Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency

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

Rajnandgaon CG-6
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Assembly constituencies	Pandariya Kawardha Khairagarh Dongargarh Rajnandgaon Dongargaon Khujji Mohla-Manpur
Established	1952
Total electors	18,68,021[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Santosh Pandey
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following eight assembly segments:^[2][3]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
71	Pandariya	Kabirdham	Bhawna Bohra		BJP		INC
72	Kawardha		Vijay Sharma		BJP		BJP
73	Khairagarh	Khairagarh	Yashoda Verma		INC		BJP
74	Dongargarh (SC)	Rajnandgaon	Harshita Swami Baghel		INC		BJP
75	Rajnandgaon		Raman Singh		BJP		BJP
76	Dongargaon		Daleshwar Sahu		INC		BJP
77	Khujji		Bholaram Sahu		INC		INC
78	Mohla-Manpur (ST)	Mohla-Manpur	Indrashah Mandavi		INC		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1957	Raja Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Padmawati Devi
1971	Ramsahai Pandey
1977	Madan Tiwary		Janata Party
1980	Shivendra Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Dharmpal Singh Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	Shivendra Bahadur Singh		Indian National Congress
1996	Ashok Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Motilal Vora		Indian National Congress
1999	Raman Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Pradeep Gandhi
2007^	Devwrat Singh		Indian National Congress
2009	Madhusudan Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Abhishek Singh
2019	Santosh Pandey
2024

• ^ denotes by-election

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Rajnandgaon^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Santosh Pandey	712,057	49.25	1.43
	INC	Bhupesh Baghel	6,67,646	46.18	4.07
	IND.	A. H. Siddique	10,737	0.74	New
	BSP	Devlal Sinha (Sonvanshi)	9,668	0.67	1.46
	NOTA	None of the above	9,553	0.66	0.65
Majority			44,411	3.07	−5.50
Turnout			14,47,888	77.46
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Rajnandgaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Santosh Pandey	662,387	50.68	3.93
	INC	Bhola Ram Sahu	5,50,421	42.11	7.52
	BSP	Ravita Lakra (Dhruv)	17,145	1.31	0.43
	NOTA	None of the above	19,436	1.49	1.26
Margin of victory			1,11,966	8.57	11.45
Turnout			13,07,878	76.20	2.16
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Rajnandgaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Abhishek Singh	643,473	54.61	1.91
	INC	Kamleshwar Verma	4,07,562	34.59	3.77
	NOTA	None of the above	32,385	2.75	N/A
	BSP	Anand Sahu	20,458	1.74	0.18
	API	Narendra Bansod	11,704	0.99	New
Margin of victory			2,35,911	20.02	5.68
Turnout			11,78,305	74.04	15.18
	BJP hold		Swing

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Rajnandgaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Madhusudan Yadav	437,721	52.70	12.83
	INC	Devwrat Singh	3,18,647	38.36	8.52
	IND.	D. R. Yadav Pracharya	19,984	2.41	N/A
	BSP	Pradhuman Netam	15,956	1.92	1.46
Margin of victory			1,19,074	14.34	7.33
Turnout			8.30,581	58.86	4.44
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Rajnandgaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raman Singh	304,611	51.46	10.70
	INC	Motilal Vora	2,77,896	46.94	2.25
	Independent	Deosingh Nandeshwar	2,847	0.48	N/A
	GGP	Ramesh Kumar Gond	2,735	0.46	N/A
Majority			26,715	4.52	3.91
Turnout			5,91,992	59.37	N/A
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Rajnandgaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Motilal Vora	304,709	49.19	N/A
	BJP	Ashok Sharma	2,52,468	40.76	N/A
Majority			52,241	8.43	N/A
Turnout			6,19,439	N/A
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

• Rajnandgaon
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha