Khairagarh Assembly constituency

Khairagarh is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2][3] It is in Rajnandgaon district.^[4]

Khairagarh
Constituency No. 73 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
LS constituency	Rajnandgaon
Established	2003
Total electors	219,825[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Yashoda Verma
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Devwrat Singh

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1952	Raja Bahadur Birendra Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress
1957	Rituparna Kishoredas
1962	Gyanendra Singh
1967	V. B. Singh
1972	Vijayalal Oswal
1977	Manik Gupta		Janata Party
1980	Rashmi Devi Singh		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990
1993
1998	Devwrat Singh

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Year	Member	Party
2003	Devwrat Singh		Indian National Congress
2008	Komal Janghel		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Girwar Janghel		Indian National Congress
2018[5][6][7]	Devwrat Singh		Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
2022^	Yashoda Verma		Indian National Congress
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Khairagarh^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yashoda Nilamber Verma	89,704	49.26	−3.71
	BJP	Vikrant Singh	84,070	46.16	+5.35
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,312	1.27	−0.31
Majority			5,634	3.10	−9.06
Turnout			182,109	82.84	+4.43
	INC hold		Swing

2022 by-election

A by-election was needed due to the death of the sitting MLA, Devwrat Singh on 4 November 2021.^[9]

2022 By-Election: Khairagarh^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Yashoda Nilamber Verma	87,879	52.97	+34.31
	BJP	Komal Janghel	67,703	40.81	+5.24
	Forward Democratic Labour Party	Viplav Sahu (Churan)	2,412	1.45
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,616	1.58	−0.22
Majority			20,176	12.16	+11.65
Turnout			1,65,919	78.41	−6.10
	INC gain from JCC		Swing

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Khairagarh^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JCC	Devwrat Singh	61,516	36.08	New
	BJP	Komal Janghel	60,646	35.57
	INC	Girwar Janghel	31,811	18.66
	Independent	Sarju Janghel	4,060	2.38
	SS	Dinesh Singh	1,775	1.04
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,068	1.80
Majority			870	0.51
Turnout			1,70,621	84.51
	JCC gain from INC		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Rajnandgaon district
• Rajnandgaon

References

1. "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. "Chhattisgarh 2013". myneta.info. National Election Watch. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
5. "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
6. "Constituency: Khairagarh (73)". Empowering India Org.
7. "Khairagarh (Chhattisgarh) Assembly Constituency Elections". Elections IN. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
8. "BJP releases first list of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
9. "Chhattisgarh MLA Devvrat Singh dies of cardiac arrest at 52". India Today. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
10. Manish Kumar (16 April 2022). "Chhattisgarh: Congress wins Khairagarh Assembly by-election, CM Bhupesh Baghel congratulates newly elected MLA". Retrieved 10 June 2022.

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