Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Constituency

Rajnandgaon was one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Since 1962, the constituency has witnessed elections won by candidates from several political parties. INC won 6 elections, BJP won 3 elections, INC(I) won 1 election, and BLD won 1 election.

List of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Rajnandgaon

Election YearMP NameParty
1999Dr. RamanBJP
1998Motilal VoraINC
1996Ashok SharmaBJP
1991Shivendra Bahadur SinghINC
1989Dharam Pal GuptaBJP
1984Shivendra Bahadur SinghINC
1980Shivendra Bahadur SinghINC(I)
1977Madan TiwaryBLD
1971Ramsahai PandeyINC
1967P. DeviINC
1962Birendra Bahadur SinghINC

Lok Sabha Election Results in Rajnandgaon

1999 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Dr. Raman3,04,61151.46
2Motilal Vora2,77,89646.94
3Deosingh NandeshwarIND2,8470.48
-All Other Candidates-6,6381.12
Total Votes Polled5,91,992-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1999 Results
Dr. Raman of BJP won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1999 general election, defeating Motilal Vora of INC by a margin of 26,715 votes, equivalent to 4.52% of the total votes polled.

1998 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Motilal Vora3,04,70950.61
2Ashok Sharma2,52,46841.93
3Eng. Lakhan Lal Sahu25,6004.25
-All Other Candidates-19,3033.21
Total Votes Polled6,02,080-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1998 Results
Motilal Vora of INC won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1998 general election, defeating Ashok Sharma of BJP by a margin of 52,241 votes, equivalent to 8.68% of the total votes polled.

1996 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Ashok Sharma2,22,61644.67
2Shivendra Bahadur Singh1,63,34032.78
3Balbir KhanujaAIIC(T)25,2165.06
-All Other Candidates-87,13917.49
Total Votes Polled4,98,311-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1996 Results
Ashok Sharma of BJP won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1996 general election, defeating Shivendra Bahadur Singh of INC by a margin of 59,276 votes, equivalent to 11.89% of the total votes polled.

1991 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Shivendra Bahadur Singh1,78,13246.83
2Dharampal Singh Gupta1,30,72234.36
3Darbar SinghJD34,2599.01
-All Other Candidates-37,2869.80
Total Votes Polled3,80,399-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1991 Results
Shivendra Bahadur Singh of INC won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1991 general election, defeating Dharampal Singh Gupta of BJP by a margin of 47,410 votes, equivalent to 12.47% of the total votes polled.

1989 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Dharam Pal Gupta2,49,38952.28
2Shivendra Bahadur Singh1,79,19537.56
3Krishna Kumar Soni (Katakcha)IND9,7372.04
-All Other Candidates-38,7178.12
Total Votes Polled4,77,038-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1989 Results
Dharam Pal Gupta of BJP won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1989 general election, defeating Shivendra Bahadur Singh of INC by a margin of 70,194 votes, equivalent to 14.72% of the total votes polled.

1984 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Shivendra Bahadur Singh1,65,89149.42
2Kishorilal ShuklaIND64,83819.32
3Swami AgniveshJNP36,89210.99
-All Other Candidates-68,03620.27
Total Votes Polled3,35,657-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1984 Results
Shivendra Bahadur Singh of INC won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1984 general election, defeating Kishorilal Shukla of IND by a margin of 101,053 votes, equivalent to 30.10% of the total votes polled.

1980 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Shivendra Bahadur SinghINC(I)1,21,74744.8
2J.P.L. FrancisJNP63,25123.27
3Madan TiwariJNP(S)18,3036.73
-All Other Candidates-68,46725.19
Total Votes Polled2,71,768-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1980 Results
Shivendra Bahadur Singh of INC(I) won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1980 general election, defeating J.P.L. Francis of JNP by a margin of 58,496 votes, equivalent to 21.53% of the total votes polled.

1977 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Madan TiwaryBLD1,78,47664.73
2Ram Sahai Pandey90,54332.84
3Lakhan Shah KunjamIND6,7212.44
-All Other Candidates-00.00
Total Votes Polled2,75,740-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1977 Results
Madan Tiwary of BLD won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1977 general election, defeating Ram Sahai Pandey of INC by a margin of 87,933 votes, equivalent to 31.89% of the total votes polled.

1971 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Ramsahai Pandey1,57,25661.77
2Padmawati DeviNCO58,28622.9
3Prakash Roy16,7486.58
-All Other Candidates-22,2888.75
Total Votes Polled2,54,578-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1971 Results
Ramsahai Pandey of INC won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1971 general election, defeating Padmawati Devi of NCO by a margin of 98,970 votes, equivalent to 38.87% of the total votes polled.

1967 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1P. Devi1,32,44453.02
2P. Roy46,00418.42
3K. PurohitSSP39,99616.01
-All Other Candidates-31,36312.55
Total Votes Polled2,49,807-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1967 Results
P. Devi of INC won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1967 general election, defeating P. Roy of CPI by a margin of 86,440 votes, equivalent to 34.60% of the total votes polled.

1962 Lok Sabha Election Results: Rajnandgaon

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Birendra Bahadur Singh76,01244.74
2Shyamnarayan KashmiriPSP52,04430.63
3Ganga Choube19,66211.57
-All Other Candidates-22,16813.05
Total Votes Polled1,69,886-
View Detailed Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Election 1962 Results
Birendra Bahadur Singh of INC won the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in the 1962 general election, defeating Shyamnarayan Kashmiri of PSP by a margin of 23,968 votes, equivalent to 14.11% of the total votes polled.