Raigarh Assembly constituency
| Raigarh | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Raigarh |
| LS constituency | Raigarh |
| Total electors | 248,398[1][needs update] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2018 |
Raigarh is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2][3] It is in Raigarh district. The seat used to be part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly when Chhattisgarh was part of MP.
Members of Assembly
Madhya Pradesh Assembly, until 2000
- 1962 : Niranjan Lal (INC)
- 1998 : Krishna Kumar Gupta (INC)
Chhattisgarh Assembly, since 2000
- 2003 : Vijay Agrawal (BJP)
- 2008 : S. Nayak (Congress)
- 2013 : Roshan Lal (BJP)
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Prakash Naik[1] | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
1962 Assembly Election
- Niranjan Lal (INC) : 10,327 votes [4]
- Ram Kumar (PSP) : 7,405
1998 Assembly Election
- Krishna Kumar (INC) : 39,147 votes [5]
- Rosanlal (BJP) : 37,263
2003 Assembly Election
- Vijay Agrawal (BJP) : 52,310 votes [6]
- Krishna Kumar (INC) : 43,871
2018 Assembly Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Prakash Shakrajeet Naik | 69,062 | 36.00 | ||
| BJP | Roshanlal Agarwal | 54,482 | 28.00 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Agrawal | 42,914 | 22.00 | ||
| Independent | Ravishankar Patel | 7,823 | 4.00 | ||
| JCC | Vibhas Singh Thakur | 5,823 | 3.00 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,215 | 1.00 | ||
| BTP | Birsingh Nagesh | 2,114 | 1.00 | ||
| Independent | Mukund Gupta | 1,918 | 1.00 | ||
| Rest of the candidates | ~4,800 | 2.20 | |||
| Majority | 14,580 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ a b c "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1998". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2003". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2018". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.