Jabalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: जबलपुर लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers the entire Jabalpur district.

Assembly segments

Presently, since the delimitation of the parliamentary and legislative assembly constituencies in 2008, Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2009)
95	Patan	None	Jabalpur	185,692
96	Bargi	None	Jabalpur	170,060
97	Jabalpur Purba	SC	Jabalpur	194,112
98	Jabalpur Uttar	None	Jabalpur	190,352
99	Jabalpur Cantonment	None	Jabalpur	165,702
100	Jabalpur Paschim	None	Jabalpur	185,856
101	Panagar	None	Jabalpur	183,946
102	Sihora	ST	Jabalpur	167,989
Total:				1,443,709

Members of Parliament

As Mandla Jabalpur South:

• 1951: Mangroo / Seth Govind Das, Indian National Congress

As Jabalpur:

• 1957: Seth Govind Das, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Seth Govind Das, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Seth Govind Das, Indian National Congress
• 1971: Seth Govind Das, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Sharad Yadav, Bharatiya Lok Dal
• 1980: Munder Sharma, Indian National Congress defeated Rajmohan Gandhi (Janata Party)
• 1982 (bye-election): Baburao Paranjpe (बाबूराव परांजपे), Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1984: Ajay Narayan Mushran, Indian National Congress, defeated BJP's Paranjpe
• 1989: Baburao Paranjpe, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1991: Shrawan Kumar Patel, Indian National Congress, defeated BJP's Paranjpe
• 1996: Baburao Paranjape, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1998: Baburao Paranjpe, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 1999: Jaishree Banerjee, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2004: Rakesh Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2009: Rakesh Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2014: Rakesh Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party

Elections Results

General Election, 2014: Jabalpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rakesh Singh	5,64,609	56.34
	INC	Vivek Krishna Tankha	3,55,970	35.52
Majority			2,08,639	20.82
Turnout			10,02,184	58.55
	BJP hold		Swing

References

Election Commission of India -http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

See also

• Jabalpur district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha