Jashpur Assembly constituency

Jashpur
Constituency No. 12 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
LS constituency	Raigarh
Established	1951
Total electors	237,786 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raymuni Bhagat
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Vinay Kumar Bhagat

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

It is part of Jashpur district and is reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2024, its representative is Raymuni Bhagat of the Bharatiya Janata Party. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Johan		Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
1957	Vijay Bhushan Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
1962	Shakuntala Devi		Ram Rajya Parishad
1967	Johan		Indian National Congress
1972	Luis Bega
1977	Sukh Ram		Janata Party
1980	Luic Beck		Indian National Congress
1985	Ganesh Ram Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990
1993
1998	Vikram Bhagat
2003	Raj Sharan Bhagat
2008	Jageswar Ram Bhagat
2013	Raj Sharan Bhagat
2018	Vinay Kumar Bhagat		Indian National Congress
2023	Raymuni Bhagat		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raymuni Bhagat	89,103	49.21	+11.68
	INC	Vinay Kumar Bhagat	71,458	39.47	-2.77
	Independent	Pradeep Xess	7,571	4.18	New
	AAP	Prakash Toppo	2,755	1.57	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,324	1.84	-2.53
Majority			17,645	9.74	+5.03
Turnout			181,056	76.14	-0.57
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Jashpur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vinay Kumar Bhagat	71,963	42.24
	BJP	Govind Ram Bhagat	63,937	37.53
	Independent	Pradeep Singh	10,646	6.25
	Independent	Nand Ram Bharadwaj	4,784	2.81
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,317	2.53
Majority			8,026	4.71
Turnout			1,70,378	76.71
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 26 January 2024.
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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