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Jabalpur Election Results 2019: BJP banks on sitting MP to retain Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 constituency watch of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The BJP has retained the Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency since 1996.
Jabalpur is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh.
Since 1996, the Jabalpur Parliamentary constituency has been a BJP seat with Dada Baburao Paranjape winning it for the party at that time. Subsequently, the party has retained its hold on the seat with Rakesh Singh having won it in 2014, having defeated Vivek Krishna Tankha of the Congress by a margin of 208,639 votes.
This time around, the BJP has once again nominated Rakesh Singh as its candidate against Congress’s Vivek Tankha. Rakesh Singh is presently in the lead while Vivek Tankha trails.
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The general elections were held across India in seven phases beginning April 11 and the counting of votes takes place on May 23.
Here’s all you need to know about the Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency:
State: Madhya Pradesh
Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: Jabalpur
Contesting Candidates: Rakesh Singh (BJP), Vivek Krishna Tankha (Congress)
Date of polling: April 29
Sitting MP, Party: Rakesh Singh, BJP
Winning margin in 2014: 208,639
Runner up name, party: Vivek Krishna Tankha, Congress
Number of voters in 2014: 1,002,210
Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 80
Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,814
Number of women voters: 443,567
