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

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Khajuraho is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. This constituency came into existence in 2017 Presently it covers the entire Panna district and parts of Chhatarpur and Katni districts.

Khajuraho registered 68.12 percent voter turnout in Lok Sabha Election 2019, a gain of 16.76 percent from 2014. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1841092 while 1254127 came out to exercise their franchise. While in 2014, the constituency registered 51.36 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1702319 while 874320 voted.

The Khajuraho Lok Sabha Constituency has a total of eight assembly segments - Chandla, Rajnagar, Pawai, Gunnaor, Panna, Vijayraghavgarh, Murwara and Bahoriband.

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

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	MAHARANI KAVITA SINGH NATIRAJA	Indian National Congress
2	V.D. SHARMA (VISHNU DATT SHARMA)	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	ASHWANI KUMAR DUBEY	Sarvodaya Bharat Party
4	JAGDESH KUMAR PATEL	Akhil Bhartiya Apna Dal
5	DESH PAL PATEL	Ambedkarite Party of India
6	MANISH MISHRA	Rashtriya Aadarsh Member Party
7	ADVOCATE RAKESH KUMAR SHUKLA	All India Forward Bloc
8	VEER SINGH PATEL	Samajwadi Party
9	SANT KUMAR SHARMA	Samagra Utthan Party
10	ABDUL IMRAN	Independent
11	GIRIRAJ KISHOR (RAJU) PODDAR	Independent
12	NARENDRA PANDEY (RAM JI)	Independent
13	PARWAT SINGH	Independent
14	BHOOPAT KUMAR ADIWASI	Independent
15	MEENA/LALIT RAIKWAR	Independent
16	RAJKUMAR	Independent
17	VINOD KUMAR	Rashtriya Jansanchar Dal

Maharani Kavita Singh Natiraja of Indian National Congress, VD Sharma (Vishnu Datt Sharma) of Bharatiya Janata Party and Ashwani Kumar Dubey of Sarvodaya Bharat Party are a few prominent candidates contesting for general election 2019 from Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh.

The election here were conducted on May 6, 2019, as per the Phase V schedule announced by the Election Commission. The counting of votes will be held on May 23.

Nagendra Singh of BJP is the sitting Member of Parliament from this constituency. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Singh received 4,74,966 votes and defeated Congress candidate Raja Pateria who got 2,27,476 votes.