Dantewara Assembly constituency

Dantewara
Constituency No. 88 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Bastar
District	Dantewada
LS constituency	Bastar
Established	1951
Total electors	192,806 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chaitram Atarmi
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2023

Dantewara (also known as Dantewada) is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^[2]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh

Election	Name	Party
1952	Boda [lower-alpha 1]		Independent
1957	Sheoram		Indian National Congress
1962	Lachhu		Independent
1967	R. Boti
1972	Lakshman Karma		Indian National Congress
1977	Sukuldhar Bhawani		Janata Party
1980	Mahendra Karma		Communist Party of India
1985	Lakshman Karma		Indian National Congress
1990	Barsa Dularam		Communist Party of India
1993	Nandaram Sori
1998	Mahendra Karma		Indian National Congress

Chhattisgarh

Election	Name	Party
2003	Mahendra Karma		Indian National Congress
2008	Bhima Mandavi [3]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Devati Karma		Indian National Congress
2018	Bhima Mandavi [3]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [lower-alpha 2]	Devati Karma		Indian National Congress
2023	Chaitam Atami		Bharatiya Janata Party

1. No Reservation in 1952
2. by-poll

Election results

2019

Bye-Election, 2019: Dantewara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Devati Karma	50,028	43.64	10.22
	BJP	Ojasvi Bhima Mandavi	38,836	33.88	2.37
	CPI	Bhimsen Mandavi	7,664	6.68	4.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,779	5.04	3.70
Majority
Turnout			1,14,617	60.65	0.01
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Dantewara ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhima Mandavi	37,990	33.42
	INC	Devati Karma	35818	31.51
	CPI	Nanda Ram Sori	12195	10.73
	NOTA	None of the Above	9929	8.74
Majority			2172	1.91
Turnout			113663	60.64
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 26 January 2023.
2. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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