Kanker Lok Sabha constituency

Kanker CG-11
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Assembly constituencies	Sihawa Sanjari Balod Dondi Lohara Gunderdehi Antagarh Bhanupratappur Kanker Keshkal
Established	1967
Total electors	16,54,440 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Bhojraj Nag
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Kanker is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh.

Assembly segments

Kanker Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. ^[2] It is composed of the following assembly segments: ^[3]

#	Name	District	Member	Party
56	Sihawa (ST)	Dhamtari	Ambika Markam		INC
59	Sanjari Balod	Balod	Sangeeta Sinha		INC
60	Dondi Lohara (ST)		Anila Bhendiya		INC
61	Gunderdehi		Kunwer Singh Nishad		INC
79	Antagarh (ST)	Kanker	Vikram Usendi		BJP
80	Bhanupratappur (ST)		Savitri Manoj Mandavi		INC
81	Kanker (ST)		Asharam Netam		BJP
82	Keshkal (ST)	Kondagaon	Neelkanth Tekam		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1967	Trilokshah Lal Priendra Shah		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971	Arvind Netam		Indian National Congress
1977	Aghan Singh Thakur		Janata Party
1980	Arvind Netam		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Chhabila Netam
1998	Sohan Potai		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009
2014	Vikram Usendi
2019	Mohan Mandavi
2024	Bhojraj Nag

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Kanker ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhojraj Nag	597,624	47.23
	INC	Biresh Thakur	5,95,740	47.08
	NOTA	None of the above	18,669	1.48
	BSP	Tilak Ram Markam	11,770	0.93
	GGP	Sukchand Tekam	8,723	0.69
Majority			1,884	0.15
Turnout			12,61,103 [lower-alpha 1]	76.23	1.81
	BJP hold		Swing

1. does not include postal ballots

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kanker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mohan Mandavi	546,233	47.12	1.37
	INC	Biresh Thakur	5,39,319	46.53	4.24
	NOTA	None of the Above	26,713	2.30	0.84
	IND.	Harisingh Sidar	11,449	0.99	N/A
	BSP	Sube Singh Dhurva	10,124	0.87	N/A
Majority			6,914	0.59	2.87
Turnout			11,60,243	74.42	4.20
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kanker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	465,215	45.75	0.22
	INC	Phulo Devi Netam	4,30,057	42.29	1.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	31,917	3.14	N/A
	CPI	Ramesh Gawde	23,482	2.31	N/A
	IND.	Mahendra Gawade	14,139	1.94	N/A
Majority			35,158	3.46	0.86
Turnout			10,17,080	70.22	13.02
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kanker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sohan Potai	341,131	45.97
	INC	Phulo Devi Netam	3,21,843	43.37
	IND.	Mayaram Netam (Fulsingh Siladar)	21,022	2.83
	BSP	Mira Salam	13,709	1.85
Majority			19,288	2.60
Turnout			7,41,792	57.20
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Kanker
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
2. "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
3. "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
4. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kanker". Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.

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