Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency

Mahasamund is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

Mahasamund CG-06
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Assembly constituencies	Saraipali Basna Khallari Mahasamund Rajim Bindrawagarh Kurud Dhamtari
Established	1952
Total electors	17,62,477[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Rupkumari Choudhary
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Vidhan Sabha segments

Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency (महासमुंद) is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2][3]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
39	Saraipali (SC)	Mahasamund	Chaturi Nand		INC		BJP
40	Basna		Sampat Agrawal		BJP		BJP
41	Khallari		Dwarikadhish Yadav		INC		BJP
42	Mahasamund		Yogeshwar Raju Sinha		BJP		BJP
54	Rajim	Gariaband	Rohit Sahu		BJP		BJP
55	Bindrawagarh (ST)		Janak Dhruw		INC		BJP
57	Kurud	Dhamtari	Ajay Chandrakar		BJP		BJP
58	Dhamtari		Onkar Sahu		INC		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Sheodas Daga		Indian National Congress
1952^	Maganlal Radhakishan Bagdi
1962	Vidya Charan Shukla
1964^
1967
1971	Krishna Agrawal
1977	Brij Lal Verma		Janata Party
1980	Vidya Charan Shukla		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989			Janata Dal
1991	Pawan Diwan		Indian National Congress
1996
1998	Chandra Shekhar Sahu		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Shyama Charan Shukla		Indian National Congress
2004	Ajit Jogi
2009	Chandulal Sahu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019	Chunni Lal Sahu
2024	Roop Kumari Choudhary

^ by poll

General elections results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Mahasamund^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Roop Kumari Choudhary	703,659	53.06
	INC	Tamradhwaj Sahu	5,58,203	42.09
	BSP	Basant Sinha	8,806	0.67
	NOTA	None of the above	3,840	0.29
Majority			1,45,456
Turnout			13,22,125[a]	75.02	0.37
	BJP hold		Swing

1. does not include postal ballots

2019 Lok Sabha Elections

2019 Indian general elections: Mahasamund

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chunni Lal Sahu	616,580	50.44	5.93
	INC	Dhanendra Sahu	5,26,069	43.06	1.34
	NOTA	None of the above	21,241	1.74	N/A
	IND.	Devendar Singh Thakur (Rajput)	15,491	1.27	N/A
	BSP	Dhansing Kosariya	11,245	0.92	N/A
Majority			90,511	7.40	7.29
Turnout			12,22,767	74.65	0.04
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Mahasamund

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chandulal Sahu	503,514	44.51	3.30
	INC	Ajit Jogi	5,02,297	44.40	3.22
	IND.	Chandulal Sahu	20,255	1.79	N/A
Majority			1,217	0.11	6.52
Turnout			11,31,254	74.61	17.92
	BJP hold		Swing

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Mahasamund

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Chandulal Sahu	371,201	47.81
	INC	Motilal Sahu	3,19,726	41.18
	IND.	Sultansingh Satnam	18,998	2.45
	IND.	Ramprasad Chauhan	15,573	2.01
Majority			51,475	6.63
Turnout			7,76,217	56.69
	BJP hold		Swing

1977 Lok Sabha Elections

• Brijlal Verma (BLD / Janata Party) : 182,054 votes ^[5]
• Shrikrishna Agrawal (INC): 102,527

See also

• Mahasamund
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. https://elections24.eci.gov.in/docs/WYKXFehhEH.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
2. "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
3. "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2008.
4. Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Mahasamund". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
5. "1977 India General (6th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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