Vaishali Nagar Assembly constituency

Vaishali Nagar
Constituency No. 66 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
LS constituency	Durg
Established	2008
Total electors	251,284 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rikesh Sen
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Vidya Ratan Bhasin

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

It comprises parts of Durg tehsil, in Durg district. ^[3] As of 2023, its representative is Shri Rikesh Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party. ^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Prior to 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008 [5]	Saroj Pandey		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 [6]	Bhajan Singh Nirankari		Indian National Congress
2013 [7]	Vidya Ratan Bhasin		Bharatiya Janta Party
2018 [8]
2023	Rikesh Sen

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Vaishali Nagar ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rikesh Sen	98,272	59.45	+9.73
	INC	Mukesh Chandrakar	58,198	35.21	−2.18
	JCC	Yogesh Sahu	2,020	1.22	−6.07
	BSP	Dinesh Kumar	1,670	1.01
	NOTA	None of the Above	892	0.54	−1.32
Majority			40,074	24.24	+11.91
Turnout			165,294	65.78	+0.05
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Vaishali Nagar ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vidya Ratan Bhasin	72,920	49.72
	INC	Badruddin Qureshi	54,840	37.39
	JCC	Manoj Kumar	10,696	7.29	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,724	1.86
Majority			18,080	12.33
Turnout			146,675	65.73

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Durg 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. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
4. "Vaishali Nagar Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BJP's Rikesh Sen wins Vaishali Nagar with 98272 votes" . Retrieved 31 December 2023.
5. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
6. "State Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
7. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
8. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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