Chandrapur, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency

Chandrapur
Constituency No. 36 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateChhattisgarh
District Sakti
Lok Sabha constituencyJanjgir-Champa
Established1977
Total electors234,099[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Ram Kumar Yadav
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2018

Chandrapur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2][3][4][5] It is in Sakti district.

Previously, Chandrapur was part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly until state of Chhattisgarh was created, in 2000.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Prior to 1956: part of Chandrapur Birra Assembly constituency
1957 Sashibhushan Singh Independent politician
Vedram Indian National Congress
1962 Dhansai
1967 Bhawani Lal Verma
1972
1977
1980 Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Dushyant Kumar Singh Judev Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Nobel Kumar Verma Indian National Congress
1998[6] Rani Ratnamala Devi Bharatiya Janata Party
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003[7] Nobel Kumar Verma Nationalist Congress Party
2008[8] Yudhvir Singh Judev Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[9]
2018 Ram Kumar Yadav Indian National Congress
2023[10]

Election results

2023

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Chandrapur[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ram Kumar Yadav 85,525 48.48 +16.52
BJP Bahu Rani Samyogita Singh Judev 69,549 39.42 +14.93
BSP Lalsai Khunte 16,898 9.68 −19.55
NOTA None of the Above 1,028 0.58 +0.24
Majority 15,976 9.06 +6.33
Turnout 176,429 75.37 −0.01
INC hold Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Chandrapur[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ram Kumar Yadav 51,717 31.96
BSP Gitanjali Patel 47,299 29.23
BJP Bahu Rani Samyogita Singh Judev 39,638 24.49
NCP Suman Novel Verma 14,429 8.92
Independent Rajkumar Yadav 1,779 1.10
NOTA None of the Above 550 0.34
Majority 4,418 2.73
Turnout 161,830 75.38
INC gain from BJP Swing

See also

References

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