Ambikapur Assembly constituency

Ambikapur
Constituency No. 10 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Surguja
District	Surguja
Lok Sabha constituency	Surguja
Established	1951
Total electors	256,691 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rajesh Agarwal
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	T. S. Singh Deo

Ambikapur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} It is in Surguja district.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952	Parasnath Thakur		Indian National Congress
1957	Brij Bhushan
1962	Amresh Prasad		Independent
1967	S Tripathi		Indian National Congress
1972	Devendra Kumari
1977	Prabhunarayan Tripathi		Janata Party
1980	Madan Gopal Singh		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990
1993
1998
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Kamal Bhan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	T. S. Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
2013
2018
2023 [6]	Rajesh Agrawal		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Ambikapur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajesh Agrawal	90,780	46.86%	12.72
	INC	T. S. Singh Deo	90,686	46.81%	9.58
	GGP	Balsai Korram	6,083	3.14%	0.64
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,168	1.12%	0.78
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar Sahu	1,318	0.68%	New
	JCC	Abdul Majid	1,193	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			94	0.05%	22.19
Turnout			1,93,746	76.37%	3.34
Registered electors			2,56,691		13.57
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	9.53

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Ambikapur ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. S. Singh Deo	100,439	56.38%	3.35
	BJP	Anurag Singh Deo	60,815	34.14%	6.65
	GGP	Gopal Prasad Gupta	4,459	2.50%	0.94
	Independent	Tarun Kumar Bhagat	2,173	1.22%	New
	Independent	Kranti Kumar Rawat	2,103	1.18%	New
	BSP	Sita Ram Das	1,322	0.74%	0.30
	Independent	T. S. Singh Deo	1,075	0.60%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	609	0.34%	2.37
Margin of victory			39,624	22.24%	9.99
Turnout			1,78,140	79.13%	0.26
Registered electors			2,26,012		11.22
	INC hold		Swing	3.35

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Ambikapur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. S. Singh Deo	84,668	53.03%	10.92
	BJP	Anurag Singh Deo	65,110	40.78%	0.59
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,327	2.71%	New
	GGP	Sewa Ram Porte	2,503	1.57%	3.00
	Independent	Adhiwakta Vijay Tiwari	1,917	1.20%	New
	BSP	Ram Das Toppo	1,670	1.05%	0.65
Margin of victory			19,558	12.25%	11.51
Turnout			1,59,646	80.83%	7.84
Registered electors			2,03,212		7.99
	INC hold		Swing	10.92

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Ambikapur ^{[11] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. S. Singh Deo	56,043	42.11%	18.94
	BJP	Anurag Singh Deo	55,063	41.37%	11.97
	GGP	Jainath Keram	6,078	4.57%	New
	CPI	Amar Nath Pandey	2,885	2.17%	New
	Independent	Ramnayak Maurya	2,698	2.03%	New
	BSP	Kumkum Bhatnagar	2,258	1.70%	1.55
	Independent	Jhamekeshwar Paikra	1,392	1.05%	New
Margin of victory			980	0.74%	29.44
Turnout			1,33,083	70.98%	3.72
Registered electors			1,88,173		2.20
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	11.24

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Ambikapur ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kamal Bhan Singh	65,812	53.35%	New
	INC	Madan Gopal Singh	28,590	23.18%	New
	NCP	Prabodh Minj	14,568	11.81%	New
	BSP	Gurusharan Singh Painkara	4,011	3.25%	New
	Independent	Fuleswari Singh	3,935	3.19%	New
	SP	Ganjha Ram Thakur	2,977	2.41%	New
	JMM	Bansidhar Urawan	1,406	1.14%	New
Margin of victory			37,222	30.17%
Turnout			1,23,363	67.00%
Registered electors			1,84,121
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

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

References

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