Raipur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency

Raipur
Former constituency for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Division	Raipur
District	Raipur
Established	1951 [1]
Abolished	1976 [2]
Total electors	49,079 (1972) [3]
Reservation	None

Raipur was one of the original constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, created for the first elections of 1951. Centred on the historic city of Raipur, it remained a general (unreserved) single-member seat until the nationwide delimitation undertaken on the basis of the 1971 Census. Under the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 1976, Raipur Assembly constituency was dissolved with effect from the 1977 election cycle; its urban core was re-designated as Raipur Town while suburban and rural areas were redistributed among newly carved seats. ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly (1951–1972)

Election	Member	Party	Votes	Source
1952	Piarelal Singh	Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party	9,462	[1]
1957	Charan Singh Tiwari [a]	Indian National Congress	13,679	[4]
1962	Sharda Charan Tiwari		20,597	[5]
1967	S. C. R. Prasad	Jan Congress	20,522	[6]
1972	Sudhir Mukherjee	Independent	30,347	[3]
Constituency abolished, see Raipur Town Assembly constituency

Results

1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Raipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sudhir Mukherjee	30,347	61.8
	INC	Chandra Prakash Agrawal	11,226	22.9
	ABJS	Chandan Lal Chandrakar	7,627	15.3
Turnout			49,079	62.7	N/A
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	N/A

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1967

1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Raipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Jana Congress	S. C. R. Prasad	20,522	41.79
	INC	Sharda Charan Tiwari	14,962	30.45
	ABJS	Chandan Lal Chandrakar	13,651	27.80
Turnout			49,135	59.2	N/A
	Jana Congress gain from		Swing	N/A

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1962

1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Raipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sharda Charan Tiwari	20,597	49.2
	ABJS	Chandan Lal Chandrakar	14,831	35.4
	PSP	M. M. Dubey	6,431	15.4
Turnout			41,859	55.2	N/A
	INC hold		Swing	N/A

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1957

1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Raipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Charan Singh Tiwari	13,679	54.1
	ABJS	G. S. Sarda	7,453	29.5
	PSP	D. R. Parekh	4,140	16.4
Turnout			25,272	48.2	N/A
	INC hold		Swing	N/A

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1952

1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Raipur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KMPP	Piarelal Singh	9,462	40.7
	INC	Jagdeo Prasad Verma	8,726	37.6
	Socialist	Ram Lal Chandrakar	5,060	21.8
Turnout			23,248	45.1	N/A

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Electoral history

Raipur displayed a competitive multiparty profile. The Congress held the seat through the formative decades, but anti-Congress sentiment in the late 1960s enabled the break-away Jan Congress to capture the constituency in 1967. ^[6] The 1972 result, producing an Independent victory with more than 61% of valid votes cast, underscored localised dynamics that pre-dated the Emergency period. ^[3]

Delimitation and abolition

The 1976 Delimitation Commission reassessed constituency boundaries to equalise population representation following the 1971 Census. Raipur’s rapid urban expansion and demographic growth prompted its bifurcation:

• The densely populated municipal core became Raipur Town.
• Peripheral zones were apportioned among Raipur Rural, Abhanpur, Arang (SC), Mandirhasod created seats within Raipur district. ^[2]

This reorganisation took effect with the 1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, marking the formal end of the original Raipur constituency.

See also

• Raipur Town Assembly constituency (1977–2008)
• Raipur City South Assembly constituency (post-2008)
• Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• Delimitation Commission of India

Footnotes

1. Contemporary ECI records list the winner as “Tiwari Singh Charan”, generally identified with Sharda Charan Tiwari in subsequent rolls.

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 – Schedule XII (Madhya Pradesh)". Delimitation Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 July 2025.