Jaijaipur Assembly constituency

Jaijaipur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2]

Jaijaipur
Constituency No. 37 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir-Champa
LS constituency	Janjgir-Champa
Established	2008
Total electors	249,202[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Baleshwar Sahu
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

It comprises Jaijaipur tehsil and parts of Champa tehsil and Malkhroda tehsil, all in Janjgir-Champa district.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008[4]	Mahant Ramsunder Das		Indian National Congress
2013[5]	Keshav Prasad Chandra		Bahujan Samaj Party
2018[6]
2023[7]	Baleshwar Sahu		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Jaijaipur^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Baleshwar Sahu	76,747	44.04	+19.32
	BJP	Krishna Kant Chandra	50,825	29.16	+1.56
	BSP	Keshav Prasad Chandra	26,877	15.42	−26.07
	Independent	Om Prakash Banjare	10,405	5.97
	JCC	Tekchand Chandra	3,330	1.91
	AAP	Durgalal Kewat	1,852	1.06
	NOTA	None of the Above	840	0.48	−0.50
Majority			25,922	14.88	+0.99
Turnout			174,274	69.93	+1.71
	INC gain from BSP		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Jaijaipur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Keshav Prasad Chandra	64,774	41.49
	BJP	Kailash Sahu	43,087	27.60
	INC	Anil Kumar Chandra	38,594	24.72
	NOTA	None of the Above	1527	0.98
Majority			21,687	13.89
Turnout			156,125	68.22
	BSP hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Janjgir-Champa district

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
2. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
4. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
5. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
6. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
7. "Jaijaipur Constituency Election Results 2023: Jaijaipur Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner". The Times of India.

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