Balaghat Lok Sabha seat, known as the mineral deposit of Madhya Pradesh, is famous for its culture and natural treasures in the entire state. This Lok Sabha seat is mostly inhabited by people from the tribal community who are very aware of their culture. The boundaries of this district are connected to Chhattisgarh on one side and Maharashtra on the other side, hence the influence of politics of both these states can be seen on this Lok Sabha seat. The influence of the culture of these two neighboring states can be clearly seen on the speech and lifestyle here.
Kanha Tiger Reserve is also an important part of this Lok Sabha. Tiger census was conducted here in 2023 in which their number was found to be 129. It is quite good in comparison to any other tiger reserve. On one hand, forests and tiger reserve are enhancing the glory of Balaghat, while on the other hand, there is natural treasure in abundance here. There are many mines of manganese, copper, bauxite, kyanite, marble, dolomite and limestone which are very important. It is these mines that make Madhya Pradesh ahead of other states in all these areas.
Most of Balaghat district is filled with forests, it is situated on the banks of Bainganga river. Most of the agricultural land here is irrigated by this river. There is very advanced agriculture here. In which mostly paddy and bamboo are cultivated. There is a very interesting story behind the name of this city. Actually, the name of this city was initially 12 Ghats. The reason behind this is said to be that this city was situated between twelve ghats. When the names of the cities were being written, the file from here went to Kolkata. There 12 ghats were called Balaghat which was also written later. It was from here that the city got its name Balaghat. This happened during the British rule.
political structure
Talking about Balaghata Lok Sabha seat, 8 assembly constituencies have also been included in it. Which includes Baihar, Lanji, Paraswada, Balaghat, Varasivani, Katangi, Barghat, Seoni. This Lok Sabha has been formed by combining the entire Balaghat district and some parts of Seoni district. Here Congress has captured four seats and BJP has captured four. Praja Socialist Party candidates have also won this Lok Sabha seat, while once an independent candidate was also elected by the people as their public representative. However, mostly Congress has won here. But, for the first time in 1998, Gaurishankar Bisen led BJP to victory. After this, it seemed as if this seat was in the name of BJP. After Gaurishankar Bisen, Prahlad Patel contested another election from here and won. After this Gaurishankar Bisen came again. Currently, in 2019, BJP’s Dhal Singh Bisen had won the election from here.
What happened in the 2019 elections?
If we talk about the last elections, BJP had given ticket to Dhal Singh Bisen on this Lok Sabha seat. Congress had fielded Madhu Bhagat as his opponent. Whereas BJP had given ticket to Kankar Munjare. All three candidates tried their best, but the victory remained with BJP. In the election, BJP’s Dhal Singh Bisen got 6.96 lakh votes, while Congress’s Madhu got 4.54 lakh votes. BSP candidate Munjare had to be satisfied with 85 thousand votes.
