2009 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh explained

Election Name:Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh, 2009
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh, 2004
Previous Year:2004
Next Election:Indian general election, 2014 (Madhya Pradesh)
Next Year:2014
Election Date:April–May 2009
Seats For Election:29 seats
Turnout:51.17%
Party1:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance1:National Democratic Alliance (India)
Last Election1:25 seats, 48.13%
Seats1:16
Percentage1:43.45%
Seat Change1: 9
Swing1: 4.68%
Party2:Indian National Congress
Alliance2:United Progressive Alliance
Last Election2:4 seats, 34.07%
Seats2:12
Percentage2:40.14%
Seat Change2: 8
Swing2: 6.07%
Party3:Bahujan Samaj Party
Alliance3:United National Progressive Alliance
Last Election3:0 seats, 4.75%
Seats3:1
Percentage3:5.85%%
Seat Change3: 1
Swing3: 1.1%
Map Size:300px

The 2009 Indian general election for Madhya Pradesh polls were held for 29 seats in the state. The major two contenders in the state were Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC). The BJP was expected to perform well as it had won the assembly elections conducted in the state during November–December 2008.[1]

Voting and Results

The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) won 16 seats, Indian National Congress (INC) 12 seats whereas the Bahujan Samaj Party won one seat.

Result by Party

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Parties and coalitions! colspan="3" |Seats! colspan="3" |Popular vote|-!Contested!Won!+/−!Votes!%!±pp|-| bgcolor="" ||Bharatiya Janata Party | 29| 16| 9| 84,65,524| 43.45%| 4.68%|-| bgcolor="" || Indian National Congress | 29| 12| 8| 78,20,333| 40.14%|6.07%|-| bgcolor="" ||Bahujan Samaj Party | 28| 1| 1| 11,40,044|5.85%| 1.1%|-| bgcolor="red" ||Samajwadi Party | 18| 0| -| 5,51,341| 2.82%| 0.38%|-  | bgcolor="" ||Gondwana Ganatantra Party | 13| 0| -| 1,20,182| 0.62%| 2.43%|-| bgcolor="" ||Independents | 213| 0| -| 9,57,495| 4.91%| 0.89%|-| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" ||- style="font-weight:bold;"| align="left" colspan="2"| Total| 29| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" || 1,94,84,608| colspan=2 bgcolor="#E9E9E9" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Valid votes|1,94,84,608|99.97| colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"  ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Votes cast / turnout|1,94,88,914|51.17|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Abstentions| 1,85,96,265| 48.83|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Registered voters| 3,80,85,179| 100.0|-|}Source: Election Commission of India[2]

Constituency-wise results

Keys: 

