Kota, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency

Kota
Constituency No. 25 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Lok Sabha constituency	Bilaspur
Established	2003
Total electors	219,070 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Atal Shrivastava
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Renu Jogi

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

It comprises parts of Kota tehsil and Pendra Road tehsil, split between Bilaspur and Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi districts. ^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party		Note
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952	Kashiram Tiwari		Indian National Congress
1957
	Suraj Kunwar			Constituency elected both general and ST candidates
1962	Lal Chandrasekhar Singh
1967	Mathura Prasad Dubey
1972
1977
1980			Indian National Congress
1985	Rajendra Prasad Shukla		Indian National Congress
1990
1993
1998
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Rajendra Prasad Shukla		Indian National Congress
2008 [4]	Renu Jogi
2013 [5]
2018 [6]			Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
2023	Atal Shrivastava		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Atal Shrivastava	73,479	44.95	+24.27
	BJP	Pratap Singh Judev	65,522	40.08	+9.34
	JCC	Renu Jogi	8,884	5.43	−27.34
	GGP	Nand Kishore Raj	4,725	2.89	−2.59
	AAP	Pankaj James	2,163	1.32	−2.01
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,192	1.95	−0.70
Majority			7,957	4.87	+2.84
Turnout			163473	74.62	−0.32
	INC gain from JCC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kota ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JCC	Renu Jogi	48,800	32.77
	BJP	Kashi Ram Sahu	45,774	30.74
	INC	Vibhor Singh	30,803	20.68
	GGP	Balaram Armo	8,163	5.48
	AAP	Harish Chandel	4,953	3.33	New
	Rashtriya Gondwana Party	Dr. Urmila Singh Marko	1,590	1.07
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,942	2.65
Majority			3,026	2.03
Turnout			148,929	74.94

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Bilaspur 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. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
4. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
5. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
6. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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