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Rajnandgaon, Madhya Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Rajnandgaon (Madhya Pradesh) was won by Dr. Raman (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 1999 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 26,715 votes over Motilal Vora. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Rajnandgaon, Madhya Pradesh, from 1962 to 1999.

Full Election History, 1962–1999

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1962 Birendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 76,012 44.7% Shyamnarayan Kashmiri (Praja Socialist Party) 23,968 (14.1 pts)
1967 P. Devi Indian National Congress 132,444 53.0% P. Roy (Communist Party of India) 86,440 (34.6 pts)
1971 Ramsahai Pandey Indian National Congress 157,256 61.8% Padmawati Devi (Congress (O)) 98,970 (38.9 pts)
1977 Madan Tiwary Bharatiya Lok Dal 178,476 64.7% Ram Sahai Pandey (Indian National Congress) 87,933 (31.9 pts)
1980 Shivendra Bahadur Singh Congress (I) 121,747 44.8% J.P.L. Francis (Janata Party) 58,496 (21.5 pts)
1984 Shivendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 165,891 49.4% Kishorilal Shukla (Independent) 101,053 (30.1 pts)
1989 Dharam Pal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 249,389 51.5% Shivendra Bahadur Singh (Indian National Congress) 70,194 (14.5 pts)
1991 Shivendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 178,132 46.8% Dharampal Singh Gupta (Bharatiya Janata Party) 47,410 (12.5 pts)
1996 Ashok Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 222,616 44.7% Shivendra Bahadur Singh (Indian National Congress) 59,276 (11.9 pts)
1998 Motilal Vora Indian National Congress 304,709 50.6% Ashok Sharma (Bharatiya Janata Party) 52,241 (8.7 pts)
1999 Dr. Raman Bharatiya Janata Party 304,611 51.5% Motilal Vora (Indian National Congress) 26,715 (4.5 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Birendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 76,012 44.7%
Shyamnarayan Kashmiri Praja Socialist Party 52,044 30.6%
Ganga Choube Communist Party of India 19,662 11.6%
Sheokumar Shastri Jharkhand Party 11,643 6.9%
Harishchandra Rishi REP 10,525 6.2%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
P. Devi Indian National Congress 132,444 53.0%
P. Roy Communist Party of India 46,004 18.4%
K. Purohit Samyukta Socialist Party 39,996 16.0%
W.V. Shastri Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31,363 12.6%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramsahai Pandey Indian National Congress 157,256 61.8%
Padmawati Devi Congress (O) 58,286 22.9%
Prakash Roy Communist Party of India 16,748 6.6%
Loknath Independent 10,960 4.3%
Harishchandra Rishi Independent 5,966 2.3%
Vidhyabhushan Thakur CPI (Marxist) 5,362 2.1%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Madan Tiwary Bharatiya Lok Dal 178,476 64.7%
Ram Sahai Pandey Indian National Congress 90,543 32.8%
Lakhan Shah Kunjam Independent 6,721 2.4%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shivendra Bahadur Singh Congress (I) 121,747 44.8%
J.P.L. Francis Janata Party 63,251 23.3%
Madan Tiwari Janata Party (Secular) 18,303 6.7%
Lal Shyam Shah Independent 15,343 5.6%
Vidya Bhushan Thakur Independent 11,739 4.3%
Triyoginarayan Tiwari 'Jugga Maharaj' Independent 10,717 3.9%
Abhai Chaitanya Brahmchari Independent 7,770 2.9%
Narmada Prasad Jageshwar Prasad Independent 5,704 2.1%
Ram Prasad Agarwal Independent 5,536 2.0%
Nirmal Chand Deshlahara Independent 5,038 1.9%
Ramjilal Independent 3,823 1.4%
Mohammad Afrzal Independent 2,797 1.0%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shivendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 165,891 49.4%
Kishorilal Shukla Independent 64,838 19.3%
Swami Agnivesh Janata Party 36,892 11.0%
Shiv Kumar Shastri Bharatiya Janata Party 32,465 9.7%
Abhaichaitanya Bramchhari Independent 9,061 2.7%
Gariba Choudhary Independent 8,451 2.5%
Narmada Pd. Mishra Maharaj Kavidhadhi Independent 5,006 1.5%
Prem Narayan Verma Independent 2,776 0.8%
Vidya Bhushan Thakur Independent 2,369 0.7%
Lakhan Shah Kunjan Independent 2,154 0.6%
Subedar Ramjilal Independent 2,026 0.6%
Hira Singh Sahu Independent 1,366 0.4%
Shrikrishan Independent 1,359 0.4%
Ramkrishna Nirwani Independent 1,003 0.3%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dharam Pal Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 249,389 51.5%
Shivendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 179,195 37.0%
Krishna Kumar Soni (Katakcha) Independent 9,737 2.0%
Khush Ram Janchol Bahujan Samaj Party 7,848 1.6%
Hari Thakur Independent 5,550 1.1%
Rajesh Kumar Independent 4,879 1.0%
Bisahu Ram DDP 4,006 0.8%
Jivrakhan Singh LKD (B) 3,728 0.8%
Abhay Chaitanya Brahmachari Independent 3,615 0.7%
