- Durg (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Durg Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.
Contents
Assembly segments
Durg Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- Patan (assembly constituency no. 62)
- Durg Rural (assembly constituency no. 63)
- Durg City (assembly constituency no. 64)
- Bhilai Nagar (assembly constituency no. 65)
- Vaishali Nagar (assembly constituency no. 66)
- Ahiwara (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)
- Saja (assembly constituency no. 68)
- Bemetara (assembly constituency no. 69)
- Nawagarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 70)
These nine assembly constituencies cover the Durg district. Ahiwara and Nawagarh constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.[2]
Members of Parliament
- 1977: Mohan Bhaiya, Bharatiya Lok Dal
- 1980: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1984: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Purushottam Kaushik, Janata Dal
- 1991: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2009: Saroj Pandey, Bharatiya Janata Party
Election results
General Election, 2004: Durg Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP Tarachand Sahu 382,757 50.24 Congress Bhupesh Baghel 321,289 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 Indian Justice Party Kitan Noni Urf Kiran Beti 2,185 0.29 Samajwadi Party 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 761,815 52.08 BJP hold Swing See also
References
- ^ "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. http://genesys.eci.gov.in/fullcandidatelist/uireports.aspx. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies". Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. http://www.delimitation-india.com/Final_Publications/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
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- Durg district
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