Saja Assembly constituency

Saja
Constituency No. 68 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bemetara
LS constituency	Durg
Established	1977
Total electors	250,817 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ishwar Sahu
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Ravindra Choubey

Saja is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^[2]

It is part of Bemetara district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Prior to 1977: Constituency did not exist
1977	Pradeep Kumar Choubey		Janata Party
1980	Kumari Devi Choubey		Indian National Congress
1985	Ravindra Choubey		Indian National Congress
1990
1993
1998

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2003 [3]	Ravindra Choubey		Indian National Congress
2008 [4]
2013	Labh Chand Bafna [5]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Ravindra Choubey [6]		Indian National Congress
2023	Ishwar Sahu		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Saja ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ishwar Sahu	101,789	48.55	+13.95
	INC	Ravindra Choubey	96,593	46.07	−5.55
	Independent	Sunil Kumar	2,874	1.37
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,600	1.72	−1.43
Majority			5,196	2.48	−14.54
Turnout			209,647	83.59	+0.98
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Saja ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ravindra Choubey	95,658	51.62
	BJP	Labhchand Bafna	64,123	34.60
	JCC	Teksingh Chandel	6,206	3.35	New
	Independent	Basant Agrawal	5,700	3.08
	Independent	Lochan Sahu	4,274	2.31
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,840	3.15
Majority			31,535	17.02
Turnout			185,321	82.61
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

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

References

1. "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh" . Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
2. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. "State Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
4. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
5. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
6. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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