Kanker Lok Sabha constituency

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Kanker
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Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region Central India
State Chhattisgarh
Assembly constituencies Sihawa
Sanjari Balod
Dondi Lohara
Gunderdehi
Antagarh
Bhanupratappur
Kanker
Keshkal
Established1967
Total electors16,54,440 [1]
Reservation ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024

Kanker is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh.

Contents

Assembly segments

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

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(in 2024)

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

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Bhojraj Nag 597,624 47.23
INC Biresh Thakur5,95,74047.08
NOTA None of the above 18,6691.48
BSP Tilak Ram Markam11,7700.93
GGP Sukchand Tekam8,7230.69
Majority 1,8840.15
Turnout 12,67,55176.39Increase2.svg2.07
BJP hold Swing

    2019

    2019 Indian general elections: Kanker
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Mohan Mandavi 546,233 47.12 Increase2.svg1.37
    INC Biresh Thakur5,39,31946.53Increase2.svg4.24
    NOTA None of the Above 26,7132.30Decrease2.svg0.84
    IND. Harisingh Sidar11,4490.99N/A
    BSP Sube Singh Dhurva10,1240.87N/A
    Majority 6,9140.59Decrease2.svg2.87
    Turnout 11,60,24374.42Increase2.svg4.20
    BJP hold Swing

    General election 2014

    2014 Indian general elections: Kanker
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Vikram Usendi 465,215 45.75 Decrease2.svg0.22
    INC Phulo Devi Netam 4,30,05742.29Decrease2.svg1.08
    NOTA None of the Above 31,9173.14N/A
    CPI Ramesh Gawde23,4822.31N/A
    IND. Mahendra Gawade14,1391.94N/A
    Majority 35,1583.46Increase2.svg0.86
    Turnout 10,17,08070.22Increase2.svg13.02
    BJP hold Swing

    General election 2009

    2009 Indian general elections: Kanker
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP Sohan Potai 341,131 45.97
    INC Phulo Devi Netam 3,21,84343.37
    IND. Mayaram Netam (Fulsingh Siladar)21,0222.83
    BSP Mira Salam13,7091.85
    Majority 19,2882.60
    Turnout 7,41,79257.20
    BJP hold Swing

    See also

    References

    1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf Archived 26 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL PDF ]
    2. "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original 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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