Bastar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bastar
Bastar
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Deepak Baij
Parliamentary Party	Indian National Congress
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	ST
State	Chhattisgarh
Assembly Constituencies	Kondagaon; Narayanpur; Bastar ; Jagdalpur; Chitrakot ; Dantewara; Bijapur; Konta

Bastar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India. This Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates.^[1]

Assembly segments[edit]

Like most other Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh, with few seats like Durg (which has nine assembly segments under it) being exceptions, Bastar Lok Sabha seat has 8 assembly seats as its segments. Bastar seat is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
83	Kondagaon	ST	Kondagaon
84	Narayanpur	ST	Narayanpur
85	Bastar	ST	Bastar
86	Jagdalpur	None	Bastar
87	Chitrakot	ST	Bastar
88	Dantewara	ST	Dantewada
89	Bijapur	ST	Bijapur
90	Konta	ST	Sukma

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Muchaki Kosa	Independent
1957	Surti Kistaiya	Indian National Congress
1962	Lakhmu Bhawani	Independent
1967	Jhadoo Ram Sunder Lal
1971	Lambodar Baliar
1977	Drig Pal Shah	Janata Party
1980	Laxman Karma	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Manku Ram Sodhi	Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Mahendra Karma	Independent
1998	Baliram Kashyap	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009
2011^	Dinesh Kashyap
2014	Dinesh Kashyap
2019	Deepak Baij	Indian National Congress

^ by poll

Election results[edit]

General election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Bastar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Deepak Baij	4,02,527	44.10
	BJP	Baiduram Kashyap	3,63,545	39.83
	NOTA	None of the Above	41,667	4.56
	CPI	Ramu Ram Maurya	38,395	4.21
	BSP	Aaytu Ram Mandavi	30,449	3.34
Majority			38,982	4.27
Turnout			9,13,761	66.26
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Bastar ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dinesh Kashyap	3,85,829	50.11
	INC	Deepak Karma (Bunty)	2,61,470	33.96
	NOTA	None of the Above	38,772	5.04
	CPI	Bimala Sori	33,883	4.40
	AAP	Soni Sori	16,903	2.20
Majority			1,24,359	16.15
Turnout			7,69,972	59.32
	BJP hold		Swing

Bypoll 2011[edit]

Bye-election, 2011: Bastar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dinesh Kashyap	2,86,691	47.45
	INC	Kawasi Lakhma	1,97,807	32.74
	CPI	Rama Sodhi	49,727	8.23
	IND	Kawasi Lakhma	32,969	5.46
Majority			88,884	14.71
Turnout			6,04,245	50.58
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Bastar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Baliram Kashyap	2,49,373	44.16
	INC	Shankar Sodi	1,49,111	26.40
	CPI	Manish Kunjam	78,420	13.89
	BSP	Aytu Ram Mandavi	35,098	6.21
Majority			1,00,262	17.75
Turnout			5,64,711	47.33
	BJP hold		Swing

References[edit]

↑ "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
↑ "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
↑ Election Commission of India. List of contesting candidates

External links[edit]

Bastar lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Chhattisgarh

[1] "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2008-11-23.

[2] "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

[3] Election Commission of India. List of contesting candidates

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