Kawardha Assembly constituency

Kawardha
Constituency No. 72 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateChhattisgarh
DistrictKabirdham
LS constituencyRajnandgaon
Established1951
Total electors331,671[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byMohammad Akbar

Kawardha is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2][3] It is in Kabirdham district and is a segment of Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat. The seat used to be part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly when Chhattisgarh was part of MP.

Members of Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Year Member Party
1952 Gangaprasad Ram Rajya Parishad
1957 Dharamraj Singh
1962 Vishwaraj Pratap Singh
1967 T. V. Singh Independent
1972 Kumar Yashwant Raj Singh
1977 Rani Shashi Prabha Devi Ram Rajya Parishad
1980 Hamidullah Khan Independent
1985 Rani Shashi Prabha Devi Indian National Congress
1990 Raman Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998 Yogeshwar Raj Singh Indian National Congress

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Year Member Party
2003[4] Yogeshwar Raj Singh Indian National Congress
2008[5] Siyaram Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[6] Ashok Sahu
2018[7][8] Mohammad Akbar Indian National Congress
2023[9][10] Vijay Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Kawardha[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vijay Sharma 144,257 53.22 +21.22
INC Mohammad Akbar 104,665 38.62 −18.01
AAP Khadgraj Singh 6334 2.34
NOTA None of the Above 925 0.34 −0.05
Majority 39,592 14.60 −10.03
Turnout 271,047 81.72 −0.78
BJP gain from INC Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kawardha[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohammad Akbar 136,320 56.63
BJP Ashok Sahu 77,036 32.00
Independent Ramkhilawan Dahariya 6,604 2.74
JCC Agam Das Anant 6,250 2.60 New
Independent Ram Kumar Sahu 2,947 1.22
NOTA None of the Above 949 0.39
Majority 59,284 24.63
Turnout 240,739 82.50
INC gain from BJP Swing

2013

  • Ashok Sahu (BJP) : 93,645 votes [12]
  • Akbar Bhai (INC) : 91,087

2003

  • Yogeshwar Raj Singh (INC) : 51,092 votes [13]
  • Dr. Siyaram Sahu (BJP) : 46,904

1998

  • Yogeshwar Raj Singh (INC) : 52,950 votes [14]
  • Dr. Raman Singh (BJP) : 37,524

1962

  • Vishwaraj Singh (RRP) : 16,660 votes [15]
  • Shyamprasad Awasthi (INC) : 6,536

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. ^ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2003". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2008". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2013". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. ^ NDTV (2018). "Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections Seat Wise Results 2018". Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  8. ^ India TV News (2018). "Chhattisgarh Seat Wise Results Full List of Constituency, Candidate, Party, Status Wise Result". Archived from the original on 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  9. ^ India Today (3 December 2023). "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  10. ^ బీబీసీ News తెలుగు (3 December 2023). "ఛత్తీస్‌గఢ్ అసెంబ్లీ ఎన్నికల ఫలితాలు-2023 - BBC News తెలుగు" (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  11. ^ "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2013". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2003". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1998". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

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