| Takhatpur | |
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| Constituency No. 28 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Bilaspur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bilaspur |
| Established | 2003 |
| Total electors | 243,812 [1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Rashmi Ashish Singh |
Takhatpur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. [2]
It comprises Takhatpur tehsil in Bilaspur district. [3] As of 2023, its representative is Dharmjeet Singh Thakur of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [4]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||
| 1962 | Murlidhar Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Manharan Lal Pandey | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | Rohani Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Manharan Lal Pandey | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Taherbhai | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Manharan Lal Pandey | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1998 | Jagjeet Singh Makkad | ||
| Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |||
| 2003 | Balram Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008 [5] | Raju Singh Kshatri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2013 [6] | |||
| 2018 [7] | Rashmi Ashish Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2023 [4] | Dharmjeet Singh Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharmjeet Singh Thakur | 90,978 | 50.58 | +22.53 | |
| INC | Rashmi Ashish Singh | 76,086 | 42.30 | +9.95 | |
| Independent | Sanjeev Khandey | 3,502 | 1.95 | ||
| BSP | Mohan Mishra | 1,938 | 1.08 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1395 | 0.78 | +0.22 | |
| Majority | 14,892 | 8.28 | +6.44 | ||
| Turnout | 179885 | 73.78 | +0.58 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rashmi Ashish Singh | 52,616 | 32.35 | ||
| JCC | Santosh Kaushik | 49,625 | 30.51 | ||
| BJP | Harshita Pandey | 45,622 | 28.05 | ||
| Independent | Balram Sahu | 1861 | 1.14 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 916 | 0.56 | ||
| Majority | 2,991 | 1.84 | |||
| Turnout | 162,638 | 73.20 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||