Bijapur Assembly constituency

For the constituency in Karnataka, see Bijapur City Assembly constituency. For the defunct Karnataka constituency, see Bijapur, Karnataka Assembly constituency.

Bijapur
Constituency No. 89 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
LS constituency	Bastar
Established	2003
Total electors	169,457 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vikram Mandavi
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Mahesh Gagda

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

It is part of Bijapur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1952	Hira Shah		Indian National Congress
1957	B. R. Pambhoi
1962	Hira Shah
1967	D. S. K. Shah		Independent politician
1972	Kistaiya Papaiya		Indian National Congress
1977	Mahadev Ayatoo Ram		Janata Party
1980	Mahadeo Rana		Indian National Congress
1985	Shishu Pal Singh		Indian National Congress
1990	Rajendra Pambhoi
1993	Rajaram Todem		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Rajendra Pambhoi		Indian National Congress

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2003 [3]	Rajendra Pambhoi		Indian National Congress
2008 [4]	Mahesh Gagda		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 [5]
2018 [6]	Vikram Mandavi		Indian National Congress
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Bijapur ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vikram Mandavi	35,739	43.84	−12.08
	BJP	Mahesh Gagda	33,033	40.52	+12.02
	BSP	Ajay Kudiyam	1,968	2.41
	JCC	Ramdhar Jurri	1,964	2.41	−1.03
	Hamar Raj Party	Ashok Talandi	1,872	2.3
	Independent	Jyoti Dhuruva	1,261	1.55
	CPI	Laxmi Narayan Portek	1,173	1.44
	Independent	Arjun Gote	877	1.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,628	4.45	−1.53
Majority			2,706	3.32	−24.10
Turnout			81,515	48.10	−0.80
	INC hold		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Bijapur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vikram Mandavi	44,011	55.92
	BJP	Mahesh Gagda	22,427	28.50
	JCC	Chandraiya Sakni	2,696	3.43
	Independent	Harish Pambhoi	2,004	2.55
	SP	Santosh Punem	999	1.27
	AAP	Tripat Yalam	942	1.20
	Independent	James Kudiyam	920	1.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,703	5.98
Majority			21,584	27.42
Turnout			77,986	48.90
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh

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. "State Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 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. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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