Durg (Lok Sabha constituency)
Durg Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.
Assembly segments
Durg Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
- Patan (assembly constituency no. 62)
- Durg Rural (assembly constituency no. 63)
- Durg City (assembly constituency no. 64)
- Bhilai Nagar (assembly constituency no. 65)
- Vaishali Nagar (assembly constituency no. 66)
- Ahiwara (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)
- Saja (assembly constituency no. 68)
- Bemetara (assembly constituency no. 69)
- Nawagarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 70)
These nine assembly constituencies cover the Durg district. Ahiwara and Nawagarh constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.[2]
Members of Parliament
- 1977: Mohan Bhaiya, Bharatiya Lok Dal
- 1980: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1984: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress
- 1989: Purushottam Kaushik, Janata Dal
- 1991: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress
- 1996: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1998: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 1999: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2004: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
- 2009: Saroj Pandey, Bharatiya Janata Party
Election results
| General Election, 2004: Durg |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
BJP |
Tarachand Sahu |
382,757 |
50.24 |
|
|
Congress |
Bhupesh Baghel |
321,289 |
42.17 |
|
|
BSP |
Shri Mataji |
17,935 |
2.35 |
|
|
Independent |
Manharan Singh Chhedaiha |
17,928 |
2.35 |
|
|
Independent |
Bharat Bhushan Pandey |
8,078 |
1.06 |
|
|
Independent |
Balvinder Singh |
3,462 |
0.45 |
|
|
Independent |
R.D. Jogansh |
2,209 |
0.29 |
|
|
Indian Justice Party |
Kitan Noni Urf Kiran Beti |
2,185 |
0.29 |
|
|
Samajwadi Party |
Sheikh Rasool |
2,155 |
0.28 |
|
|
Independent |
Ashok Kumar Rajput |
1,988 |
0.26 |
|
|
Independent |
Arun Joshi |
1,829 |
0.24 |
|
| Majority |
61,468 |
|
|
| Turnout |
761,815 |
52.08 |
|
|
BJP hold |
Swing |
|
|
See also
References