Abhanpur Assembly constituency

Abhanpur
Constituency No. 53 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raipur
Established	2008
Total electors	214,002 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Indra Kumar Sahu
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Abhanpur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} It is in Raipur district. The seat has formed after the demolition of Raipur Town Vidhansabha Constituency in 2008. As of 2023, it is represented by Indra Kumar Sahu of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Prior to 1961: Constituency did not exist
1962	Lakhanlal Gupta		Indian National Congress
1967	N. R. Panchhiram
1972	Chetram Parshottam		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977			Janata Party
1980	Tetku		Indian National Congress
1985	Chandra Shekhar Sahu		Bharatiya Janta Party
1990
1993	Dhanendra Sahu		Indian National Congress
1998
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Dhanendra Sahu		Indian National Congress
2008	Chandra Shekhar Sahu		Bharatiya Janta Party
2013	Dhanendra Sahu		Indian National Congress
2018 [6] [7]
2023 [8]	Indra Kumar Sahu		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Abhanpur ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Indra Kumar Sahu	93,295	52.61%	19.31
	INC	Dhanendra Sahu	77,742	43.84%	4.12
	JCC	Makhan Lal Tamrakar	2,379	1.34%	11.98
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,087	1.18%	0.70
Margin of victory			15,553	8.77%	5.89
Turnout			1,77,340	83.92%	0.47
Registered electors			2,14,002		10.17
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	4.65

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Abhanpur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dhanendra Sahu	76,761	47.96%	0.07
	BJP	Chandra Shekhar Sahu	53,290	33.30%	8.83
	JCC	Dayaram Nishad	21,324	13.32%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,005	1.88%	1.00
	Independent	Bramhanand Sahu	2,249	1.41%	New
	Independent	Shweta Rakesh Sahu	2,040	1.27%	New
Margin of victory			23,471	14.66%	8.76
Turnout			1,60,050	84.04%	0.54
Registered electors			1,94,246		12.42
	INC hold		Swing	0.07

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Abhanpur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dhanendra Sahu	67,926	48.03%	2.51
	BJP	Chandra Shekhar Sahu	59,572	42.12%	4.64
	Chattisgarh Swabhiman Manch	Radhakrishna Tandon	8,134	5.75%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,071	2.88%	New
	Independent	Hemant Kumar Tandon	2,497	1.77%	New
	BSP	Yaujy Singh Sonwani	1,186	0.84%	1.77
Margin of victory			8,354	5.91%	4.67
Turnout			1,41,431	84.24%	5.37
Registered electors			1,72,782		9.84
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	1.27

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Abhanpur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chandra Shekhar Sahu	56,249	46.76%	2.63
	INC	Dhanendra Sahu	54,759	45.52%	1.19
	BSP	Shailendra Singh	3,140	2.61%	0.07
	Independent	Hemant Kumar Tandan	2,791	2.32%	New
	Independent	Rekhram Chturwedani	1,129	0.94%	New
Margin of victory			1,490	1.24%	1.04
Turnout			1,20,302	76.49%	5.16
Registered electors			1,57,297		11.35
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	2.43

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Abhanpur ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dhanendra Sahu	51,122	44.33%	New
	BJP	Chandra Shekhar Sahu	50,895	44.13%	New
	NCP	Kailash Mishra	5,519	4.79%	New
	BSP	Amar Singh Nishad	2,934	2.54%	New
	SP	Tikendra Thakur	2,291	1.99%	New
	Independent	Hemant Kumar Tandon	1,615	1.40%	New
	Independent	Shekhu Ram Banjare	957	0.83%	New
Margin of victory			227	0.20%
Turnout			1,15,333	81.64%
Registered electors			1,41,268
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Raipur district

References

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