Mahasamund is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2][3] It is in Mahasamund district and is a part of Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency.[4][5]
| Mahasamund | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 42 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Mahasamund |
| LS constituency | Mahasamund |
| Total electors | 208,801[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Yogeshwar Raju Sinha | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Previously, Mahasamund was part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, until the state of Chhattisgarh was created in 2000.
Members of Vidhan Sabha
editMadhya Pradesh assembly
edit| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ajodhya Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Miri Bajirao | ||
| Nemichand Jain | |||
| 1962 | Paran | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | Nemichand Jain | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Purushottamlal K. Dhaluram | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1977 | Muhammad Yaqub | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Maksudan Lal Chandrakar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Santosh Kumar | Janata Dal | |
| 1993 | Agni Chandrakar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998[6] | |||
Chhattisgarh assembly
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Poonam Chandrakar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | Agni Chandrakar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | Vimal Chopra | Independent politician | |
| 2018[7] | Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2023 | Yogeshwar Raju Sinha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
edit2023
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Yogeshwar Raju Sinha | 84,594 | 51.41 | +34.41 | |
| INC | Rashmi Chandrakar | 68,442 | 41.60 | +9.69 | |
| JCC | Ashwant Tusshar Sahu | 1,735 | 1.05 | −15.01 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 391 | 0.24 | −1.11 | |
| Majority | 36,793 | 19.53 | +4.62 | ||
| Turnout | 164,542 | 78.80 | −2.17 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2018
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar | 49,356 | 31.91 | ||
| BJP | Poonam Chandrakar | 26,290 | 17.00 | ||
| JCC | Tribhuvan Mahilang | 24,839 | 16.06 | ||
| Independent | Manoj Kant Sahu | 21,911 | 14.17 | ||
| Independent | Vimal Chopra | 21,160 | 13.68 | ||
| Independent | T. K. Dadsena | 1,552 | 1.00 | ||
| Independent | Pankaj Sahu | 1,445 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,085 | 1.35 | ||
| Majority | 23,066 | 14.91 | |||
| Turnout | 154,679 | 80.97 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ Elections In
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ a b "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.