Marwahi Assembly constituency

Marwahi
Constituency No. 24 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi
Lok Sabha constituency	Korba
Established	2003
Total electors	197,952 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pranav Kumar Marpachi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Marwahi is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^{[2] [3]} It is in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It is a segment of Korba Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Candidate	Party
2003	Ajit Jogi		Indian National Congress
2008
2013	Amit Jogi
2018 [7]	Ajit Jogi		Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
2020^	Dr. Krishna Kumar Dhruw		Indian National Congress
2023	Pranav Kumar Marpachi		Bharatiya Janata Party

• ^ denotes by-election.

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Marwahi ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pranav Kumar Marpachi	51,960	33.35	2.90
	JCC	Gulab Raj	39,882	25.60	New
	INC	Dr. Krishna Kumar Dhruw	39,221	25.17	30.92
	GGP	Ritu Pandram	10,188	6.54	1.26
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,088	2.62	0.4
Majority			12,078	7.75	23.4
Turnout			1,55,795
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2020 by-election

A by-election was needed due to the death of the sitting MLA Ajit Jogi. ^[9]

2020 by-election: Marwahi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Krishna Kumar Dhruw	83,561	56.09	42.66
	BJP	Dr. Gambheer Singh	45,364	30.45	11.96
	GGP	Ritu Pandram	7,864	5.28	1.41
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,787	2.54	0.48
Majority			38,197	25.64	5.51
Turnout			1,48,966
	INC gain from JCC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Marwahi ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JCC	Ajit Jogi	74,041	49.64
	BJP	Archana Porte	27,579	18.49
	INC	Gulab Raj	20,040	13.43
	GGP	Ritu Pandram	9,978	6.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,501	3.02
Majority			46,462	31.15
Turnout			1,49,170	81.06
	JCC gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district
• Marwahi
• List of constituencies of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "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. Marwahi seat is a Congress stronghold
6. "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013.
7. "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
8. "BJP releases first list of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
9. "Chhattisgarh's First Chief Minister Ajit Jogi Dies at 74". 29 May 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

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