Dharsiwa Assembly constituency

Dharsiwa
Constituency No. 47 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raipur
LS constituency	Raipur
Established	2008
Total electors	234,726 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anuj Sharma
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Anita Yogendra Sharma

Dharsiwa is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^{[2] [3]} The seat has formed after the demolition of Raipur Town Vidhansabha Constituency in 2008. It is in Raipur district and is a part of the Lok Sabha constituency of Raipur.

Anuj Sharma of Bharatiya Janata Party was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly from this seat in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly elections defeating Chhaya Verma and replaced Anita Yogendra Sharma of Indian National Congress as the new incumbent. ^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1957	Khubchand Baghel		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Hari Prem Baghel
1967	Munnalal Shukla		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Ashwini Kumar Lakhanlal		Janata Party
1980	Mahant Rameshwar Giri		Indian National Congress
1985	Daulatram Verma		Indian National Congress
1990	Shyam Sundar Agrawal		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Balaram Verma
1998	Vidhan Mishra		Indian National Congress

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Election	Name	Party
2003	Devjibhai Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 [5]
2013 [6]
2018 [7]	Anita Yogendra Sharma		Indian National Congress
2023	Anuj Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Dharsiwa ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anuj Sharma	107,283	58.65	+22.42
	INC	Chhaya Verma	62,940	34.41	−13.61
	Jai Chhattisgarh Party	Amit Baghel	4,075	2.23
	Independent	Ravi Kumar Verma	2,243	1.23
	NOTA	None of the Above	463	0.25	−0.58
Majority			44,343	24.24	+12.45
Turnout			182,921	77.93	−0.54
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Dharsiwa ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anita Yogendra Sharma	78,989	48.02
	BJP	Devji Bhai Patel	59,589	36.23
	JCC	Panna Lal Sahu	14,968	9.10
	Independent	Sanju Yadav	3,343	2.03
	Independent	Sangita Baghel	2,197	1.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,361	0.83
Majority			19,400	11.79
Turnout			164,490	78.47
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Raipur 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. "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. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
5. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
6. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
7. "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
8. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

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