Baleshwar Sahu | |
|---|---|
| Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Keshaw Prasad Chandra |
| Constituency | Jaijaipur |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Profession | Politician |
Baleshwar Sahu (born 1988) [1] is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh. He is an MLA from Jaijaipur Assembly constituency in Sakti district. He won the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election,representing the Indian National Congress. [2] [3]
Sahu is from Jaijaipur,Sakti district,Chhattisgarh. He is the son of Teras Ram Sahu. He completed his M.Sc. in 2016 at Dr CV Raman University,Bilaspur. [1]
Sahu won from Jaijaipur Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. [4] He polled 76,747 votes and defeated his nearest rival,Krishna Kant Chandra of the Bharatiya Janata Party,by a margin of 25,922 votes. [5] [6] [7] BJP has never won from Jaijaipur,a generall assembly constituency,one among the nine constituencies,where the ruling BJP failed to establish a foothold. [8]