Raipur Town Assembly constituency

Raipur Town
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateMadhya Pradesh (1976 – 2000)
Chhattisgarh (2000 – 2008)
DistrictRaipur
Lok Sabha constituencyRaipur
Established1976
Abolished2008

Raipur Town (sometimes called Raipur Nagar) was one of the 320 constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh and later 90 constitutencies of the Chhattisgarh state in India. The seat was formed in 1976 after the dissolution of Raipur Vidhan Sabha Constituency. It was a part of Raipur district. After 2008 Delimitation of State Assembly constituencies, Raipur Town was bifurcated into three constituencies, Raipur City North, Raipur City South and Raipur City West.[1][2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
Until 1977: Constituency did not exist, see Raipur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency
As Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituency
1977 Rajani Tai Upasane Janata Party
1980 Swarupchand Jain Indian National Congress
1985
1990 Brijmohan Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998
As Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly constituency
2003 Brijmohan Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency abolished
see Raipur City North, Raipur City South, Raipur City West

Election results

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election : Raipur Town[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Brijmohan Agrawal 70,164 56.92% New
INC Gajraj Pagariya 44,190 35.85% New
NCP Salam Rizvi 3,903 3.17% New
Independent Hitendra Vyas 2,142 1.74% New
Independent Adv. Hitendra Tiwari 1,208 0.98% New
Margin of victory 25,974 21.07%
Turnout 123,260 67.30%
Registered electors 183,193
BJP win (new seat)

References


allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raipur_Town_Assembly_constituency