Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency

Sarguja CG-1
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Assembly constituencies	Premnagar Bhatgaon Pratappur Ramanujganj Samri Lundra Ambikapur Sitapur
Established	1952
Total electors	18,19,347 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Chintamani Maharaj
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Surguja Lok Sabha constituency is one of the eleven Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.

Assembly segments

Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. ^[2] It is composed of the following assembly segments: ^[3]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
4	Premnagar	Surajpur	Bhulan Singh Marabi		BJP		BJP
5	Bhatgaon		Laxmi Rajwade		BJP		BJP
6	Pratappur (ST)	Balrampur	Shakuntala Singh Portey		BJP		INC
7	Ramanujganj (ST)		Ramvichar Netam		BJP		BJP
8	Samri (ST)		Uddheshwari Paikra		BJP		INC
9	Lundra (ST)	Surguja	Prabodh Minz		BJP		BJP
10	Ambikapur		Rajesh Agrawal		BJP		BJP
11	Sitapur (ST)		Ramkumar Toppo		BJP		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Chandikeshwar Sharan Singh Judeo		Indian National Congress
	Babu Nath Singh
1957	Chandikeshwar Sharan Singh Judeo
	Babu Nath Singh
1962	Babu Nath Singh
1967
1971
1977	Larang Sai		Janata Party
1980	Chakradhari Singh		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Lal Vijay Pratap Singh		Indian National Congress
1989	Larang Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	Khelsai Singh		Indian National Congress
1996
1998	Larang Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Khelsai Singh		Indian National Congress
2004	Nand Kumar Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Murarilal Singh
2014	Kamalbhan Singh Marabi
2019	Renuka Singh
2024	Chintamani Maharaj

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Sarguja ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chintamani Maharaj	713,200	51.30
	INC	Shashi Singh	6,48,378	46.70
	NOTA	None of the above	28,121	2.0
Majority			64,822	4.46
Turnout			14,56,077	79.97	2.57
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Sarguja

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Renuka Singh	663,711	51.82	2.53
	INC	Khelsai Singh	5,05,838	39.50	2.60
	GGP	Asha Devi Poya	24,463	1.91	N/A
	BSP	Maya Bhagat	18,534	1.45	0.37
	NOTA	None of the Above	29,265	2.29	0.33
Majority			1,57,873	12.32	0.07
Turnout			12,81,216	77.40	0.56
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Sarguja

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kamalbhan Singh Marabi	585,336	49.29	2.43
	INC	Ramdeo Tirkey	4,38,100	36.90	4.98
	NOTA	None of the above	31,104	2.62	N/A
	BSP	Dharmjeet Singh Markam	21,633	1.82	0.75
	Independent	Rajnath	15,515	1.31	New
Majority			1,47,236	12.39	7.42
Turnout			11,33,514	77.96	16.34
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Sarguja

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Murarilal Singh	416,532	51.73
	INC	Bhanu Pratap Singh	2,56,984	31.92
	BSP	Dhan Singh Dhurve	20,700	2.57
	IND.	Suraj Deo Singh Khairwar	20,488	2.54
	JMM	Anoop Minj	15,021	1.87
	CPI(M)	Bal Singh	11,667	1.45
	GGP	Bhupnath Singh Maravi	8,827	1.10
	LJP	Somnath Bhagat	4,278	0.53
	JD(U)	Kumait B.D.O.	4,261	0.53
Majority			1,59,548	19.81
Turnout			8,05,202	61.62
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Surguja district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. "EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases" (PDF). Election commission of India. 2024-05-25.
2. "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
3. "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
4. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Surguja". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

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