The conditions that favour Shivraj Singh to won the seat over and over again is his brilliant ability to public connect and strong leadership. Since he is a self made man, he has in dept understanding of public grievances and its resolution. His humbleness, simplicity and down-to-earth approach are what make him stronger in community attachment. Also he started several schemes for farmers and underprivileged which is continuously gaining popularity and so he is. So far no other candidate is in stature of Shivraj to uproot him from the constituency.
In 2003, this seat won by BJP Rajendra Singh, who succeeded in fetching 58052 votes. He defeated Raj Kumar Patel of Congress with a margin of 10436 votes. Patel got 47616 votes in election. In 1998, Dev Kumar Patel of Congress won the seat against BJP’s Guru Prasad Sharma with a margin of 1774 votes.