Dantewara Assembly constituency

Dantewara
Dantewara
Constituency No. 88 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Bastar
District	Dantewada
Lok Sabha constituency	Bastar
Established	1951
Total electors	192,806
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Chaitram Atarmi
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Devati Karma

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Dantewara (also known as Dantewada) is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2]

It is part of Dantewada district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952	Boda^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Independent
1957	Sheoram	Indian National Congress
1962	Lachhu	Independent
1967	R. Boti
1972	Lakshman Karma	Indian National Congress
1977	Sukuldhar Bhawani	Janata Party
1980	Mahendra Karma	Communist Party of India
1985	Lakshman Karma	Indian National Congress
1990	Barsa Dularam	Communist Party of India
1993	Nandaram Sori
1998	Mahendra Karma	Indian National Congress
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Mahendra Karma	Indian National Congress
2008	Bhima Mandavi^[3]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Devati Karma	Indian National Congress
2018	Bhima Mandavi^[3]	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019^^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Devati Karma	Indian National Congress
2023	Chaitram Atami	Bharatiya Janata Party

↑ No Reservation in 1952
↑ by-poll

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Dantewada^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chaitram Atami	57,739	42.92	+9.04
	INC	Chhavindra Karma	40,936	30.43	−13.21
	CPI	Bhimsen Mandavi	9,217	6.85	+0.17
	AAP	Balloo Ram Bhawani	7,202	5.35
	BSP	Keshav Netam	5,427	4.03
	Independent	Amulkar Nag	3,248	2.41
	JCC	Bela Telam	2,143	1.59
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,620	6.41	+1.37
Majority			16,803	12.49	+2.73
Turnout			134,532	69.78	+9.13
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

Bye-Election, 2019: Dantewara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Devati Karma	50,028	43.64	10.22
	BJP	Ojasvi Bhima Mandavi	38,836	33.88	2.37
	CPI	Bhimsen Mandavi	7,664	6.68	4.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,779	5.04	3.70
Majority			11,192	9.76	7.85
Turnout			1,14,617	60.65	0.01
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Dantewara^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Bhima Mandavi	37,990	33.42
	INC	Devati Karma	35,818	31.51
	CPI	Nanda Ram Sori	12,195	10.73
	BSP	Keshav Netam	6,119	5.38
	AAP	Baloo Ram Bhawani	4,903	4.31
	Independent	Jaya Kashyap	3,555	3.13
	Bhartiya Panchyat Party	Sudhru Ram Kunjam	3,154	2.77
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,929	8.74
Majority			2,172	1.91
Turnout			113,599	60.64
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

References

↑ ^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.
↑ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

18°54′N 81°21′E / 18.9°N 81.35°E / 18.9; 81.35

[3] No Reservation in 1952

[5] y-poll

[election2023-1] 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.

[ceoMap-2] "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

[election2018-4] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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