Raipur Town Assembly constituency

Raipur Town
Former constituency for the State Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh (1976 – 2000) Chhattisgarh (2000 – 2008)
District	Raipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raipur
Established	1976
Abolished	2008

Raipur Town (sometimes called Raipur Nagar) was one of the 320 constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh and later 90 constitutencies of the Chhattisgarh state in India. The seat was formed in 1976 after the dissolution of Raipur Vidhan Sabha Constituency. It was a part of Raipur district. After 2008 Delimitation of State Assembly constituencies, Raipur Town was bifurcated into three constituencies, Raipur City North, Raipur City South and Raipur City West. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 1977: Constituency did not exist, see Raipur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency
As Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituency
1977	Rajani Tai Upasane		Janata Party
1980	Swarupchand Jain		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Brijmohan Agrawal		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998
As Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly constituency
2003	Brijmohan Agrawal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency abolished see Raipur City North, Raipur City South, Raipur City West

Election results

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Raipur Town ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brijmohan Agrawal	70,164	56.92%	New
	INC	Gajraj Pagariya	44,190	35.85%	New
	NCP	Salam Rizvi	3,903	3.17%	New
	Independent	Hitendra Vyas	2,142	1.74%	New
	Independent	Adv. Hitendra Tiwari	1,208	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			25,974	21.07%
Turnout			123,260	67.30%
Registered electors			183,193
	BJP win (new seat)

References

1. delimitation of constituencies.
2. DPACO (1976).
3. DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008 NIRVACHAN SADAN, ASHOKA ROAD NEW DELHI-110001 (PDF).
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh" (PDF). eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.