Arang Assembly constituency

Arang
Constituency No. 52 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raipur
Established	1952
Total electors	231,375 [1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Guru Khushwant Saheb
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Shivkumar Dahariya

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

It is part of Raipur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

In 2008 delimitation, Mandirhasod Assembly constituency was merged into Arang. Currently most of the Naya Raipur comes under Arang constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952 [a]	Sukhchain Das		Indian National Congress
	Lakhanlal Gupta
1957
	Jagmohan Das
1962
1967	Kanhaiyalal Kosariya
1972
1977	Ratandas Hardas		Janata Party
1980	Vijay Kumar Guru		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Gangu Ram Baghel		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998			Indian National Congress
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Sanjay Dhidhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 [3]	Guru Rudra Kumar		Indian National Congress
2013 [4]	Naveen Markandey		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018 [5]	Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya		Indian National Congress
2023 [6]	Guru Khushwant Saheb		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Arang ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Guru Khushwant Saheb	94,039	53.26%	24.09
	INC	Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya	77,501	43.89%	1.60
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,255	1.28%	0.42
	BSP	Santosh Markandey (Advocate)	1,397	0.79%	New
	AAP	Parmanand Jangade	1,394	0.79%	0.14
Margin of victory			16,538	9.37%	6.95
Turnout			1,76,567	77.34%	0.22
Registered electors			2,31,375		14.58
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	7.77

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Arang ^{[8] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya	69,900	45.49%	11.57
	BJP	Sanjay Dhidhi	44,823	29.17%	15.07
	JCC	Sanjay Chelak	27,903	18.16%	New
	Independent	Sharda Banjare	3,042	1.98%	New
	Independent	Narayan Prasad Tandan	1,528	0.99%	New
	AAP	Dageshvar Bharti M	1,423	0.93%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,321	0.86%	1.83
Margin of victory			25,077	16.32%	6.00
Turnout			1,53,657	76.83%	0.37
Registered electors			2,01,938		14.53
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	1.25

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Arang ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Naveen Markandey	59,067	44.24%	13.68
	INC	Rudra Kumar Guru	45,293	33.93%	2.14
	Chattisgarh Swabhiman Manch	Ganguram Baghel	13,004	9.74%	New
	Independent	Pappu Kosre	6,769	5.07%	New
	BSP	K.D. Tandan	3,639	2.73%	3.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,588	2.69%	New
	Independent	Shrimati Meera Tandan	1,962	1.47%	New
	Independent	Brijesh Pal Tandan	1,366	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			13,774	10.32%	9.09
Turnout			1,33,506	77.79%	8.74
Registered electors			1,76,321		8.34
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	12.45

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Arang ^{[10] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Guru Rudra Kumar	34,655	31.79%	0.65
	BJP	Sanjay Dhidhi	33,318	30.56%	19.65
	Independent	Ganguram Baghel	29,089	26.68%	New
	BSP	Adv. Sadanand	6,291	5.77%	2.25
	GGP	Dr. Ramesh Panthi	1,269	1.16%	New
	JMM	Amrit Lal Joshi	1,143	1.05%	New
	Independent	Orprakash (Umariyawale)	979	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			1,337	1.23%	17.85
Turnout			1,09,012	66.98%	7.87
Registered electors			1,62,754		25.97
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	18.42

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Arang ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjay Dhidhi	48,556	50.21%	New
	INC	Ganguram Baghel	30,112	31.14%	New
	BSP	Dr. Kunti Kurre	7,757	8.02%	New
	NCP	Chait Ram Tandan	4,352	4.50%	New
	Independent	Sarhu Tandan	1,836	1.90%	New
	Chhattisgarhi Samaj Party	Ramnath	1,280	1.32%	New
	Independent	Bishat Kurre	1,115	1.15%	New
Margin of victory			18,444	19.07%
Turnout			96,706	74.85%
Registered electors			1,29,199
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

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

Notes

1. as Arang-Kharora Assembly Constituency

References

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