%
Subhash Shukla	Independent	8,361	1.0%
Abdul Shamad Khan	Independent	6,273	0.8%
Kamalnath (Mayawadi-Parasia)	Independent	4,436	0.5%
Azad Chandrashekher Pandole Samaj Sevak	Independent	4,253	0.5%
Dhanpal Bhalavi	Independent	3,921	0.5%
Sukman Invati	Independent	3,116	0.4%
Satap Sha Uikey	GGP	3,082	0.4%
Shoaib Khan	Independent	2,777	0.3%
Ganaram Uikey	Independent	2,705	0.3%
Pravindra Naurati	Independent	1,967	0.2%
Asharam Dehariya	Independent	1,910	0.2%
R.K. Markam	Independent	1,634	0.2%
Jogilal Irpachi	JMM	1,509	0.2%
Amritlal Pathak Raghuvar	Independent	1,460	0.2%
Pardheshi Hartapsah Tirkam	GMS	1,378	0.2%
Ramkishan Pal	RPI(A)	1,326	0.2%
Nikhilesh Dhurvey	Independent	1,243	0.1%
Dhanraj Jambhatkar	Independent	1,184	0.1%
Pitram Uikey	Independent	995	0.1%
Naresh Kumar Yuvnati	Independent	905	0.1%
Balveer Singh Yadav	RKSP	874	0.1%

2014

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	559,755	50.5%
Choudhary Chandrabhan Kuber Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	443,218	40.0%
Pardeshi Hartapshah Tirgam	GGP	25,628	2.3%
None Of The Above	Independent	25,499	2.3%
Sitaram Sareyam	Independent	12,762	1.2%
Nitinkumar Sahu	Bahujan Samaj Party	12,241	1.1%
Dhaniram Yaduvanshi	Independent	6,601	0.6%
Mahesh Madhavlal Dubey	Aam Aadmi Party	5,696	0.5%
Dwarka Prasad Pahade	Independent	3,450	0.3%
Jalasram Nagwanshi	Independent	3,117	0.3%
Ramesh Patil	API	2,872	0.3%
Arvind Dongre	BMP	2,484	0.2%
Er. Kripa Shankar Yadav	Independent	2,140	0.2%
Subhash Shukla	Samajwadi Party	2,035	0.2%

2019

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nakul Kamal Nath	Indian National Congress	587,305	47.8%
Nathansaha Kawreti	Bharatiya Janata Party	549,769	44.8%
Manmohan Shah Batti	ABGP	35,968	2.9%
Gyaneshwar Gajbhiye	Bahujan Samaj Party	14,275	1.2%
Hemendra (Bunty) Gohar	Independent	11,426	0.9%
Subhash Shukla	Independent	6,844	0.6%
Advocate Rajkumar Saryam	GGP	4,706	0.4%
Rameshwar Dhurve	Independent	4,186	0.3%
Dhaniram Yaduwanshi	Independent	3,090	0.3%
Dinesh Singh Uikey	Independent	2,962	0.2%
M. P. Vishwakarma (Munna Prasad)	RAP	2,272	0.2%
Jogilal Irpachi	Independent	1,821	0.1%
Uikey Ramdas	Independent	1,659	0.1%
Rajesh Tantrik	ASP	1,424	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

Chhindwara 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, Congress (I).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Chhindwara in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Nakul Kamal Nath (Indian National Congress) won Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, in 2019 with 587,305 votes (47.8%), a margin of 37,536 votes over Nathansaha Kawreti.

Which parties have won Chhindwara since 1951?

Since 1951, Chhindwara has been won by: Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Chhindwara?

The closest result on record for Chhindwara was 1977, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Lok Dal by just 2,369 votes (1.0 percentage points).