Kanker Assembly constituency

Kanker
Constituency No. 81 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kanker
LS constituency	Kanker
Established	1951
Total electors	182,944 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shishupal Shori
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Ratansingh		Independent
1957	Pratibha Devi		Indian National Congress
1957^	Bisram
1962	Bhanuprata Deo		Independent
1967	Vishram Dhongai		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Harishankar Ramnath		Janata Party
1980	Atmaram Dhruva		Independent
1985	Shyamabhai Dhruva		Indian National Congress
1990	Aghan Singh Thakur		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Shiv Netam		Indian National Congress
1998	Shyamabhai Dhruva		Bharatiya Janata Party
2003	Aghan Singh Thakur
2008	Sumitra Markole
2013	Shanker Dhruwa		Indian National Congress
2018	Shisupal Shori
2023	Asharam Netam		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Kanker ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Asharam Netam	67,980	45.57
	INC	Shankar Dhruv	67,964	45.56
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,236	2.84
Majority			16	0.01
Turnout				81.14
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kanker ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shishupal Shori
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

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See also

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

References

1. "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh" . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
2. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. "BJP releases first list of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
4. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
5. "General Elections of MP 1957" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. 2004.

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