State | Phase I (91) | Phase II (97) | Phase III (115) | phaseIV (71) | Phase V (51) | phase VI (59) | Phase VII(59) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Madhya Pradesh | - | - | - | 29/Apr | 06/May | 12/May | 19/May |
Madhya Pradesh General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2019 Latest News & Live Updates |
|
||||||||
|
*Map Showing the Parliamentary Constituencies of Madhya Pradesh State. | Disclaimer |
In Lok Sabha general elections 2019 Madhya Pradesh is the second largest state in India in terms of area, and sixth largest in terms of population. This state has played an important role in India's electoral politics since independence. It is home to many political stalwarts and has witnessed the changing face of Indian politics.
Madhya Pradesh had 40 Lok Sabha constituencies before the separation of Chhattisgarh in 2000. At present, there are 29 Lok Sabha constituencies including Gwalior, Guna, Chhindwara, Vidisha and Indore. It sends 11 MPs to the Rajya Sabha. Madhya Pradesh has a significant number of Scheduled Tribe (ST) population and has six Lok Sabha constituencies reserved for them which is the highest in India.
The state legislature is unicameral and it has 230 members.
Main Political Parties
According to the Madhya Pradesh latest election update, the dominant political parties of Madhya Pradesh are Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
- Pragatisheel Bahujan Samaj Party
- Madhya Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Adivasi Kranti Dal
- Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress
- Jiti Jitayi Politics
Election History
In November 2000, Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh elections. This reduced the number of assembly seats from 320 to 230.
In 2003, BJP won the assembly elections, and first Uma Bharti and then Babulal Gaur beacme the Chief Minister. In the 2013 elections, BJP won absolute majority winning 165 out of 230 seats. Thereafter, Shivraj Singh Chauhan was the longest serving BJP Chief Minister from November 2005 to December 2018. The current Chief Minister is Kamal Nath, who assumed charge on December 17, 2018.
Madhya Pradesh was also under President's rule on three occasions; from April 1977 to June 1977, February 1980 to June 1980 and December 1992 to December 1993.
In the Indian parliamentary elections in Madhya Pradesh, the INC was dominant from 1957 to 1984. Since the 1989 general elections, the BJP has emerged as a force to reckon within the state. The BJP gave a stellar performance in 2004, winning 25 out of 29 seats. In 2009, it won 16 seats while the INC got 12 seats and BSP won just one seat. In 2014 parliamentary elections, BJP won 27 of the 29 Lok Sabha seats.
Major Politicians
General elections 2014 saw important political personalities battling it out in Madhya Pradesh. Some MPs of the 16th Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh are:
- Sushma Swaraj : Leader of the opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha, she is an MP from Vidisha. She has been elected six times as a member of the Parliament and was also the first woman Chief Minister of Delhi.
- Sumitra Mahajan : She is a politician from BJP and has been representing the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh since the 9th Lok Sabha.
- Kamal Nath : Currently the Chief Minister, he resigned from the Lok Sabha on December 21, 2018.
- Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia: He is a scion of the erstwhile Gwalior royal family, and joined INC upon the death of his father Madhav Rao Scindia. He is a sitting Member of Parliament from Guna constituency, and was part of the Union cabinet from October 2012 to May 2014.
Famous Political Personalities
Many important political leaders of India were born in Madhya Pradesh. Some of them are:
- B R Ambedkar : He was born in Mhow. He was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution and was also the first Law Minister of India.
- Shankar Dayal Sharma : He is the 9th President of India. He was born in Bhopal and represented Bhopal in the Lok Sabha in 1971 and 1980.
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee : He was the 10th Prime Minister of India. He was born in Gwalior and was also a Lok Sabha MP from Gwalior (5th Lok Sabha).
- Madhavrao Scindia : He was a nine-time member of parliament and also served as the Union Railways Minister (1986 - 1989), Minister for Civil Aviation and Minister for Human Resource Development. He contested from either Guna or Gwalior and is known to have never lost an election.
- Digvijay Singh : He is a politician from the INC and served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 1993 to 2003.
- Uma Bharti : She was the first woman Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and was the poll in-charge for the 2014 parliamentary elections for Uttarakhand.
- Arjun Singh : He was born in Churhat, Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh. He was the Union Minister for Human Resource Development from 2004 to 2009.
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan : He is the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh since 2005 and has emerged as a significant politician from the state.
