Rajim Assembly constituency

Rajim
Constituency No. 54 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Gariaband
LS constituency	Mahasamund
Established	1961
Total electors	228,453 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rohit Sahu
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Amitesh Shukla

Rajim is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^{[2] [3]} It is in Gariaband district and is a segment of Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[4] [5]}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
Prior to 1961: Constituency did not exist
1962	Shyama Charan Shukla		Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1977	Pawan Diwan		Janata Party
1980	Jiwanlal Sahu		Indian National Congress
1985	Punit Ram Sahu		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Shyama Charan Shukla		Indian National Congress
1993
1998
1999^	Amitesh Shukla

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2003	Chandu Lal Sahu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Amitesh Shukla		Indian National Congress
2013	Santosh Upadhyay		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Amitesh Shukla		Indian National Congress
2023	Rohit Sahu		Bharatiya Janata Party

^ elected in bypolls

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Rajim ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rohit Sahu	96,423	50.16	+26.86
	INC	Amitesh Shukla	84,512	43.96	−12.46
	Independent	Santu Dhruw	3,240	1.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,506	1.30	−1.46
Majority			11,911	6.20	−26.92
Turnout			192,226	84.14	+1.32
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Rajim ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amitesh Shukla	99,041	56.42
	BJP	Santosh Upadhyay	40,909	23.30
	JCC	Rohit Sahu	23,776	13.54
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,844	2.76
Majority			58,132	33.12
Turnout			175,553	82.82
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Rajim
• Gariaband district
• List of constituencies of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

References

1. "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh" . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. Elections in
5. "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
6. "BJP releases first list of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
7. "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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