Katghora Assembly constituency

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Katghora
Constituency No. 22 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region Central India
State Chhattisgarh
District Korba
LS constituency Korba
Established1957
Total electors214,882 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year 2023
Preceded byPurushottam Kanwar

Katghora is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. [2] [3] It is in Korba district and is a part of Korba (Lok Sabha constituency). [4]

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Members of Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1957 Banwari Lal Indian National Congress
1957^Rudrasharan Pratap Singh
1962
1967 B. Navbatram
1972 Bodhram Kanwar Independent
1977 Indian National Congress
1980 Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Krishnalal Jaiswal
1993 Banwari Lal Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
1998

^: by-election

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
2003 Bodhram Kanwar Indian National Congress
2008
2013 Lakhan Lal Dewangan Bharatiya Janata Party
2018 [5] Purushottam Kanwar Indian National Congress
2023 [1] Premchand Patel Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Katghora [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Premchand Patel 73,680 45.19 +14.20
INC Purushottam Kanwar56,78034.83−3.63
GGP Bhuneshwar Singh Shrotey9,5475.86+2.92
BSP Engineer Satyajeet Kurrey49003.01New
JCC Surendra Rathore45072.76−17.05
AAP Chandrakant Dixena31491.93New
CPI(M) Jawhar Singh Kanwar25351.55−1.12
NOTA None of the Above 1,4620.90−0.96
Majority16,90010.36+2.89
Turnout 163,03275.87−2.06
BJP gain from INC Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Katghora [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Purushottam Kanwar 59,227 38.46
BJP Lakhan Lal Dewangan 47,71630.99
JCC Govind Singh Rajput30,50919.81
GGP Lalit Manikpuri4,5202.94
CPI(M) Sapuran Kuldeep4,1132.67
NOTA None of the Above 2,8671.86
Majority11,5117.47
Turnout 153,99577.93
INC gain from BJP Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh" . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 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. ↑ "छत्तीसगढ़ चुनाव: कांग्रेस के गढ़ कटघोरा में कमल का कब्जा, इस बार त्रिकोणीय मुकाबला! - Chhattisgarh assembly election 2018 katghora seat bjp mla congress janta congres tpt". AajTak (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. 1 2 "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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