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Mahasamund Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 21°07′N 82°05′E / 21.11°N 82.09°E / 21.11; 82.09
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Mahasamund
Constituency No. 42 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateChhattisgarh
DistrictMahasamund
LS constituencyMahasamund
Total electors208,801[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023

Mahasamund is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2][3] It is in Mahasamund district and is a part of Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency.[4][5]

Previously, Mahasamund was part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, until the state of Chhattisgarh was created in 2000.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

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Madhya Pradesh assembly

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Election Name Party
1952 Ajodhya Prasad Indian National Congress
1957 Miri Bajirao
Nemichand Jain
1962 Paran Praja Socialist Party
1967 Nemichand Jain Indian National Congress
1972 Purushottamlal K. Dhaluram Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Muhammad Yaqub Janata Party
1980 Maksudan Lal Chandrakar Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Santosh Kumar Janata Dal
1993 Agni Chandrakar Indian National Congress
1998[6]

Chhattisgarh assembly

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Year Member Party
2003 Poonam Chandrakar Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 Agni Chandrakar Indian National Congress
2013 Vimal Chopra Independent politician
2018[7] Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar Indian National Congress
2023 Yogeshwar Raju Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2023

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Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Mahasamund[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Yogeshwar Raju Sinha 84,594 51.41 +34.41
INC Rashmi Chandrakar 68,442 41.60 +9.69
JCC Ashwant Tusshar Sahu 1,735 1.05 −15.01
NOTA None of the Above 391 0.24 −1.11
Majority 36,793 19.53 +4.62
Turnout 164,542 78.80 −2.17
BJP gain from INC Swing

2018

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Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Mahasamund[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar 49,356 31.91
BJP Poonam Chandrakar 26,290 17.00
JCC Tribhuvan Mahilang 24,839 16.06
Independent Manoj Kant Sahu 21,911 14.17
Independent Vimal Chopra 21,160 13.68
Independent T. K. Dadsena 1,552 1.00
Independent Pankaj Sahu 1,445 0.93
NOTA None of the Above 2,085 1.35
Majority 23,066 14.91
Turnout 154,679 80.97
INC gain from Independent Swing

See also

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References

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  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. ^ Elections In
  5. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 227, 250.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.

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