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

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Sidhi is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers the entire Sidhi and Siangrauli districts and part of Shahdol district.

Sidhi registered 69.41 per cent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 12.55 per cent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1843936 while the total voter turnout is 1279958. While in 2014, the constituency registered 56.86 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1735172 while the total voter's turnout was 986625.

Ajay Arjun Singh of Indian National Congress, Ram Lal Panika of Bahujan Samaj Party, Riti Pathak of Bharatiya Janata Party, Com. Sanjay Namdeo of Communist Party of India and Ashish Kumar Singh Chauhan of Shivsena are a few prominent candidates contesting for general election 2019 from Sidhi 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. Sidhi went 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 Sidhi Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh.

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Ajay Arjun Singh	Indian National Congress
2	Ram Lal Panika	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Riti Pathak	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Com. Sanjay Namdeo	Communist Party of India
5	Anup Singh Sengar	Samagra Utthan Party
6	Ashish Kumar Singh Chauhan	Shivsena
7	Nirmala Dr. H.L. Prajapati	Akhil Bhartiya Gondwana Party
8	Fatte Bahadur Singh Markam	Gondvana Gantantra Party
9	Ram Kripal Bashor	Republican Party of India (A)
10	Ramdas Shah Mulnivasi	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
11	Ram Rahees Kol	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
12	Ramvishal Pal	Rashtriya Shoshit Samaj Party
13	Ramadhar Gupta "Mai Ke Lal"	Sapaks Party
14	Shyam Lal Vaishya	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party
15	Gyani Jaiswal	Saman Aadmi Saman Party
16	Dileep Kumar Shukla	Independent
17	Dharmendra Singh Baghel	Independent
18	Dheerendra Kumar	Independent
19	Rakesh Kumar Patel	Independent
20	Ram Kumar Jaysval	Independent
21	Ramraj Yadav	Independent
22	Ramsahay Shahu	Independent
23	Ramawatar Vishwakarma	Independent
24	Lalan	Independent
25	Lalta Prasad Jayswal	Independent
26	Shrawan Kumar Dwivedi "Samajwadi"	Independent

In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, BJP leader Riti Pathak had won from the seat, defeating Congress's Indrajeet Kumar with a margin of 241,301 votes.

Sidhi Lok Sabha constituency comprises of eight assembly segments — Churhat, Sidhi, Sihawal, Chitrangi, Singrauli, Deosar, Dhauhani and Beohari.