Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi was an Indian politician, who has served as the 1st Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2000 to 2003 and a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Marwahi from 2018 to 2020 and from 2001 to 2013. He also served as a member of Lok Sabha from Mahasamund from 2004 to 2008 and from Raigarh from 1998 to 1999 and member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh from 1986 to 1998 and district collector of Raipur in Office from 1978 to 1981. He was a member of Indian National Congress till 2016 and the founder of the political party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh and the 1st President of the party from 2016 till he died in 2020.
Raman Singh is an Indian politician who formerly served as the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2019 to 2023 and as a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly representing Rajnandgaon since 2008 and from Dongargaon from 2004 to 2008. He also served as the 2nd and the longest serving Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for 15 years from 2003 to 2018, Minister of State for Commerce and Industries in the Vajpayee cabinet from 1999 to 2003, Member of the Lok Sabha from Rajnanadgaon from 1999 to 2003 and a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kawardha from 1990 to 1998.
Ambikapur is a city and headquarters of Surguja district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is one of the oldest cities in the state, in east-central India. Ambikapur is also the divisional headquarters of Surguja Division which consists of the six districts of Surguja, Korea, Manendragarh, Balrampur, Surajpur and Jashpur.
Digvijaya Singh is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. He is Ex-General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party's All India Congress Committee. Previously, he had served as the 14th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, a central Indian state, for two terms from 1993 to 2003. Prior to that he was a minister in Chief Minister Arjun Singh's cabinet between 1980 and 1984. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections he was defeated by Pragya Singh Thakur for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat.
Ramesh Bais is an Indian politician and is the 23rd governor of Maharashtra since 2023. He also served as the governor of Jharkhand from 2021 to 2023 and the governor of Tripura from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has served as union minister of state for environment and forests in the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Bais has been elected seven times to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, representing the Raipur constituency, including serving as a member of the 9th Lok Sabha (1989) and 11th to 16th Lok Sabha (1996-2019).
Dharamlal Kaushik is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janta Party and the 3rd speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2014. On 4 January 2019, he was elected as the leader of opposition in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the BJP lost the legislative assembly election to the INC held in 2018. He also served as the state president of BJP's Chhattisgarh unit from 2014 till March 2019.
Chandla Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951 as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state, but it was abolished in 1956. It came into existence again in 1976. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes since 2008, following delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies.
Rajnagar Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state but it was abolished in 1956. It came into existence again in 2008, following delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies.
Gunnaor is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies and presently reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes.
Charan Das Mahant is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress who serves as the Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. He was the member of the Indian Parliament, representing Korba constituency. He is the former Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing.
Elections in Chhattisgarh are being conducted since the formation of the state in 2000, to elect the members of Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha and the members of the Lok Sabha. There are 90 Vidhan Sabha constituencies and 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
Gopal Bhargava is an Indian politician and currently senior most legislator and was cabinet minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. He has served as a cabinet minister for his six term, which is the highest number of terms any minister could complete in the government. He has also been the leader of opposition in the 15th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is the only person who has served as a cabinet minister for 15 consecutive years in the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party, and has been the member of the Legislative Assembly nine times consecutively, representing Rehli since 1985. He is only MLA in History of Madhya Pradesh to win 9 consecutive election from same constituency. He has become second most senior legislator in Madhya Pradesh history after EX-CM Babulal Gaur.He is also elected as Protem Speaker of 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India.
Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 28 November 2018 to elect members of the 230 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. The election was a direct political battle between the BJP and the INC. One of the main centers of attraction was the contest between Congress heavy-weight Arun Yadav and the then Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. While the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had tried to win for consecutive 4th term, the INC fought for winning the state after 2003. The election led to a hung assembly, with the INC emerging as the single largest party and the BJP winning the popular vote. After the results, Congress and BSP formed the government with Kamal Nath becoming the chief minister.
Raipur City Rural also known as Raipur Gramin is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. The seat was formed after the demolition of Raipur Town Vidhan Sabha Constituency in 2008. It is in Raipur district and is a segment of Raipur.
Manoj Singh Mandavi was an Indian politician and a member of the 4th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, elected from the Bhanupratappur constituency in the 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
Raipur West also known as Raipur Nagar Paschim Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 90 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The seat was formed after the demolition of Raipur Town Vidhan Sabha Constituency in 2008. It is a segment of Raipur. It is part of Raipur district.
Raipur City South Legislative Assembly constituency officially, Raipur Nagar Dakshin is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. The seat was formed in 2008 after the demolition of Raipur Town Vidhan Sabha Constituency. It is part of Raipur district. Former Minister of Chhattisgarh Government Brijmohan Agrawal has been the incumbent MLA since 2008 and has won four times from this seat only.
Satyanarayan Sharma is an Indian politician, belonging to Indian National Congress. He is currently serving his 7th term as an MLA, representing Raipur City Gramin constituency, Chhattisgarh. He has earlier served as a Minister in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. He was a pro-tem Speaker of the fourth legislative assembly of Chhattisgarh.
