Jaijaipur Assembly constituency

Jaijaipur
Constituency No. 37 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateChhattisgarh
DistrictJanjgir-Champa
Lok Sabha constituencyJanjgir-Champa
Established2008
Total electors249,202[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Baleshwar Sahu
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023

Jaijaipur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2]

It comprises Jaijaipur tehsil and parts of Champa tehsil and Malkhroda tehsil, all in Janjgir-Champa district.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008[4] Mahant Ramsunder Das Indian National Congress
2013[5] Keshav Prasad Chandra Bahujan Samaj Party
2018[6]
2023[7] Baleshwar Sahu Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Jaijaipur[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Baleshwar Sahu 76,747 44.04 +19.32
BJP Krishna Kant Chandra 50,825 29.16 +1.56
BSP Keshav Prasad Chandra 26,877 15.42 −26.07
Independent Om Prakash Banjare 10,405 5.97
JCC Tekchand Chandra 3,330 1.91
AAP Durgalal Kewat 1,852 1.06
NOTA None of the Above 840 0.48 −0.50
Majority 25,922 14.88 +0.99
Turnout 174,274 69.93 +1.71
INC gain from BSP Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Jaijaipur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BSP Keshav Prasad Chandra 64,774 41.49
BJP Kailash Sahu 43,087 27.60
INC Anil Kumar Chandra 38,594 24.72
NOTA None of the Above 1527 0.98
Majority 21,687 13.89
Turnout 156,125 68.22
BSP hold Swing

See also

References

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