Kanker Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kanker is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh.
| Kanker CG-11 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| Assembly constituencies | Sihawa Sanjari Balod Dondi Lohara Gunderdehi Antagarh Bhanupratappur Kanker Keshkal |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 16,54,440[1] |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
Kanker Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates.[2] It is composed of the following assembly segments:[3]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Sihawa (ST) | Dhamtari | Ambika Markam | INC | BJP | ||
| 59 | Sanjari Balod | Balod | Sangeeta Sinha | INC | BJP | ||
| 60 | Dondi Lohara (ST) | Anila Bhendiya | INC | INC | |||
| 61 | Gunderdehi | Kunwer Singh Nishad | INC | BJP | |||
| 79 | Antagarh (ST) | Kanker | Vikram Usendi | BJP | BJP | ||
| 80 | Bhanupratappur (ST) | Savitri Manoj Mandavi | INC | INC | |||
| 81 | Kanker (ST) | Asharam Netam | BJP | INC | |||
| 82 | Keshkal (ST) | Kondagaon | Neelkanth Tekam | BJP | INC | ||
Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Trilokshah Lal Priendra Shah | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1971 | Arvind Netam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Aghan Singh Thakur | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Arvind Netam | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1984 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | Chhabila Netam | ||
| 1998 | Sohan Potai | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Vikram Usendi | ||
| 2019 | Mohan Mandavi | ||
| 2024 | Bhojraj Nag | ||
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhojraj Nag | 597,624 | 47.23 | ||
| INC | Biresh Thakur | 5,95,740 | 47.08 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 18,669 | 1.48 | ||
| BSP | Tilak Ram Markam | 11,770 | 0.93 | ||
| GGP | Sukchand Tekam | 8,723 | 0.69 | ||
| Majority | 1,884 | 0.15 | |||
| Turnout | 12,67,551 | 76.39 |  2.07 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mohan Mandavi | 546,233 | 47.12 | 1.37 | |
| INC | Biresh Thakur | 5,39,319 | 46.53 | 4.24 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 26,713 | 2.30 |  0.84 | |
| IND. | Harisingh Sidar | 11,449 | 0.99 | N/A | |
| BSP | Sube Singh Dhurva | 10,124 | 0.87 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,914 | 0.59 | 2.87 | ||
| Turnout | 11,60,243 | 74.42 | 4.20 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vikram Usendi | 465,215 | 45.75 | 0.22 | |
| INC | Phulo Devi Netam | 4,30,057 | 42.29 | 1.08 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 31,917 | 3.14 | N/A | |
| CPI | Ramesh Gawde | 23,482 | 2.31 | N/A | |
| IND. | Mahendra Gawade | 14,139 | 1.94 | N/A | |
| Majority | 35,158 | 3.46 | 0.86 | ||
| Turnout | 10,17,080 | 70.22 | 13.02 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sohan Potai | 341,131 | 45.97 | ||
| INC | Phulo Devi Netam | 3,21,843 | 43.37 | ||
| IND. | Mayaram Netam (Fulsingh Siladar) | 21,022 | 2.83 | ||
| BSP | Mira Salam | 13,709 | 1.85 | ||
| Majority | 19,288 | 2.60 | |||
| Turnout | 7,41,792 | 57.20 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
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