Chandrapur, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency

Chandrapur
Constituency No. 36 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Sakti
LS constituency	Janjgir-Champa
Established	1977
Total electors	234,099 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ram Kumar Yadav
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2018

Chandrapur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} It is in Sakti district.

Previously, Chandrapur was part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly until state of Chhattisgarh was created, in 2000.

Member of Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh assembly

Election	Name	Party
Prior to 1956: part of Chandrapur Birra Assembly constituency
1957	Sashibhushan Singh		Independent politician
	Vedram		Indian National Congress
1962	Dhansai
1967	Bhawani Lal Verma
1972
1977
1980			Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Dushyant Kumar Singh Judev		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Nobel Kumar Verma		Indian National Congress
1998 [6]	Rani Ratnamala Devi		Bharatiya Janata Party

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2003 [7]	Nobel Kumar Verma		Nationalist Congress Party
2008 [8]	Yudhvir Singh Judev		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 [9]
2018	Ram Kumar Yadav		Indian National Congress
2023 [10]

Election results

2023

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Chandrapur ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ram Kumar Yadav	85,525	48.48	+16.52
	BJP	Bahu Rani Samyogita Singh Judev	69,549	39.42	+14.93
	BSP	Lalsai Khunte	16,898	9.68	−19.55
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,028	0.58	+0.24
Majority			15,976	9.06	+6.33
Turnout			176,429	75.37	−0.01
	INC hold		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Chandrapur ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ram Kumar Yadav	51,717	31.96
	BSP	Gitanjali Patel	47,299	29.23
	BJP	Bahu Rani Samyogita Singh Judev	39,638	24.49
	NCP	Suman Novel Verma	14,429	8.92
	Independent	Rajkumar Yadav	1,779	1.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	550	0.34
Majority			4,418	2.73
Turnout			161,830	75.38
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Sakti District
• List of constituencies of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 26 January 2023.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. Sitting and previous MLAs from Chandrapur Assembly Constituency
5. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 December 2021.
7. "State Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
8. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
9. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
10. "Bilaspur Election Results 2023: BJP's Amar Agrawal Won" . Retrieved 8 January 2024.
11. "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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