Parliamentary ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
No.NameTypeCandidateColspan=2PartyVotes Vote%CandidateColspan=2PartyVotes Vote%Votes%
1.MorenaGEN53.04Narendra Singh Tomar3,00,64742.30Ramniwas Rawat1,99,65028.09style=background-color:1,00,99714.21
2.BhindSC38.39Ashok Argal2,27,36543.41Bhagirath Prasad2,08,47939.8style=background-color:18,8863.61
3.GwaliorGEN41.12Yashodhara Raje Scindia2,52,31443.19Ashok Singh2,25,72338.64style=background-color:26,5914.55
4.GunaGEN54.03Jyotiraditya Scindia4,13,29763.60Narottam Mishra1,63,56025.17style=background-color:2,49,73738.43
5.SagarGEN48.12Bhupendra Singh3,23,95456.80Aslam Sher Khan1,92,78633.80style=background-color:1,31,16823.0
6.SC43.42Virendra Kumar2,00,10938.10Vrindavan Ahirwar1,58,24730.13style=background-color:41,8627.97
7.DamohGEN44.12Shivraj Singh Lodhi3,02,67350.52Chandrabhan2,31,79638.69style=background-color:70,87711.83
8.KhajurahoGEN43.12Jeetendra Singh Bundela2,29,36939.34Raja Paterya2,01,03734.48style=background-color:28,3324.86
9.SatnaGEN54.63Ganesh Singh1,94,62429.51Sukhlal Kushwaha1,90,20628.84style=background-color:4,4180.67
10.RewaGEN48.34Deoraj Singh Patel1,72,00228.49Sundar Lal Tiwari1,67,98127.83style=background-color:4,0210.66
11.SidhiGEN49.75Govind Prasad Mishra2,70,91440.09Indrajeet Kumar2,25,17433.32style=background-color:45,7406.77
12.ST49.50Rajesh Nandini Singh2,63,43441.86Narendra Maravi2,50,01939.73style=background-color:13,4152.13
13.JabalpurGEN43.80Rakesh Singh3,43,92254.29Rameshwar Neekhra2,37,91937.56style=background-color:1,06,00316.73
14.ST56.25Basori Singh Masram3,91,13345.50Faggan Singh Kulaste3,26,08037.94style=background-color:65,0537.56
15.BalaghatGEN56.49K. D. Deshmukh2,99,95939.65Vishveshvar Bhagat2,59,14034.25style=background-color:40,8195.4
16.ChhindwaraGEN71.86Kamal Nath4,09,73649.41Marot Rao Khavase2,88,51634.79style=background-color:1,21,22014.62
17.HoshangabadGEN54.82Uday Pratap Singh3,39,49647.73Rampal Singh3,20,25145.03style=background-color:19,2452.7
18.VidishaGEN45.09Sushma Swaraj4,38,23578.80Choudhary Munabbar Salim48,3918.7style=background-color:3,89,84470.1
19.BhopalGEN45.07Kailash Joshi3,35,67850.95Surendra Singh Thakur2,70,52141.06style=background-color:65,1579.89
20.RajgarhGEN51.57Narayansingh Amlabe3,19,37149.11Lakshman Singh2,94,98345.36style=background-color:24,3883.75
21.SC60.35Sajjan Singh Verma3,76,42148.08Thawar Chand Gehlot3,60,96446.1style=background-color:15,4571.98
22.SC53.25Guddu Premchand3,26,90548.97Satyanarayan Jatiya3,11,06446.6style=background-color:15,8412.37
23.MandsourGEN55.83Meenakshi Natrajan3,73,53248.80Laxminarayan Pandey3,42,71344.77style=background-color:30,8194.03
24.ST50.93Kantilal Bhuria3,08,92348.46Dileep Singh Bhuria2,51,25539.42style=background-color:57,6689.04
25.ST54.69Gajendra Singh Rajukhedi3,02,66046.23Mukam Singh Kirade2,99,99945.82style=background-color:2,6610.41
26.IndoreGEN50.76Sumitra Mahajan3,88,66248.77Satyanarayan Patel3,77,18247.33style=background-color:11,4801.44
27.ST60.18Makhansingh Solanki3,51,29646.19Balram Bachchan3,17,12141.70style=background-color:34,1754.49
28.KhandwaGEN60.01Arun Subhashchandra Yadav3,94,24148.53Nandkumar Singh Chauhan3,45,16042.49style=background-color:49,0816.04
29.ST49.47Jyoti Dhurve3,34,93952.62Ojharam Evane2,37,62237.33style=background-color:97,31715.29

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Madhya Pradesh

Cabinet Ministers

S No.MinisterPartyLok Sabha Seat/Rajya SabhaPortfoliosTerm StartTerm End
1.Kamal NathChhindwaraMinister of Road Transport and Highways28 May 200919 Jan 2011
Minister of Urban Development19 Jan 201126 May 2014
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs28 Oct 201226 May 2014
2.Kantilal BhuriaMinister of Tribal Affairs28 May 200912 July 2012
4.Jyotiraditya ScindiaGunaMinister of Power28 Oct 201226 May 2014

Minister of State

S No.MinisterPartyLok Sabha Seat/Rajya SabhaPortfoliosTerm StartTerm End
1.Jyotiraditya ScindiaGunaMinister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry28 May 200928 Oct 2012
2.Arun YadavMinister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports28 May 200914 June 2009
Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises14 June 200919 Jan 2011
Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries19 Jan 201114 July 2011

References

  1. Web site: THread - the Hindu Blog.
  2. Web site: Election Commission of India. 2009-05-21. 2009-05-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20090521143146/http://eci.nic.in//. dead.