Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Jabalpur is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers the entire Jabalpur district.

Jabalpur registered 69.45 per cent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 10.92 per cent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1818114 while the total voter turnout is 1262608. While in 2014, the constituency registered 58.53 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1710788 while the total voter's turnout was 1001310.

Rakesh Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party, AD Ramraj Ram of Bahujan Samaj Party and Pt.Vivek Krishna Tankha of Indian National Congress are a few prominent candidates contesting for general election 2019 from Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh.

Voting for Madhya Pradesh's 29 parliamentary constituencies took place in four phases between April 29 to May 19. Jabalpur will go to polls on April 29, the fourth of the seven-phase polls. The counting of votes will be held on May 23.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	RAKESH SINGH	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	AD. RAMRAJ RAM	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Pt. VIVEK KRISHNA TANKHA	Indian National Congress
4	KULDEEP AHIRWAR	Republican Party of India (A)
5	CHANDRA PRAKASH BHATNAGAR	AARAKSHAN VIRODHI PARTY
6	DEVENDRA KUMAR YADAV	Pragatishil Samajwadi Party (Lohia)
7	BHUSHAN PRASAD SHUKLA	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party
8	MAHU SINGH PARASTE	Gondvana Gantantra Party
9	SHAHNAJ BEE ANSARI	Smart Indians Party
10	SHUKHDEV DAHIYA	Bhartiya Jan Sampark Party
11	AMJAD KHAN	Independent
12	ASHOK SINGH LODHI	Independent
13	GULAB SINGH (VIVEK)	Independent
14	DR. DHAI AKSHAR	Independent
15	DHANUK	Independent
16	RAKESH SINGH S/O NATHURAM	Independent
17	RAKESH SINGH S/O BALJOR SINGH	Independent
18	RAM DAYAL PRAJAPAT	Independent
19	ENGR. RUPRAM SINGH	Independent
20	LAXMINARAYAN JAGANNATH SINGH LODHI	Independent
21	VINAY KUMAR JAIN "VINNU BHAIYYA"	Independent
22	SHRI LAL MARKAM (BADE SHRI)	Independent

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, BJP candidate Rakesh Singh had won from the seat, defeating Congress's Vivek Krishna Tankha with a margin of 208,639 votes.

Jabalpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises of eight assembly segments — Patan, Bargi, Jabalpur East, Jabalpur North, Jabalpur Cantt., Jabalpur West, Panagar and Sihora.