Durg (Lok Sabha constituency)
| Durg | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
| Incumbent | Vijay Baghel | 
| Parliamentary Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | 
| Elected Year | 2019 | 
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1952 | 
| Reservation | None | 
| State | Chhattisgarh | 
| Assembly Constituencies | Patan Durg Gramin Durg City Bhilai Nagar Vaishali Nagar Ahiwara Saja Bemetara Navagarh  | 
Durg Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.
Assembly segments[edit]
While most Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh have 8 assembly seats as their segments, Durg and Raipur seats in Chhattisgarh have nine assembly segments under them, and Chhindwara and Satna Lok Sabha seats in MP have only 7 segments under them.
Durg Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following nine assembly segments:[1][2]
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Patan | None | Durg | 
| 63 | Durg Gramin | None | Durg | 
| 64 | Durg City | None | Durg | 
| 65 | Bhilai Nagar | None | Durg | 
| 66 | Vaishali Nagar | None | Durg | 
| 67 | Ahiwara | SC | Durg | 
| 68 | Saja | None | Bemetara | 
| 69 | Bemetara | None | Bemetara | 
| 70 | Navagarh | SC | Bemetara | 
Members of Parliament[edit]
| Year | Winner | Party | 
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Wasudeo S Kirolikar | Indian National Congress | 
| Guru Gosain Agam Dasji | ||
| Bhagwati Charan Shukla | ||
| 1957 | Mohan Lal Baklial | |
| 1962 | ||
| 1967 | V Y Tamaskar | |
| 1968^ | Chandulal Chandrakar | |
| 1971 | ||
| 1977 | Mohan Jain | Bharatiya Lok Dal | 
| 1980 | Chandulal Chandrakar | Indian National Congress (I) | 
| 1984 | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Purushottam Kaushik | Janata Dal | 
| 1991 | Chandulal Chandrakar | Indian National Congress | 
| 1996 | Tarachand Sahu | Bharatiya Janata Party | 
| 1998 | ||
| 1999 | ||
| 2004 | ||
| 2009 | Saroj Pandey | |
| 2014 | Tamradhwaj Sahu | Indian National Congress | 
| 2019 | Vijay Baghel | Bharatiya Janata Party | 
^ by poll
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Baghel | 8,49,374 | 61.02 | +17.01 | |
| INC | Pratima Chandrakar | 4,57,396 | 32.86 | -12.49 | |
| BSP | Geetanjali Singh | 20,124 | 1.45 | ||
| SRDP | Hidar Bhati | 12,107 | 0.87 | ||
| Majority | 3,91,978 | 28.16 | |||
| Turnout | 13,92,719 | 71.78 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Tamradhwaj Sahu | 5,70,687 | 45.35 | ||
| BJP | Saroj Pandey | 5,53,839 | 44.01 | ||
| AAP | Vishwa Ratna Sinha | 17,455 | 1.39 | ||
| Independent | Arun Joshi | 16,529 | 1.31 | ||
| BSP | Munna Chandrakar | 15,600 | 1.24 | ||
| Majority | 16,848 | 1.34 | |||
| Turnout | 12,59,142 | 67.74 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Saroj Pandey | 2,83,170 | 31.27 | ||
| INC | Pradeep Choubey | 2,73,216 | 30.17 | ||
| Independent | Tarachand Sahu | 2,61,879 | 28.92 | ||
| Independent | Shitkaran Mhilwar | 17,928 | 2.01 | ||
| BSP | Raghunandan Sahu | 17,760 | 1.96 | ||
| Independent | Anand Gautam | 14,968 | 1.65 | ||
| Majority | 9,954 | 1.10 | |||
| Turnout | 9,06,337 | 55.93 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Tarachand Sahu | 3,82,757 | 50.24 | ||
| INC | Bhupesh Baghel | 3,21,289 | 42.17 | ||
| BSP | Shri Mataji | 17,935 | 2.35 | ||
| Independent | Manharan Singh Chhedaiha | 17,928 | 2.35 | ||
| Independent | Bharat Bhushan Pandey | 8,078 | 1.06 | ||
| Independent | Balvinder Singh | 3,462 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | R.D. Jogansh | 2,209 | 0.29 | ||
| IJP | Kitan Noni Urf Kiran Beti | 2,185 | 0.29 | ||
| SP | Sheikh Rasool | 2,155 | 0.28 | ||
| Independent | Ashok Kumar Rajput | 1,988 | 0.26 | ||
| Independent | Arun Joshi | 1,829 | 0.24 | ||
| Majority | 61,468 | ||||
| Turnout | 7,61,815 | 52.08 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "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.
 - ↑ "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.