Ramprasad Agarwal Independent 3,221 0.7%
Sarvajeet Singh JNP (JP) 3,189 0.7%
Zhaduram Independent 3,014 0.6%
Ajuram Independent 2,822 0.6%
"Bhau Saheb" Bhimrao RPK 1,738 0.4%
Abdul Kedar Independent 1,181 0.2%
Hari Ram Ratre Independent 843 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shivendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 178,132 46.8%
Dharampal Singh Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 130,722 34.4%
Darbar Singh Janata Dal 34,259 9.0%
Nathu Dada Independent 5,149 1.4%
Manoj Kumar Ostwal Independent 4,151 1.1%
Rohit Kumar Sahu Independent 3,456 0.9%
Bisahu Ram Sahu DDP 3,286 0.9%
Arjun Chandrawanshi Independent 2,616 0.7%
Prakash Chandra Atri LKD 2,402 0.6%
Vidya Bhushan Thakur Janata Party 2,383 0.6%
Krishna Kumar Soni Independent 2,220 0.6%
Harish Chandra Rishi Independent 1,673 0.4%
Shakuntala Tiwari (W) Independent 1,602 0.4%
Gariba Choudhary Independent 1,545 0.4%
Gautam Chindu Independent 1,490 0.4%
R.B. Dwevedi Independent 1,335 0.4%
Babulal Dewangan Independent 754 0.2%
Kishor Kumar Jain Independent 740 0.2%
Motilal Sahu Independent 716 0.2%
Vishnu Kumar Soni Independent 706 0.2%
Sushil Kumar 'Kaku' Independent 460 0.1%
Sampat Lal Jain Independent 313 0.1%
Vishnu Prasad Sharma Independent 289 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ashok Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 222,616 44.7%
Shivendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 163,340 32.8%
Balbir Khanuja AIIC(T) 25,216 5.1%
Ashok Sahu Bahujan Samaj Party 13,109 2.6%
Derharam Independent 12,579 2.5%
Jankiram Independent 10,237 2.1%
Bhimrao Bagde CMM 9,350 1.9%
Chameli Yadav Independent 6,037 1.2%
Vidya Bhushan Thakur Independent 4,706 0.9%
Khan Mustak Ahmed Independent 4,226 0.8%
Ashok Kumar Pande Independent 3,846 0.8%
Digambar Shandilya Independent 3,276 0.7%
Ghanshyam Kishordas Independent 2,782 0.6%
Ramchandra Gupta Independent 1,981 0.4%
Suresh Gandhi Independent 1,866 0.4%
Gariba Chaudhary Independent 1,388 0.3%
Murlidhar Sahu Independent 1,327 0.3%
Md. Zakir Khan Independent 1,319 0.3%
Lakhanshah Kunjam Independent 1,044 0.2%
Dhanu Ram Independent 1,043 0.2%
Navrang Chauhan Independent 915 0.2%
Sushil Sharma Independent 901 0.2%
Kirti Bhushan Pande Independent 826 0.2%
Gautamchand Kotadya Independent 755 0.2%
Keshar Bai Independent 654 0.1%
Abdul Yusuf Bhai Independent 637 0.1%
Mohan Lal Independent 557 0.1%
Shushil Kumar Namdev Independent 469 0.1%
Padamsingh Kothari Independent 429 0.1%
Haider Bhati Independent 361 0.1%
Vijay Bahadur Singh Independent 320 0.1%
Lalit Varma Independent 199 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Motilal Vora Indian National Congress 304,709 50.6%
Ashok Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 252,468 41.9%
Eng. Lakhan Lal Sahu Bahujan Samaj Party 25,600 4.3%
Shivendra Bahadur Singh Janata Dal 13,625 2.3%
Vijay Bahadur Singh Independent 3,390 0.6%
Keshar Bai Independent 2,288 0.4%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr. Raman Bharatiya Janata Party 304,611 51.5%
Motilal Vora Indian National Congress 277,896 46.9%
Deosingh Nandeshwar Independent 2,847 0.5%
Ramesh Kumar Gond GGP 2,735 0.5%
Dr. Smt. Sita Devi Vaishnava AJBP 2,545 0.4%
Dr. Meera Borkar Independent 1,358 0.2%

Margin Over Time

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

1962: Indian National Congress margin 14.1 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 34.6 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 38.9 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 31.9 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 21.5 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 30.1 pts 1989: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 14.5 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 12.5 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 11.9 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 8.7 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 4.5 pts 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999

Trend

Rajnandgaon has been contested at 11 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1962. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Rajnandgaon in the 1999 Lok Sabha election?

Dr. Raman (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Rajnandgaon, Madhya Pradesh, in 1999 with 304,611 votes (51.5%), a margin of 26,715 votes over Motilal Vora.

Which parties have won Rajnandgaon since 1962?

Since 1962, Rajnandgaon has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Rajnandgaon?

The closest result on record for Rajnandgaon was 1999, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 26,715 votes (4.5 percentage points).

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