Baikunthpur, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency

Baikunthpur
Constituency No. 3 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Surguja
District	Koriya
Lok Sabha constituency	Korba
Established	1961
Total electors	168,185 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Bhaiyalal Rajwade
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Ambika Singh Deo

Baikunthpur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^{[2] [3]} It is in Koriya district and is a part of the Korba Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Until 1962: Constituency did not exist
1962	Jwala Prasad		Praja Socialist Party
1967	Ramchandra Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Jwala Prasad		Janata Party
1980	Devender Kumari		Indian National Congress
1985	Dwarika Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Ramchandra Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
1993
1998
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Ramchandra Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
2008 [4]	Bhaiyalal Rajwade		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2018 [5]	Ambika Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
2023	Bhaiyalal Rajwade		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Baikunthpur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhaiyalal Rajwade	66,866	48.89%	14.58
	INC	Ambica Singh Deo	41,453	30.31%	8.21
	GGP	Sanjay Singh Kamro	23,288	17.03%	1.07
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,934	1.41%	0.66
	AAP	Dr. Akash Kumar	1,872	1.37%	0.18
	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party	Mejor Prasad Yadav	1,426	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			25,413	18.58%	14.37
Turnout			1,36,772	82.50%	1.83
Registered electors			1,68,185		5.34
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	10.37

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Baikunthpur ^{[7] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ambica Singh Deo	48,885	38.52%	1.07
	BJP	Bhaiyalal Rajwade	43,546	34.31%	6.23
	GGP	Sanjay Singh Kamro	20,247	15.95%	0.43
	JCC	Bihari Lal Rajwade	9,236	7.28%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,630	2.07%	0.84
	AAP	Sunil Singh	1,504	1.19%	New
	Independent	Ram Narayan Sahu	1,171	0.92%	New
Margin of victory			5,339	4.21%	3.25
Turnout			1,26,919	81.22%	1.96
Registered electors			1,59,656		10.37
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	2.02

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Baikunthpur ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhaiyalal Rajwade	45,471	40.54%	1.14
	INC	Bedanti Tivari	44,402	39.59%	6.21
	GGP	Sanjay Singh Kamro	17,413	15.52%	5.27
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,265	2.91%	New
	BSP	Mani Lal Rajwade	2,536	2.26%	3.36
	Rashtriya Gondvana Party	Chintamani Sandil	1,441	1.28%	New
	Chattisgarh Swabhiman Manch	Ramnarayan Sahu	899	0.80%	New
Margin of victory			1,069	0.95%	5.07
Turnout			1,12,162	79.80%	8.61
Registered electors			1,44,656		8.48
	BJP hold		Swing	1.14

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Baikunthpur ^{[9] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhaiyalal Rajwade	36,215	39.40%	4.02
	INC	Bedanti Tiwari	30,679	33.38%	8.54
	GGP	Ramdular Singh Aayam	9,428	10.26%	5.59
	BSP	Man Sai	5,165	5.62%	2.47
	Independent	Gyan Prasad Khushwaha	3,077	3.35%	New
	RJD	Pandit Anil Maharaj	2,024	2.20%	New
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Sirdar	1,169	1.27%	New
Margin of victory			5,536	6.02%	0.51
Turnout			91,909	68.97%	0.51
Registered electors			1,33,352		24.05
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	2.52

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Baikunthpur ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Ramchandra Singh Deo	51,107	41.92%	New
	BJP	Bhaiyalal Rajwade	43,137	35.39%	New
	NCP	Prakash Tiwari	10,319	8.46%	New
	GGP	Kamleshwar Prasad	5,694	4.67%	New
	BSP	D L Bhaskar	3,844	3.15%	New
	Independent	Hira Lal Sahu	2,763	2.27%	New
	CPI(M)	Balbhadra Pandey	1,703	1.40%	New
Margin of victory			7,970	6.54%
Turnout			1,21,903	69.45%
Registered electors			1,75,583
	INC win (new seat)

See also

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

References

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5. "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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