Chitrakot Assembly constituency: Difference between revisions

What links here Related changes Page information Get shortened URL
Created by ImportMaster
Last edited December 9, 2025
VisualWikitext
robot: Import articles to fix broken redirects
Ā 
m brief update intro additionally and improved wording after review
Ā 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India}}
{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  = Chitrakot
| name = Chitrakot
| parl_nameĀ  Ā  = [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
| mla = Vinayak Goyal
| mla Ā  Ā  Ā  Ā  = [[Rajman Venjam]]
| party = [[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
| party Ā  Ā  Ā  = [[Indian National Congress]]
| state = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| state Ā  Ā  Ā  = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| district = [[Bastar district|Bastar]]
| district Ā  Ā  = [[Bastar district|Bastar]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bastar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bastar]]
| constituency = [[Bastar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bastar]]
| established = 2008
| reservation = [[Scheduled Tribes|ST]]
| reservation = ST
| electors Ā  Ā  = {{formatnum:165349}}<ref name=election2018/>{{update after|2023|11}}
| electors = {{formatnum:177625}}<ref name=election2023>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=26 January 2023 |url-access=limited}}</ref>{{update after|2029|1}}
| type = SLA
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by = Rajman Venjam
| constituency_no = 87
| map_image = Chitrakot Assembly constituency map.svg
}}
}}
'''Chitrakot''' is one of the 90 [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Chhattisgarh]] state in [[India]].<ref name=ceoMap>{{cite web |url=https://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/en/new-maps-assembly-constituency |title=New Maps of Assembly Constituency |website=ceochhattisgarh.nic.in |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}</ref>


'''Chitrakot Legislative Assembly constituency''' is one of the 90 [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Chhattisgarh]] state in [[India]].<ref name=ceoMap>{{cite web |url=https://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/en/new-maps-assembly-constituency |title=New Maps of Assembly Constituency |website=ceochhattisgarh.nic.in |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}</ref>
It comprises parts of [[Darbha, Chhattisgarh|Darbha]] tehsil and Lohandiguda, [[Tokapal]], and Bastanar tehsils in [[Bastar district]], and is reserved for candidates belonging to the [[Scheduled Tribes]].<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>


It is part of [[Bastar district|Bastar]] district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the [[Scheduled Tribes]].
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==


== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
! colspan=4|[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Dora
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
|[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Sukhdu
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Paklu Joga
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
|[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|M. Ganga
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Ramakonda
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|rowspan=2 |Lakhan Jaisngh
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|A. K. Turam Nag
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|rowspan=2 |Dhani Ram Pujari
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|-
!Year
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|-
|[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] Ā 
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
| [[Rajman Venjam]]<ref name=election2018/>
|Pratibha Shah
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
! colspan=4|[[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|Lachhuram Kashyap
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<ref name="election2008">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3883-chhattisgarh-2008/ |accessdate=31 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|Baiduram Kashyap
|-
|[[2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<ref name="election2013">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3884-chhattisgarh-2013/ |title=State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate= 31 December 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Deepak Baij]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|-
|2019^
|Rajman Venjam
|-
|[[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|[[Vinayak Goyal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}
|}
^by-election


