Antagarh Assembly constituency

Antagarh
Antagarh
Constituency No. 79 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kanker
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanker
Established	2008
Total electors	176,261
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vikram Usendi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Antagarh is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2]

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It comprises Antagarh tehsil and Pakhanjur tehsil, in Kanker district, and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.^[3]

Year	Member
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008^[4]	Vikram Usendi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013^[5]	Vikram Usendi
2014^	Bhoj Raj Nag
2018	Anoop Nag	Indian National Congress
2023	Vikram Usendi	Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	59,547	42.21%	+5.86%
	INC	Roopsingh Potai	35,837	25.40%	−18.13%
	Independent	Mantu Ram Pawar	15,063	10.68	N/A
	Independent	Anoop Nag	9,415	6.67%	N/A
	AAP	Santram Salam	7,412	5.12%	+1.80%
	NOTA	None of the above	4,245	3.01%	−1.01%
	API	Surendra Kumar Darro	1,201	0.85%	−0.05%
	GGP	Shiv Prasad Gota	601	0.45%	−0.06%
Majority			23,710	16.81%	+5.73%
Turnout			1,41,072	80.04%	+4.83%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+16.81%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anoop Nag	57,061	47.53%	+4.91%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	43,647	36.35%	−10.83%
	Independent	Sukhranjan Usendi	4,854	4.04%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	4,831	4.02	−0.14%
	AAP	Santram Sarphe	3,981	3.32%	N/A
	BSP	Hemant Poyam	1,243	1.04%	−0.73%
	API	Rupdhar Pudo	1,085	0.90%	N/A
	GGP	Parvar Singh Komra	607	0.51%	N/A
	SS	Birendra Parte	484	0.40%	−1.64%
Majority			13,414	11.18%	+6.62%
Turnout			1,20,061	75.21%	−2.08%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	11.18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhojraj Nag	63,816	71.31%	+36.85%
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,506	15.13%	+10.97%
	API	Rupdhar Pudo	12,086	13.56%	N/A
Majority			50,310	58.18%	+53.62%
Turnout			89,208	58.69%	−18.60%
	BJP hold		Swing	53.62

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	53,477	47.18%	+1.31%
	INC	Mantu Ram Pawar	48,306	42.62%	−3.12%
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,710	4.16%	+4.16%
	Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch	Somnath Uike	2,543	2.24%	N/A
	SS	Jaiprakash Padda	2,308	2.04%	−1.76%
	BSP	Raja Ram Komra	2,009	1.77%
Majority			5,171	4.56%	+4.43%
Turnout			1,13,353	77.29%	+16.76%
	BJP hold		Swing	4.43

Members of the Legislative Assembly

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Antagarh ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vikram Usendi	37,255	45.87%
	INC	Mantu Ram Pawar	37,146	45.74%
	SS	Om Prakash Padda	3,083	3.80%
	BSP	Mehatab Singh Rana	1,950	2.40%
	CPI(M)	Rajiv Dhruwa	1,784	2.20%
Majority			109	0.13%
Turnout			81,218	60.53%
	BJP win (new seat)