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{{Short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Sarguja {{Small|CG-1}}
|reservation= ST
| established = 1952
|electors =18,19,347<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf | title=EC releases absolute number of voters for all completed phases | publisher=Election commission of India | date=2024-05-25 | access-date=2024-05-26 | archive-date=2024-05-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526095942/https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| mp = [[Chintamani Maharaj]]
| state = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general elections|2024]]
| assembly_cons = [[Premnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Premnagar]] [[Bhatgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatgaon]] [[Pratappur (Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pratappur]] [[Ramanujganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramanujganj]] [[Samri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Samri]] [[Lundra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lundra]] [[Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency)|Ambikapur]] [[Sitapur (Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency)|Sitapur]]
}}
'''Surguja Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the eleven [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Chhattisgarh]] state in central [[India]]. [[Chintamani Maharaj]] is the incumbent elected MP from the constituency following the [[2024 Indian general election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S261.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731174850/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S261.htm |archive-date=2024-07-31 |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=results.eci.gov.in |language=en}}</ref>

==Assembly segments==
Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Tribes (ST)]] candidates.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.delimitation-india.com/Final_Publications/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh.pdf
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061229001834/http://www.delimitation-india.com/Final_Publications/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh.pdf
|url-status = usurped
|archive-date = December 29, 2006
|title = Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies
|publisher = Delimitation Commission of India
|date = 2008-06-02
|access-date = 2008-11-23
}}</ref> It is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://genesys.eci.gov.in/fullcandidatelist/uireports.aspx
|title = CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies
|access-date = 2008-11-21
|work = Chhattisgarh
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081204083059/http://genesys.eci.gov.in/fullcandidatelist/uireports.aspx
|archive-date = 2008-12-04
}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
!#
!Name
!District
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |Leading
{{small|(in 2024)}}
|-
|4
|[[Premnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Premnagar]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Surajpur district|Surajpur]]
|[[Bhulan Singh Marabi]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=8}}
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|5
|[[Bhatgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhatgaon]]
|[[Laxmi Rajwade]]
|-
|6
|[[Pratappur (Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pratappur]] (ST)
| rowspan="3" |[[Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh|Balrampur]]
|[[Shakuntala Singh Portey]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|7
|[[Ramanujganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramanujganj]] (ST)
|[[Ramvichar Netam]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|8
|[[Samri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Samri]] (ST)
|[[Uddheshwari Paikra]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|9
|[[Lundra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lundra]] (ST)
| rowspan="3" |[[Surguja district|Surguja]]
|[[Prabodh Minz]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|10
|[[Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency)|Ambikapur]]
|[[Rajesh Agrawal]]
|-
|11
|[[Sitapur (Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency)|Sitapur]] (ST)
|[[Ramkumar Toppo]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1952 Indian general election|1952]]
|Chandikeshwar Sharan Singh Judeo
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="7" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Babu Nath Singh]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|Chandikeshwar Sharan Singh Judeo
|-
|[[Babu Nath Singh]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Babu Nath Singh]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[Larang Sai]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|Chakradhari Singh
|rowspan=2|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|rowspan=2|[[Indian National Congress ]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|Lal Vijay Pratap Singh

|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[Larang Sai]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Khelsai Singh]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[Larang Sai]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[Khelsai Singh]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[Nand Kumar Sai]]
| rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="5" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Murarilal Singh]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Kamalbhan Singh Marabi]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Renuka Singh (politician)|Renuka Singh]]
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[Chintamani Maharaj]]
|}

==Election results==
===2024===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: [[Sarguja]]<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Surguja">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Surguja |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S261.htm |access-date=31 July 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731174850/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S261.htm |archive-date=31 July 2024}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Chintamani Maharaj]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=7,13,200|percentage=51.30|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shashi Singh|party=Indian National Congress|votes=6,48,378|percentage=46.70|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=28,121|percentage=2.0|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=64,822|percentage=4.46|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=14,56,077|percentage=79.97|change={{increase}}2.57}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{notelist}}

===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Sarguja]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Renuka Singh (politician)|Renuka Singh]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 6,63,711
|percentage = 51.82
|change ={{increase}}2.53
|Symbol =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Khelsai Singh]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 5,05,838
|percentage = 39.50
|change ={{increase}}2.60
|Symbol =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party
|candidate = Asha Devi Poya
|votes = 24,463
|percentage = 1.91
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Maya Bhagat
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 18,534
|percentage = 1.45
|change = {{decrease}}0.37
|Symbol =
}}

{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|votes = 29,265
|percentage = 2.29
|change = {{decrease}}0.33
|Symbol =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,57,873
|percentage = 12.32
|change = {{decrease}}0.07
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,81,216
|percentage = 77.40
|change = {{decrease}}0.56
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Sarguja]]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Kamalbhan Singh Marabi]]
|votes = 5,85,336
|percentage = 49.29
|change = {{decrease}}2.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ramdeo Tirkey
|votes = 4,38,100
|percentage = 36.90
|change ={{increase}}4.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 31,104
|percentage = 2.62
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Dharmjeet Singh Markam
|votes = 21,633
|percentage = 1.82
|change ={{decrease}}0.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rajnath
|votes = 15,515
|percentage = 1.31
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,47,236
|percentage = 12.39
|change ={{decrease}}7.42
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,33,514
|percentage = 77.96
|change = {{increase}}16.34
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General elections 2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Sarguja]]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Murarilal Singh]]
|votes = 4,16,532
|percentage = 51.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Bhanu Pratap Singh
|votes = 2,56,984
|percentage = 31.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Dhan Singh Dhurve
|votes = 20,700
|percentage = 2.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]
|candidate = Suraj Deo Singh Khairwar
|votes = 20,488
|percentage =2.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Anoop Minj
|votes = 15,021
|percentage =1.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Bal Singh]]
|votes = 11,667
|percentage =1.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party
|candidate = Bhupnath Singh Maravi
|votes = 8,827
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Somnath Bhagat
|votes = 4,278
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Kumait B.D.O.
|votes = 4,261
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,59,548
|percentage = 19.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,05,202
|percentage = 61.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Surguja district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Chhattisgarh}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Surguja district]]

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