Raipur City South Assembly constituency
| Raipur Nagar Dakshin | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 51 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Raipur |
| LS constituency | Raipur |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 260,006[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Raipur City South Legislative Assembly constituency officially, Raipur Nagar Dakshin is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2] The seat was formed in 2008 after the dissolution of Raipur Town constituency. It is part of Raipur district. Former Minister of Chhattisgarh Government Brijmohan Agrawal has been the Member of Vidhansabha from 2008 to 2024. He has won four times from this seat only. Sunil Soni became MLA from this seat after 2024 by-election.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist see Raipur Town | |||
| 2008 | Brijmohan Agrawal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2023[3][4] | |||
| 2024^ | Sunil Kumar Soni | ||
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sunil Kumar Soni | 89,220 | 65.03 |  4.45
| |
| INC | Akash Sharma | 43,053 | 31.38 |  4.96
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1147 | 0.84 | 0.38
| |
| Majority | 46,167 | 33.65 | 9.13
| ||
| Turnout | 1,37,195 | 50.5 | 9.98
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | 4.45
|
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2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Brijmohan Agrawal | 109,263 | 69.48 | +16.48 | |
| INC | Mahant Ramsundar Das | 41,544 | 26.42 | −14.39 | |
| JCC | Pradeep Kumar Sahu | 1,612 | 1.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 729 | 0.46 | −0.57 | |
| Majority | 67,719 | 43.06 | +31.17 | ||
| Turnout | 1,57,263 | 60.48 | −1.18 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +16.48 | |||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Brijmohan Agrawal | 77,589 | 52.70 | −6.55 | |
| INC | Kanhaiya Agrawal | 60,093 | 40.81 | +6.88 | |
| BSP | Umesh Das Manikpuri | 1,514 | 1.03 | ||
| AAP | Munna Bisen | 1,363 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,521 | 1.03 | ||
| Majority | 17,496 | 11.89 | |||
| Turnout | 147,228 | 61.66 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | -6.55 | |||
2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Brijmohan Agrawal | 81,429 | 60.2 | +2.29 | |
| INC | Kiranmayee Nayak | 46,630 | 34.5 | −1.42 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | +0.95 | |||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Brijmohan Agrawal | 65,686 | 57.91 | NA | |
| INC | Yogesh Tiwari | 40,747 | 35.92 | NA | |
| Majority | NA | ||||
| Turnout | NA | ||||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ mint (3 December 2023). "Chhattisgarh Election Result 2023: Full list of winners from BJP and Congress". Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ India Today (3 December 2023). "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023: Full list of winners". Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Raipur City South Assembly Constituency By Poll Result 2024". Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.