Durg Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh
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Durg Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.
CountryIndia
Assembly constituenciesPatan
Durg Rural
Durg City
Bhilai Nagar
Vaishali Nagar
Ahiwara
Saja
Bemetara
Navagarh
Durg Rural
Durg City
Bhilai Nagar
Vaishali Nagar
Ahiwara
Saja
Bemetara
Navagarh
| Durg CG-7 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| Assembly constituencies | Patan Durg Rural Durg City Bhilai Nagar Vaishali Nagar Ahiwara Saja Bemetara Navagarh |
| Established | 1952 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
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]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Patan | Durg | Bhupesh Baghel | INC | BJP | ||
| 63 | Durg Rural | Lalit Chandrakar | BJP | ||||
| 64 | Durg City | Gajendra Yadav | |||||
| 65 | Bhilai Nagar | Devender Singh Yadav | INC | ||||
| 66 | Vaishali Nagar | Rikesh Sen | BJP | ||||
| 67 | Ahiwara (SC) | Domanlal Korsewada | |||||
| 68 | Saja | Bemetara | Ishwar Sahu | ||||
| 69 | Bemetara | Dipesh Sahu | |||||
| 70 | Navagarh (SC) | Dayaldas Baghel | |||||
Members of Parliament
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Wasudeo S Kirolikar | Indian National Congress | |
| Guru Gosain Agam Dasji | |||
| Bhagwati Charan Shukla | |||
| 1957 | Mohan Lal Baklial | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Vishwanath Tamaskar | ||
| 1970^ | Chandulal Chandrakar | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 1977 | Mohan Jain | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Chandulal Chandrakar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1984 | |||
| 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 | |
| 2024 | |||
^ by poll
Election results
2024
2019
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Tamradhwaj Sahu | 570,687 | 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 | ||||
2009
| 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 | ||||
2004
| 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 | ||||