Kanker (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kanker
Kanker
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Mohan Mandavi
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1967
Reservation	ST
State	Chhattisgarh
Assembly Constituencies	Sihawa; Sanjari Balod; Dondi Lohara; Gunderdehi; Antagarh; Bhanupratappur; Kanker; Keshkal

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Kanker is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh.

Assembly segments[edit]

Kanker Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates.^[1] It is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
56	Sihawa	ST	Dhamtari
59	Sanjari Balod	None	Balod
60	Dondi Lohara	ST	Balod
61	Gunderdehi	None	Balod
79	Antagarh	ST	Kanker
80	Bhanupratappur	ST	Kanker
81	Kanker	ST	Kanker
82	Keshkal	ST	Kondagaon

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year	Winner	Party
1967	Trilokshah Lal Priendra Shah	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971	Arvind Netam	Indian National Congress
1977	Aghan Singh Thakur	Janata Party
1980	Arvind Netam	Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Chhabila Netam	Indian National Congress
1998	Sohan Potai	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009
2014	Vikram Dev Usendi
2019	Mohan Mandavi

Election results[edit]

General election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Kanker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Mohan Mandavi	5,46,233	47.12
	INC	Biresh Thakur	5,39,319	46.53
	NOTA	None of the Above	26,713	2.3
	IND.	Harisingh Sidar	11,449	0.99
	BSP	Sube Singh Dhurva	10,124	0.87
Majority			6,914	0.59
Turnout			11,60,243	74.42
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Kanker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	4,65,215	45.75
	INC	Foolodevi Netam	4,30,057	42.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	31,917	3.14
	CPI	Ramesh Gawde	23,482	2.31
	IND.	Mahendra Gawade	14,139	1.94
Majority			35,158	3.46
Turnout			10,17,080	70.22
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general elections: Kanker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sohan Potai	3,41,131	45.97
	INC	Smt Phoolo Devi Netam	3,21,843	43.37
	IND.	Mayaram Netam (Fulsingh Siladar)	21,022	2.83
	BSP	Mira Salam	13,709	1.85
Majority			19,288	2.60
Turnout			7,41,792	57.20
	BJP hold		Swing

References[edit]

↑ "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
↑ "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.

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[1] "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2008.

[2] "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.

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