Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency

Gwalior is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh state. This constituency covers the entire Gwalior district and part of Shivpuri district.

Gwalior
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Gwalior Rural Gwalior Gwalior East Gwalior South Bhitarwar Dabra Karera Pohari
Established	1952
Total electors	21,54,601[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Bharat Singh Kushwah
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Vidhan Sabha segments

Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency currently comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
14	Gwalior Rural	Gwalior	Sahab Singh Gurjar		INC		BJP
15	Gwalior		Pradhuman Singh Tomar		BJP		BJP
16	Gwalior East		Satish Sikarwar		INC		INC
17	Gwalior South		Narayan Singh Kushwah		BJP		BJP
18	Bhitarwar		Mohan Singh Rathore		BJP		INC
19	Dabra (SC)		Suresh Raje		INC		INC
23	Karera (SC)	Shivpuri	Ramesh Prasad Khatik		BJP		BJP
24	Pohari		Kailash Kushwah		INC		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1952	V. G. Deshpande		Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha
1952^	Narayan Bhaskar Khare
1957	Suraj Prasad		Indian National Congress
1962	Vijaya Raje Scindia
1967	Ram Awtar Sharma		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1977	Narayan Shejwalkar		Janata Party
1980
1984	Madhavrao Scindia		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996			Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress
1998			Indian National Congress
1999	Jaibhan Singh Pavaiya		Bhartiya Janata Party
2004	Ramsevak Singh		Indian National Congress
2007^	Yashodhara Raje Scindia		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009
2014	Narendra Singh Tomar
2019	Vivek Shejwalkar
2024	Bharat Singh Kushwah

• ^By Election

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Gwalior^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bharat Singh Kushwah	671,535	49.99	2.45
	INC	Praveen Pathak	6,01,325	44.77	4.61
	BSP	Kalyan Singh Kansana	33,465	2.49	−1.25
	NOTA	None of the above	3,341	0.25
Majority			70,210	5.22	7.06
Turnout			13,43,229	62.13	2.31
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Gwalior

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar	627,250	52.44	+7.76
	INC	Ashok Singh	4,80,408	40.16	−1.52
	BSP	Mamta Singh Kushwaha	44,677	3.74	−3.14
	IND.	Govind Singh	6,320	0.53
	PPI(D)	Geeta Rani Kushwah	5,566	0.47
Majority			1,46,842	12.28	+9.28
Turnout			11,96,888	59.82	+7.02
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Lok Sabha Election

2014 Indian general elections: Gwalior

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narendra Singh Tomar	4,42,796	44.68	+1.39
	INC	Ashok Singh	4,13,097	41.68	+3.04
	BSP	Alok Sharma	68,196	6.88	−6.21
	AAP	Neelam Agrwal	11,510	1.16	N/A
	CPI(M)	Akhilesh Yadav	10,297	1.04	N/A
	SP	Balwant Singh Kushwah	5,327	0.54	N/A
	Independent	Asif Khan	4,969	0.50	N/A
	Jan Nyay Dal	C.L. Karodiya	4,719	0.48	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,219	0.43
Majority			29,699	3.00
Turnout			9,90,912	52.80
	BJP hold		Swing

2009 Lok Sabha Election

2009 Indian general elections: Gwalior

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yashodhara Raje Scindia	2,52,314	43.19
	INC	Ashok Singh	2,25,723	38.64
	BSP	Ajab Singh Kushwaha	76,481	13.09
	IND.	Jagadish Gobara	3,943	0.67
	LJP	Avtar Singh	3,341	0.57
Majority			26,591	4.55
Turnout			5,84,196	41.12
	BJP hold		Swing

2004 Lok Sabha Election

• Ramsevak Singh (Congress)  : 307,735 (Expelled from Lok Sabha)
• Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya (BJP) : 210,063
  • Ram Sevak Singh was caught taking bribe and expelled from Lok Sabha.^[4] This necessitated by-election for the seat which BJP won.

2007 bye-election

By Election, 2007: Gwalior

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Yashodhara Raje Scindia	2,13,583	37.43
	INC	Ashok Singh	1,77,109	31.04
	RSD	Ramshree Baghel	51,308	8.99
	BSP	Kedar Singh Bidhuri	35,707	6.26
	LJP	Phool Singh Baraiya	31,844	5.58
	SP	Munna Lal Goyal	16,829	2.95
Majority			36,474	6.39
Turnout			5,70,609	41.38
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1984 Lok Sabha Election

• Madhavrao Scindia (Congress)  : 307,735
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee (BJP) : 132,141

Political sources claim that Scindia had told Vajpayee that he would be contesting from Guna, but changed his seat very late. The sympathy wave for Congress was so strong that Vajpayee could have lost the election in any case, but Scindia's candidacy made his defeat certain. Jana Sangh / BJP had won this seat even in the Indira waves of 1971 and 1980.^[5]

1971 Lok Sabha Election

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee (BJP) : 188,995
• Gautam Sharma (Congress)  : 118,685

1952 Lok Sabha Election

General Elections 1952 V G Deshpande (Hindu Mahasabha) won from both Gwalior and Guna. He retained Guna seat, and resigned from Gwalior. The by-election for Gwalior seat was won by N B Khare, also of Hindu Maha Sabha. In 1930s, Khare had been Chief Minister (called 'Premier' in those days) of Central Province as a Congress politician. But he left the party later.

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