Pratappur, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency

For UP constituency, see Pratappur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency.

Pratappur
Constituency No. 6 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surajpur
LS constituency	Surguja
Established	2008
Total electors	231,709 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shakuntala Singh Porthe
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Premsai Singh Tekam

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

It is part of Surajpur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2018, it is represented by Prem Sai Singh Tekam of the Indian National Congress party. ^{[3] [ needs update ]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	Prem Sai Singh Tekam		Indian National Congress
2013	Ram Sewak Paikra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Prem Sai Singh Tekam		Indian National Congress
2023	Shakuntala Singh Porthe		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Pratappur ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shakuntala Singh Porthe	83,796	43.59	+17.19
	INC	Rajkumari Shivbhajan Marabi	72,088	37.50	-14.20
	GGP	Jagmohan Singh	17,041	8.86	-1.08
	AAP	Narendra Sahu	4,870	2.53
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,351	2.26	-1.03
Majority			11,708	6.09	-19.20
Turnout			192,242	82.97	-0.95
Registered electors			231,709
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Pratappur ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prem Sai Singh Tekam	90,148	51.70
	BJP	Ramsewak Paikra	46,043	26.40
	GGP	Asha Devi Poya	17,341	9.94
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,741	3.29
Majority			44,105	25.29
Turnout			1,74,379	83.92
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

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See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Surajpur 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. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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