Dongargaon Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India
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Dongargaon is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2][3] It is in Rajnandgaon district and is a segment of Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat. The seat used to be part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly when Chhattisgarh was part of MP.
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| Constituency No. 76 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Rajnandgaon |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Rajnandgaon |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 203,009[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Kheduram Sahu |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |||
| 1952 | Dhannalal Jain | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Ganeshmal Bhandari | ||
| 1967 | Madan Tiwari | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | S. Jairam Ayyar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Vidya Bhushan Thakur | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Hiraram Verma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Gita Devi Singh | ||
| 1993 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |||
| 2003 | Pradeep Gandhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2004^ | Raman Singh | ||
| 2008 | Kheduram Sahu | ||
| 2013 | Daleshwar Sahu[4] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | |||
^by-election
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Daleshwar Sahu | 81,479 | 47.49 | −4.88 | |
| BJP | Bharat Lal Varma | 78,690 | 45.86 | +5.31 | |
| Hamar Raj Party | Chhattar Ram Chandrawanshi | 5,178 | 3.02 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,258 | 1.32 | −0.08 | |
| Majority | 2,789 | 1.63 | −10.19 | ||
| Turnout | 171,570 | 84.51 | −0.92 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Daleshwar Sahu | 84,581 | 52.37 | ||
| BJP | Madhusudan Yadav | 65,498 | 40.55 | ||
| Independent | Vani Vilash Patel | 1,863 | 1.15 | ||
| Independent | Rekchand Mandle | 1,782 | 1.1 | ||
| BSP | Ashok Verma | 1,482 | 0.92 | ||
| AAP | Chandramani Verma | 1,474 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,257 | 1.4 | ||
| Majority | 19,083 | 11.82 | |||
| Turnout | 160,841 | 85.43 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2004 Bypoll
- Dr. Raman Singh (BJP) : 42,115 votes[6]
- Geeta Devi Singh (INC) : 32,004
2003
- Pradeep Gandhi (BJP) : 42,784 votes[6]
- Geeta Devi Singh (INC) : 36,649
1998
- Smt. Gita Devi Singh (INC) : 25,125 votes[7]
- Ashok Sharma (BJP) : 24,247
1980
- Hiraram Verma (INC-I) : 11,487 votes[8]
- Vidyabhushan Thakur (JNP-SR) : 8,833