Sihawa Assembly constituency

Sihawa
Constituency No. 56 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanker
Established	2003
Total electors	193,736 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ambika Markam
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

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

It is part of Dhamtari district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Before 1961: Constituency did not exist
1962	Narayan Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967	Pusauram		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Madhav Laxman		Janata Party
1980	Ram Nath		Indian National Congress
1985	Ashok Som		Indian National Congress
1990	Madhav Singh Dhruw
1993
1998
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003 [3]	Pinky Dhruw		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 [4]	Ambika Markam		Indian National Congress
2013 [5]	Shravan Markam		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018 [6]	Dr. Lakshmi Dhruw		Indian National Congress
2023 [7]	Ambika Markam		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Sihawa ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ambika Markam	84,891	49.81	−6.64
	BJP	Shrawan Markam	71,725	42.08	+14.63
	Hamar Raj Party	Jeewrakhan Marai	4,492	2.64	New
	Independent	Manmohan Singh Bisen	1,821	1.07
	Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party	Domar Singh Netam	1,623	0.95	New
	GGP	Devchandra Uike	1,579	0.93	−4.26
	NOTA	None of the Above	3574	2.10	−0.65
Majority			13,166	7.73	−21.27
Turnout			170,445	87.98	+5.30
	INC hold		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Sihawa ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. Lakshmi Dhruw	88,451	56.45
	BJP	Pinky Shivaraj Shah	43,015	27.45
	GGP	Vinod Kumar Nagvanshi	8,126	5.19
	Independent	Makhan Lal Markam	4,729	3.02
	JCC	Shantanu Som	2,312	1.48
	AAP	Akbar Mandavi	1,544	0.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,306	2.75
Majority			45,436	29.00
Turnout			156,695	82.68
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Dhamtari district
• Sihawa

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.
7. "Sihawa Election Result 2023 LIVE Updates and Highlights: Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

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