Khairagarh Assembly constituency

Khairagarh
Constituency No. 73 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateChhattisgarh
DistrictRajnandgaon
LS constituencyRajnandgaon
Established2003
Total electors219,825[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byDevwrat Singh

Khairagarh is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2][3] It is in Rajnandgaon district.[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Election Name Party
1952 Raja Bahadur Birendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress
1957 Rituparna Kishoredas
1962 Gyanendra Singh
1967 V. B. Singh
1972 Vijayalal Oswal
1977 Manik Gupta Janata Party
1980 Rashmi Devi Singh Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990
1993
1998 Devwrat Singh

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Year Member Party
2003 Devwrat Singh Indian National Congress
2008 Komal Janghel Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Girwar Janghel Indian National Congress
2018[5][6][7] Devwrat Singh Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
2022^ Yashoda Verma Indian National Congress
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Khairagarh[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Yashoda Nilamber Verma 89,704 49.26 −3.71
BJP Vikrant Singh 84,070 46.16 +5.35
NOTA None of the Above 2,312 1.27 −0.31
Majority 5,634 3.10 −9.06
Turnout 182,109 82.84 +4.43
INC hold Swing

2022 by-election

A by-election was needed due to the death of the sitting MLA, Devwrat Singh on 4 November 2021.[9]

2022 By-Election: Khairagarh[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Yashoda Nilamber Verma 87,879 52.97 +34.31
BJP Komal Janghel 67,703 40.81 +5.24
Forward Democratic Labour Party Viplav Sahu (Churan) 2,412 1.45
NOTA None of the Above 2,616 1.58 −0.22
Majority 20,176 12.16 +11.65
Turnout 1,65,919 78.41 −6.10
INC gain from JCC Swing

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Khairagarh[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JCC Devwrat Singh 61,516 36.08 New
BJP Komal Janghel 60,646 35.57
INC Girwar Janghel 31,811 18.66
Independent Sarju Janghel 4,060 2.38
SS Dinesh Singh 1,775 1.04
NOTA None of the Above 3,068 1.80
Majority 870 0.51
Turnout 1,70,621 84.51
JCC gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "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 2013". myneta.info. National Election Watch. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Constituency: Khairagarh (73)". Empowering India Org.
  7. ^ "Khairagarh (Chhattisgarh) Assembly Constituency Elections". Elections IN. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. ^ "BJP releases first list of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Chhattisgarh MLA Devvrat Singh dies of cardiac arrest at 52". India Today. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  10. ^ Manish Kumar (16 April 2022). "Chhattisgarh: Congress wins Khairagarh Assembly by-election, CM Bhupesh Baghel congratulates newly elected MLA". Retrieved 10 June 2022.

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