Mahasamund Assembly constituency

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Mahasamund
Constituency No. 42 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Mahasamund Assembly constituency map.svg
Constituency details
Country India
Region Central India
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Lok Sabha constituency Mahasamund
Total electors208,801 [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2023

Mahasamund is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. [2] [3] It is in Mahasamund district and is a part of Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency. [4] [5]

Contents

Previously, Mahasamund was part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, until the state of Chhattisgarh was created in 2000.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

ElectionNameParty
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952 Ajodhya Prasad Indian National Congress
1957 Miri Bajirao
Nemichand Jain
1962 Paran Praja Socialist Party
1967 Nemichand Jain Indian National Congress
1972 Purushottamlal K. Dhaluram Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Muhammad Yaqub Janata Party
1980 Maksudan Lal Chandrakar Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Santosh Kumar Janata Dal
1993 Agni Chandrakar Indian National Congress
1998 [6]
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003 Poonam Chandrakar Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 Agni Chandrakar Indian National Congress
2013 Vimal Chopra Independent politician
2018 [7] Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar Indian National Congress
2023 Yogeshwar Raju Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Mahasamund [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Yogeshwar Raju Sinha 84,594 51.41 +34.41
INC Rashmi Chandrakar68,44241.60+9.69
JCC Ashwant Tusshar Sahu1,7351.05−15.01
NOTA None of the Above 3910.24−1.11
Majority 36,79319.53+4.62
Turnout 164,54278.80−2.17
BJP gain from INC Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Mahasamund [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar 49,356 31.91
BJP Poonam Chandrakar26,29017.00
JCC Tribhuvan Mahilang24,83916.06
Independent Manoj Kant Sahu21,91114.17
Independent Vimal Chopra21,16013.68
Independent T. K. Dadsena1,5521.00
Independent Pankaj Sahu1,4450.93
NOTA None of the Above 2,0851.35
Majority 23,06614.91
Turnout 154,67980.97
INC gain from Independent Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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. Elections In
  5. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. 1 2 "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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