Constituency
246. Balaghat
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-BALAGHAT
BJP 39.6%won by 5.4%INC 34.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.5% to 5.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janahitha Paksha (JP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 73.9% of the vote between them, up from 49.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 4.4% to 56.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,39,239
Turnout
56.5%
Valid votes
7,56,541
Margin
40,819
5.40%
Candidates
18 contested · winner BJP- 1K. D. DESHMUKHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,99,95939.6%
- 2VISHVESHWAR BHAGATIndian National Congress · INC2,59,14034.3%
- 3KANKAR MUNJARERashtriya Janata Dal · RJD48,8006.5%
- 4AJAB LALBahujan Samaj Party · BSP35,2034.7%
- 5KISHOR SAMRITESamajwadi Party · SP29,5253.9%
- 6BHAIYA BALKRISHNAGarvi Gujarat Party · GGP20,6452.7%
- 7MANSINGH BISENIndependent · IND13,1951.7%
- 8DARBU SINGH UIKEYGMS · GMS10,8101.4%
- 9DHANESHWAR LILHAREIndependent · IND5,7670.8%
- 10JITENDRA MESHRAMIndependent · IND5,3390.7%
- 11KALPANA GOPAL WASNIKRPIA · RPIA5,0050.7%
- 12NYAZMIR KHANIndependent · IND4,4080.6%
- 13POORANLAL LODHIIndependent · IND4,3950.6%
- 14GOVARDHAN PATLE URF HITLARIndependent · IND4,0340.5%
- 15SHRIRAM THAKURIndependent · IND3,4170.5%
- 16SANDEEP SANTRAMIndependent · IND2,8290.4%
- 17ANJU ASHOK UIKEYIndependent · IND2,1430.3%
- 18ADVOCATE AZHAR UL ALIMIndependent · IND1,9270.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −12.5%
- BJP share
- 31.8% → 39.6%
- INC share
- 14.0% → 34.3%
- Turnout
- 60.9% → 56.5%