Bemetara Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India
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Bemetara is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2]
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| Constituency No. 69 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Bemetara |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Durg |
| Established | 2003 |
| Total electors | 247,204[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Ashish Kumar Chhabra |
It comprises Berla tehsil and parts of Bemetara tehsil and Dhamdha tehsil, all in Bemetara district.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||
| 1952 | V. Y. Tamaskar | Independent politician | |
| Jagtarandas | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1957 | Sheolal | ||
| Laxman Prasad | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | G. R. Tamaskar | Independent politician | |
| 1972 | Laxman Prasad Vaidya | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Ravendra Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Mahesh Tiwari | Janata Dal | |
| 1993 | Chetan Singh Verma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Mahesh Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |||
| 2003 | Chetan Singh Verma | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008[4] | Tamradhwaj Sahu | ||
| 2013[5] | Awadhesh Singh Chandel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2018[6] | Ashish Kumar Chhabra | Indian National Congress | |
| 2023 | Dipesh Sahu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dipesh Sahu | 97,731 | 49.60 | +20.79 | |
| INC | Ashish Kumar Chhabra | 88,597 | 44.97 | +1.62 | |
| Independent | Rohit Sinha | 2,880 | 1.46 | ||
| Independent | Jitendra Navrange | 2,165 | 1.10 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 498 | 0.25 | −1.94 | |
| Majority | 9,134 | 4.63 | −9.91 | ||
| Turnout | 197,031 | 79.70 | +1.23 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ashish Kumar Chhabra | 74,914 | 43.35 | ||
| BJP | Awadhesh Singh Chandel | 49,783 | 28.81 | ||
| JCC | Yogesh Tiwari | 28,332 | 16.40 | New | |
| Independent | Sanjeev Agrawal | 4,374 | 2.53 | ||
| Independent | Sohan Lal Nishad | 4,275 | 2.47 | ||
| NOTA | Churaman Singh Sahu | 1,713 | 0.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,789 | 2.19 | ||
| Majority | 25,131 | 14.54 | |||
| Turnout | 172,807 | 78.47 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||