Rajim Assembly constituency

Rajim
Rajim
Constituency No. 54 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Gariaband
Lok Sabha constituency	Mahasamund
Established	1961
Total electors	228,453
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Rohit Sahu
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Amitesh Shukla

Rajim is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2]^[3] It is in Gariaband district and is a segment of Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency.^[4]^[5]

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Year	Winner
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Prior to 1961: Constituency did not exist
1962	Shyama Charan Shukla	Indian National Congress
1967
1972
1977	Pawan Diwan	Janata Party
1980	Jiwanlal Sahu	Indian National Congress
1985	Punit Ram Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Shyama Charan Shukla	Indian National Congress
1993
1998
1999^	Amitesh Shukla
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Chandu Lal Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Amitesh Shukla	Indian National Congress
2013	Santosh Upadhyay	Bharatiya Janata Party
2018	Amitesh Shukla	Indian National Congress
2023	Rohit Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rohit Sahu	96,423	50.16	+26.86
	INC	Amitesh Shukla	84,512	43.96	−12.46
	Independent	Santu Dhruw	3,240	1.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,506	1.30	−1.46
Majority			11,911	6.20	−26.92
Turnout			192,226	84.14	+1.32
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Amitesh Shukla	99,041	56.42
	BJP	Santosh Upadhyay	40,909	23.30
	JCC	Rohit Sahu	23,776	13.54
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,844	2.76
Majority			58,132	33.12
Turnout			175,553	82.82
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Members of the Legislative Assembly