Visit Mapsofindia.com to get the latest Madhya Pradesh general election Updates, Madhya Pradesh live election updates & news, Madhya Pradesh lok sabha seats 2019 and many more.
Election Highlights |
Quick Facts |
No. of PCs: 29 No. of Polling Days: 4 Polling Dates: April (Phase 4), 6 May (Phase 5), 12 May (Phase 6) and 19 May (Phase 7) Poll Expenditure Limit per Candidate : Rs. 70 lakhs |
---|
Madhya Pradesh Parliamentary Constituency Winners 2009
PC No. | PC Name | Category | Winning Candidate | Gender | Party | Total Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morena | GEN | Narendra Singh Tomar | M | BJP | 300647 |
2 | Bhind | (SC) | Ashok Argal | M | BJP | 227365 |
3 | Gwalior | GEN | Yashodhara Raje Scindia | F | BJP | 252314 |
4 | Guna | GEN | Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia | M | INC | 413297 |
5 | Sagar | GEN | Bhupendra Singh | M | BJP | 323954 |
6 | Tikamgarh | (SC) | Virendra Kumar | M | BJP | 200109 |
7 | Damoh | GEN | Shivraj Bhaiya | M | BJP | 302673 |
8 | Khajuraho | GEN | Jeetendra Singh Bundela | M | BJP | 229369 |
9 | Satna | GEN | Ganesh Singh | M | BJP | 190206 |
10 | Rewa | GEN | Deoraj Singh Patel | M | BSP | 172002 |
11 | Sidhi | GEN | Govind Prasad Mishra | M | BJP | 270914 |
12 | Shahdol | (ST) | Rajesh Nandini Singh | F | INC | 263434 |
13 | Jabalpur | GEN | Rakesh Singh | M | BJP | 343922 |
14 | Mandla | (ST) | Basori Singh Masram | M | INC | 391133 |
15 | Balaghat | GEN | K. D. Deshmukh | M | BJP | 299959 |
16 | Chhindwara | GEN | Kamal Nath | M | INC | 409736 |
17 | Hoshangabad | GEN | Uday Pratap Singh | M | INC | 339496 |
18 | Vidisha | GEN | Sushma Swaraj | F | BJP | 438235 |
19 | Bhopal | GEN | Kailash Joshi | M | BJP | 335678 |
20 | Rajgarh | GEN | Narayansingh Amlabe | M | INC | 319371 |
21 | Dewas | (SC) | Sajjan Singh Verma | M | INC | 376421 |
22 | Ujjain | (SC) | Guddu Premchand | M | INC | 326905 |
23 | Mandsaur | GEN | Meenakshi Natrajan | F | INC | 373532 |
24 | Ratlam | (ST) | Kantilal Bhuria | M | INC | 308923 |
25 | Dhar | (ST) | Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi | M | INC | 302660 |
26 | Khargone | (ST) | Sumitra Mahajan (Tai) | M | BJP | 351296 |
26 | Indore | GEN | Makansingh Solanki (Babuji) | F | BJP | 388662 |
27 | Khandwa | GEN | Arun Subhashchandra Yadav | M | INC | 394241 |
29 | Betul | (ST) | Jyoti Dhurve | F | BJP | 334939 |
Parliamentary Constituencies in Madhya Pradesh |
PC No. | PC Name | PC No. | PC Name |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Morena | 16 | Chhindwara |
2 | Bhind | 17 | Hoshangabad |
3 | Gwalior | 18 | Vidisha |
4 | Guna | 19 | Bhopal |
5 | Sagar | 20 | Rajgarh |
6 | Tikamgarh | 21 | Dewas |
7 | Damoh | 22 | Ujjain |
8 | Khajuraho | 23 | Mandsaur |
9 | Satna | 24 | Ratlam |
10 | Rewa | 25 | Dhar |
11 | Sidhi | 26 | Khargone |
12 | Shahdol | 27 | Indore |
13 | Jabalpur | 28 | Khandwa |
14 | Mandla | 29 | Betul |
15 | Balaghat |
Last Updated on :
This is the 4th General Election which the MapsofIndia Chronicling. Visit Mapsofindia.com/parliamentaryconstituencies/ for live updates, latest election news and election schedule for 2019 General (Lok Sabha) Elections. For more election news, you can like our Facebook page or follow our Twitter page, where you can get latest updates from each of the 543 PC (parliamentary constituencies) for 2019 General Elections. Election results, live election results, election results state wise for 2019 Lok Sabha elections in India will be announced on 23 May 2019.
|