== Election results ==
== Election results ==
=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]]: Chitrakot<ref name=election2023/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = [[Vinayak Goyal]]
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Bharatiya Janata Party
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 63,954
Ā  |percentage = 43.73
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = +10.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Deepak Baij]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=55,584|percentage=38.01|change=-9.30}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Ramu Ram Mourya|party=Communist Party of India|votes=5,051|percentage=3.45|change=-1.84}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Bomdha Mandavi|party=Aam Aadmi Party|votes=4,644|percentage=3.18|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Bharat Kashyap|party=Janta Congress Chhattisgarh|votes=4,184|percentage=2.86|change=-2.11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Sannu Poyam|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=3,493|percentage=2.39|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Ramlal Podiyam|party=Sarv Adi Dal|votes=2,028|percentage=1.39|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|party=None of the above|votes=7,310|percentage=5.00|change=+0.26}}
{{Election box majority|votes=8,370|percentage=5.72|change=-7.89}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=146,248|percentage=82.34|change=+4.22}}
{{Election box gain with party link
Ā  |winnerĀ  Ā  = Bharatiya Janata Party
Ā  |loserĀ  Ā  Ā  = Indian National Congress
Ā  |swingĀ  Ā  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== 2019 ===
{{Election box begin | title=2019 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly by-election: Chitrakot<ref name=election2010>{{cite web |url=https://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/assets/pdf%20files/AC_87_AllCandidates_ByeElection2019Results.pdf |title=By-election 2019 results |website=Election Commission of India |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Rajman Venjam
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Indian National Congress
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 62,097
Ā  |percentage = 47.31
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = +0.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Lachhuram Kashyap
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Bharatiya Janata Party
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 44,235
Ā  |percentage = 33.70
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = +0.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Hidmo Ram Mandavi
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Communist Party of India
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 6,948
Ā  |percentage = 5.29
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Bomdha Mandavi
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 6,527
Ā  |percentage = 4.97
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = -0.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Lakheshwar Kawasi
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Ambedkarite Party of India
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 2,650
Ā  |percentage = 2.02
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = +0.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Ritika Karma
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Independent
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 2,575
Ā  |percentage = 1.96
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = [[None of the Above]]
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = None of the above
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 6,225
Ā  |percentage = 4.74
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = -2.62
}}
{{Election box majority
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 17,862
Ā  |percentage = 13.61
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = +0.29
}}
{{Election box turnout
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 131,257
Ā  |percentage = 78.12
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = -2.57
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
Ā  |winnerĀ  Ā  = Indian National Congress
Ā  |loserĀ  Ā  Ā  = Bharatiya Janata Party
Ā  |swingĀ  Ā  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== 2018 ===
=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018]]: Chitrakot<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/9643-statistical-data-of-general-election-to-chhatisgarh-assembly/ |title=Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018 |website=Election Commission of India |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018]]: Chitrakot<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9643-statistical-data-of-general-election-to-chhatisgarh-assembly/ |title=Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018 |website=Election Commission of India |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
Ā Ā  |candidateĀ  = Rajman Venjam
Ā Ā  |candidateĀ  = [[DeepakĀ  Baij]]
Ā Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Indian National Congress
Ā Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Indian National Congress
Ā Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = Ā 
Ā Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 62,616
Ā Ā  |percentage = Ā 
Ā Ā  |percentage = 46.93
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Lachhuram Kashyap
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Bharatiya Janata Party
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 44,846
Ā  |percentage = 33.61
Ā Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = Ā 
Ā Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = Ā 
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Tankeshwar Bhardwaj
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 7,494
Ā  |percentage = 5.62
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Dharmuram Kashyap
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Independent politician
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 3,032
Ā  |percentage = 2.27
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Suresh Kawasi
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Shiv Sena
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 2,297
Ā  |percentage = 1.72
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Lakheshwar Kawasi
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Ambedkarite Party of India
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 1,791
Ā  |percentage = 1.34
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā  |candidateĀ  = Dantiram Poyam
Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = Aam Aadmi Party
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 1,517
Ā  |percentage = 1.14
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
Ā Ā  |candidateĀ  = [[None of the Above]]
Ā Ā  |candidateĀ  = [[None of the Above]]
Ā Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = None of the above
Ā Ā  |partyĀ  Ā  Ā  = None of the above
Ā Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = Ā 
Ā Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 9,824
Ā Ā  |percentage = Ā 
Ā Ā  |percentage = 7.36
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  =
}}
{{Election box majority
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 17,770
Ā  |percentage = 13.32
Ā Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = Ā 
Ā Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = Ā 
}}
}}
{{Election box majority|
{{Election box turnout
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = Ā 
Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = 132,781
Ā  |percentage = Ā 
Ā  |percentage = 80.69
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = Ā 
Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = Ā 
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box hold with party link
Ā Ā  |votesĀ  Ā  Ā  = Ā 
Ā Ā  |winnerĀ  Ā  = Indian National Congress
Ā Ā  |percentage = Ā 
Ā Ā  |loserĀ  Ā  Ā  = Bharatiya Janata Party
Ā Ā  |changeĀ  Ā  = Ā 
Ā Ā  |swingĀ  Ā  Ā  = Ā 
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
Line 68: Line 275:


