Abhanpur Assembly constituency

Abhanpur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2][3][4][5] It is in Raipur district. The seat has formed after the demolition of Raipur Town Vidhansabha Constituency in 2008. As of 2023, it is represented by Indra Kumar Sahu of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Abhanpur
Constituency No. 53 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raipur
Established	2008
Total electors	214,002[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Indra Kumar Sahu
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Prior to 1961: Constituency did not exist
1962	Lakhanlal Gupta		Indian National Congress
1967	N. R. Panchhiram
1972	Chetram Parshottam		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977			Janata Party
1980	Tetku		Indian National Congress
1985	Chandra Shekhar Sahu		Bharatiya Janta Party
1990
1993	Dhanendra Sahu		Indian National Congress
1998
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Dhanendra Sahu		Indian National Congress
2008	Chandra Shekhar Sahu		Bharatiya Janta Party
2013	Dhanendra Sahu		Indian National Congress
2018[6][7][8]
2023[9]	Indra Kumar Sahu		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Abhanpur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Indra Kumar Sahu	93,295	52.00	+19.32
	INC	Dhanendra Sahu	77,742	43.33	−3.75
	JCC	Makhan Lal Tamrakar	2,379	1.33	−11.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,087	1.16	−0.68
Majority			15,553	8.67	−5.73
Turnout			179,427	83.84	−0.10
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Abhanpur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dhanendra Sahu	76,761	47.08
	BJP	Chandra Shekhar Sahu	53,290	32.68
	JCC	Dayaram Nishad	21,324	13.08
	Independent	Brahmanand Sahu	2,249	1.38
	Independent	Shweta Rakesh Sahu	2,040	1.25
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,005	1.84
Majority			23,471	14.40
Turnout			163,055	83.94

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Raipur district