Raipur City South Assembly constituency

Raipur Nagar Dakshin
Constituency No. 51 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raipur
Established	2008
Total electors	260,006 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sunil Kumar Soni
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Raipur City South Legislative Assembly constituency officially, Raipur Nagar Dakshin is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^[2] The seat was formed in 2008 after the dissolution of Raipur Town constituency. It is part of Raipur district. Former Minister of Chhattisgarh Government Brijmohan Agrawal has been the Member of Vidhansabha from 2008 to 2024. He has won four times from this seat only. Sunil Soni became MLA from this seat after 2024 by-election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist see Raipur Town
2008	Brijmohan Agrawal		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2018
2023 [3] [4]
2024 ^	Sunil Kumar Soni

Election results

2024

2024 by-election: Raipur City South ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sunil Kumar Soni	89,220	65.03	4.45
	INC	Akash Sharma	43,053	31.38	4.96
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,147	0.84	0.38
Majority			46,167	33.65	9.13
Turnout			1,37,195	50.50	9.98
	BJP hold		Swing	4.45

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Raipur City South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijmohan Agrawal	109,263	69.48	+16.48
	INC	Mahant Ramsundar Das	41,544	26.42	−14.39
	JCC	Pradeep Kumar Sahu	1,612	1.03
	NOTA	None of the Above	729	0.46	−0.57
Majority			67,719	43.06	+31.17
Turnout			1,57,263	60.48	−1.18
	BJP hold		Swing	+16.48

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Raipur City South ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijmohan Agrawal	77,589	52.70	−6.55
	INC	Kanhaiya Agrawal	60,093	40.81	+6.88
	BSP	Umesh Das Manikpuri	1,514	1.03
	AAP	Munna Bisen	1,363	0.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,521	1.03
Majority			17,496	11.89
Turnout			147,228	61.66
	BJP hold		Swing	-6.55

2013

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Raipur City South ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijmohan Agrawal	81,429	60.2	+2.29
	INC	Kiranmayee Nayak	46,630	34.5	−1.42
Majority
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing	+0.95

2008

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Raipur City South ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijmohan Agrawal	65,686	57.91	NA
	INC	Yogesh Tiwari	40,747	35.92	NA
Majority					NA
Turnout					NA
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Raipur district

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 26 January 2023.
2. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. mint (3 December 2023). "Chhattisgarh Election Result 2023: Full list of winners from BJP and Congress". Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
4. India Today (3 December 2023). "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
5. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Raipur City South Assembly Constituency By Poll Result 2024". Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
6. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
7. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
8. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.

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