Raigarh Lok Sabha constituency

Raigarh CG-2
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Assembly constituencies	Jashpur Kunkuri Pathalgaon Lailunga Raigarh Sarangarh Kharsia Dharamjaigarh
Established	1962
Total electors	18,38,547 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Radheshyam Rathiya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Raigarh is one of the eleven Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.

Assembly segments

Raigarh Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. ^[2] It is composed of the following assembly segments: ^[3]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
12	Jashpur (ST)	Jashpur	Raymuni Bhagat		BJP		BJP
13	Kunkuri (ST)		Vishnu Deo Sai		BJP		BJP
14	Pathalgaon (ST)		Gomati Sai		BJP		BJP
15	Lailunga (ST)	Raigarh	Vidyawati Sidar		INC		BJP
16	Raigarh		O. P. Choudhary		BJP		BJP
17	Sarangarh (SC)	Sarangarh	Uttari Ganpat Jangde		INC		BJP
18	Kharsia	Raigarh	Umesh Patel		INC		BJP
19	Dharamjaigarh (ST)		Laljeet Singh Rathia		INC		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1962	Vijaya Bhushan Singh Deo		Ram Rajya Parishad
1967	Rajni Devi		Indian National Congress
1971	Ummed Singh Rathia
1977	Narhari Prasad Sai		Janata Party
1980	Pushpa Devi Singh		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Nand Kumar Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	Pushpa Devi Singh		Indian National Congress
1996	Nand Kumar Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Ajit Jogi		Indian National Congress
1999	Vishnudeo Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2009
2014
2019	Gomtee Sai
2024	Radheshyam Rathiya

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Raigarh ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Radheshyam Rathiya	808,275	55.63
	INC	Dr. Menka Devi Singh	5,67,884	39.08
	NOTA	None of the above	15,022	1.03
Majority			2,40,391	16.55
Turnout			14,53,542	78.96	1.05
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Raigarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gomtee Sai	658,335	48.76	4.40
	INC	Laljeet Singh Rathia	5,92,308	43.87	8.10
	BSP	Innocent Kujur	26,596	1.97	0.21
	NOTA	None of the Above	15,729	1.17	1.12
	IND.	Prakash Kumar Uranw	15,729	0.75	0.28
Majority			66,027	4.89	12.50
Turnout			13,50,741	77.91	1.31
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Raigarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Dev Sai	662,478	53.16	5.72
	INC	Arti Singh	4,45,728	35.77	5.70
	NOTA	None of the Above	28,480	2.29	N/A
	BSP	Kripa Shankar Bhagat	27,152	2.18	1.88
	IND.	Prakash Kumar Uranw	12,860	1.03	N/A
Majority			2,16,750	17.39	11.42
Turnout			12,46,219	76.60	11.29
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Raigarh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Dev Sai	443,948	47.44
	INC	Hridayaram Rathiya	3,88,100	41.47
	BSP	Bahadur Singh Rathia	37,972	4.06
	IND.	Haldhar Ram Sidar	23,361	2.50
Majority			55,848	5.97
Turnout			9,35,746	65.31
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Raigarh district
• Rajgarh district is in Madhya Pradesh. Some people get confused since its name sounds similar to 'Raigarh'.
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). 2024-05-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-05-25.
2. "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
3. "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
4. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Raigarh". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

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