Antagarh Assembly constituency

Antagarh
Constituency No. 79 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kanker
LS constituency	Kanker
Established	2008
Total electors	176,261 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vikram Usendi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Antagarh is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^[2]

It comprises Antagarh tehsil and Pakhanjur tehsil, in Kanker district, and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. ^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008 [4]	Vikram Usendi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 [5]
2014^	Bhoj Raj Nag
2018	Anoop Nag		Indian National Congress
2023	Vikram Usendi		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Antagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	59,547	42.21%	+5.86%
	INC	Roopsingh Potai	35,837	25.40%	-18.13%
	Independent	Mantu Ram Pawar	15,063	10.68	N/A
	Independent	Anoop Nag	9,415	6.67%	N/A
	AAP	Santram Salam	7,412	5.12%	+1.80%
	NOTA	None of the above	4,245	3.01%	-1.01%
	API	Surendra Kumar Darro	1,201	0.85%	-0.05%
	GGP	Shiv Prasad Gota	601	0.45%	-0.06%
Majority			23,710	16.81%	+5.73%
Turnout			1,41,072	80.04%	+4.83%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+16.81%

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Antagarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anoop Nag	57,061	47.53%	+4.91%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	43,647	36.35%	-10.83%
	Independent	Sukhranjan Usendi	4,854	4.04%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	4,831	4.02	-0.14%
	AAP	Santram Sarphe	3,981	3.32%	N/A
	BSP	Hemant Poyam	1,243	1.04%	-0.73%
	API	Rupdhar Pudo	1,085	0.90%	N/A
	GGP	Parvar Singh Komra	607	0.51%	N/A
	SHS	Birendra Parte	484	0.40%	-1.64%
Majority			13,414	11.18%	+6.62%
Turnout			1,20,061	75.21%	-2.08%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	11.18

2014

2014 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly by-election: Antagarh ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhojraj Nag	63,816	71.31%	+36.85%
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,506	15.13%	+10.97%
	API	Rupdhar Pudo	12,086	13.56%	N/A
Majority			50,310	58.18%	+53.62%
Turnout			89,208	58.69%	-18.60%
	BJP hold		Swing	53.62

2013

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Antagarh ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	53,477	47.18%	+1.31%
	INC	Mantu Ram Pawar	48,306	42.62%	-3.12%
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,710	4.16%	+4.16%
	Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch	Somnath Uike	2,543	2.24%	N/A
	SHS	Jaiprakash Padda	2,308	2.04%	-1.76%
	BSP	Raja Ram Komra	2,009	1.77%
Majority			5,171	4.56%	+4.43%
Turnout			1,13,353	77.29%	+16.76%
	BJP hold		Swing	4.43

2008

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Antagarh ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	37,255	45.87%
	INC	Mantu Ram Pawar	37,146	45.74%
	SHS	Om Prakash Padda	3,083	3.80%
	BSP	Mehatab Singh Rana	1,950	2.40%
	CPI(M)	Rajiv Dhruwa	1,784	2.20%
Majority			109	0.13%
Turnout			81,218	60.53%
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

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

References

1. "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh" . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
2. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
4. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
5. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
6. "Detailed by-election results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

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