Sitapur | |
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Constituency No. 11 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Central India |
State | Chhattisgarh |
District | Surguja |
LS constituency | Surguja |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 201,660[1] |
Reservation | ST |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Ram Kumar Toppo | |
Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Elected year | 2023 |
Preceded by | Amarjeet Bhagat |
Sitapur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2][3][4] It is in Surguja district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.
Year | Member | Party | |
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1952 | Chakrapani Shukla | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | Haribhajan Singh | ||
1962 | Mokshmadan Singh | ||
1967 | |||
1972 | Sukhi Ram | ||
1977 | |||
1980 | Indian National Congress | ||
1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
1990 | Ram Khelawan | Independent | |
1993 | Sukhdev Ram | Indian National Congress | |
1998 | Gopal Ram | Independent |
Year | Member | Party | |
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2003 | Amarjeet Bhagat | Indian National Congress | |
2008 | |||
2013 | |||
2018 | |||
2023[5] | Ramkumar Toppo | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Ramkumar Toppo | 83,088 | 50.36 | +17.38 | |
INC | Amarjeet Bhagat | 65,928 | 39.96 | −16.60 | |
Independent | Santosh Kumar Khess | 3,264 | 1.98 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,414 | 0.86 | −2.53 | |
Majority | 17,160 | 10.40 | −13.18 | ||
Turnout | 164,980 | 81.81 | +0.51 | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Amarjeet Bhagat | 86,670 | 56.56 | ||
BJP | Gopal Ram | 50,533 | 32.98 | ||
JCC | Setram Bara | 2,495 | 1.63 | ||
Independent | Shanti Prakash | 1,938 | 1.26 | ||
AAP | Ashok Tirkey | 1680 | 1.10 | ||
Independent | Munna Toppo | 1,629 | 1.06 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 5,189 | 3.39 | ||
Majority | 36,137 | 23.58 | |||
Turnout | 1,53,223 | 81.30 | |||
INC hold | Swing |