{{Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh}}
{{coord|19.25|81.76|display=title}}


[[Category:Bastar district]]
[[Category:Bastar district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Politics of Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 2008]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Chhattisgarh]]
{{coord|19.25|81.76|display=title}}

Latest revision as of 17:06, 9 December 2025


Chitrakot
Constituency No. 87 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateChhattisgarh
DistrictBastar
Lok Sabha constituencyBastar
Established2008
Total electors177,625[1]
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Vinayak Goyal
PartyBhartiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byRajman Venjam

Chitrakot is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2]

It comprises parts of Darbha tehsil and Lohandiguda, Tokapal, and Bastanar tehsils in Bastar district, and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Election Name Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952 Dora Independent politician
1957 Sukhdu Indian National Congress
1962 Paklu Joga Independent politician
1967 M. Ganga Samyukta Socialist Party
1972 Ramakonda Indian National Congress
1977 Lakhan Jaisngh Janata Party
1980 Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 A. K. Turam Nag Indian National Congress
1990 Dhani Ram Pujari Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998 Pratibha Shah Indian National Congress
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003 Lachhuram Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
2008[4] Baiduram Kashyap
2013[5] Deepak Baij Indian National Congress
2018
2019^ Rajman Venjam
2023 Vinayak Goyal Bharatiya Janata Party

^by-election

Election results[edit | edit source]

2023[edit | edit source]

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Chitrakot[1]
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
BJP Vinayak Goyal 63,954 43.73 +10.03
INC Deepak Baij 55,584 38.01 āˆ’9.30
CPI Ramu Ram Mourya 5,051 3.45 āˆ’1.84
AAP Bomdha Mandavi 4,644 3.18
JCC Bharat Kashyap 4,184 2.86 āˆ’2.11
BSP Sannu Poyam 3,493 2.39
Sarv Adi Dal Ramlal Podiyam 2,028 1.39
NOTA None of the Above 7,310 5.00 +0.26
Majority 8,370 5.72 āˆ’7.89
Turnout 146,248 82.34 +4.22
BJP gain from INC Swing

2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly by-election: Chitrakot[6]
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
INC Rajman Venjam 62,097 47.31 +0.38
BJP Lachhuram Kashyap 44,235 33.70 +0.09
CPI Hidmo Ram Mandavi 6,948 5.29
JCC Bomdha Mandavi 6,527 4.97 āˆ’0.65
API Lakheshwar Kawasi 2,650 2.02 +0.68
Independent Ritika Karma 2,575 1.96
NOTA None of the Above 6,225 4.74 āˆ’2.62
Majority 17,862 13.61 +0.29
Turnout 131,257 78.12 āˆ’2.57
INC hold Swing

2018[edit | edit source]

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Chitrakot[7]
Party Candidate Votes % Ā±%
INC Deepak Baij 62,616 46.93
BJP Lachhuram Kashyap 44,846 33.61
JCC Tankeshwar Bhardwaj 7,494 5.62
Independent Dharmuram Kashyap 3,032 2.27
SHS Suresh Kawasi 2,297 1.72
API Lakheshwar Kawasi 1,791 1.34
AAP Dantiram Poyam 1,517 1.14
NOTA None of the Above 9,824 7.36
Majority 17,770 13.32
Turnout 132,781 80.69
INC hold Swing

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ā†‘ 1.0 1.1 "Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ā†‘ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. ā†‘ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. ā†‘ "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. ā†‘ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. ā†‘ "By-election 2019 results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. ā†‘ "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

19Ā°15ā€²N 81Ā°46ā€²Eļ»æ / ļ»æ19.25Ā°N 81.76Ā°Eļ»æ / 19.25; 81.76

Retrieved from "https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chitrakot_Assembly_constituency&oldid=471307"
Discover more