Ratlam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Jhabua Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. This constituency was renamed as Ratlam in 2008, following delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies.[1] This constituency covers the entire Alirajpur and Jhabua districts and part of Ratlam district.

Assembly segments

Presently, Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Number of electorates (2009)[3]
191 Alirajpur ST Alirajpur 155,726
192 Jobat ST Alirajpur 168,001
193 Jhabua ST Jhabua 179,351
194 Thandla ST Jhabua 151,806
195 Petlawad ST Jhabua 168,241
219 Ratlam Rural ST Ratlam 142,652
220 Ratlam City None Ratlam 155,062
221 Sailana ST Ratlam 125,917
Total: 1,246,756

Members of Parliament

Kantilal Bhuria (left), MP
Jhabua-Ratlam 1998-2009, 2015-

Madhya Bharat state

Madhya Pradesh state

Election Results

By Election, 2015: Ratlam-Jhabua
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Kantilal Bhuria 5,36,743 50.19
BJP Nirmala Bhuria 4,47,911 41.88
JD(U) Vijay Hari 21,572 2.02
RKSP Kisan Singh Chouhan 14,301 1.34
IND. Pawan Singh Dodiya 9,238 0.86
NOTA None of the Above 24,426 2.28
Majority 88,832 8.31
Turnout 10,69,497 61.35
INC gain from BJP Swing
Indian general election, 2014: Ratlam-Jhabua
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Dileep Singh Bhuria 5,45,980 50.41
INC Kantilal Bhuria 4,37,523 40.39
BSP Babu Singh 18,485 1.71
JD(U) Bheru Singh Damor 13,116 1.21
IND. Meena Atul David 10,979 1.01
NOTA None of the Above 30,364 2.80
Majority 1,08,457 10.02
Turnout 10,82,690 63.59
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Three new faces in Cong candidates' list". Central Chronicle. March 14, 2009. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Three new Parliamentary seats come into existence Dewas, Tikamgarh and Ratlam in Shajapur, Seoni and Jhabua out". Department of Public Relations, Madhya Pradesh government. December 19, 2008. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009.
  3. ↑ Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2009

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