Arang Assembly constituency

Arang
Arang
Constituency No. 52 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raipur
Established	1952
Total electors	231,375
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Guru Khushwant Saheb
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Shivkumar Dahariya

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

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It is part of Raipur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

In 2008 delimitation, Mandirhasod Assembly constituency was merged into Arang. Currently most of the Naya Raipur comes under Arang constituency.

Year	Member
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952^[a]	Sukhchain Das	Indian National Congress
1952^[a]	Lakhanlal Gupta
1957	Lakhanlal Gupta
1957	Jagmohan Das
1962	Jagmohan Das
1967	Kanhaiyalal Kosariya
1972	Kanhaiyalal Kosariya
1977	Ratandas Hardas	Janata Party
1980	Vijay Kumar Guru	Indian National Congress
1985	Vijay Kumar Guru	Indian National Congress
1990	Gangu Ram Baghel	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998		Indian National Congress
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Sanjay Dhidhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008^[3]	Guru Rudra Kumar	Indian National Congress
2013^[4]	Naveen Markandey	Bharatiya Janata Party
2018^[5]	Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya	Indian National Congress
2023^[6]	Guru Khushwant Saheb	Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Guru Khushwant Saheb	94,039	52.59	+23.67
	INC	Shivkumar Dahariya	77,501	43.34	−1.76
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,255	1.26	+0.41
Majority			16,538	9.25	−6.93
Turnout			178,822	77.29	+0.54
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya	69,900	45.10
	BJP	Sanjay Dhidhi	44,823	28.92
	JCC	Sanjay Chelak	27,903	18.00
	Independent	Sharda Banjare	3,042	1.96
	Independent	Narayan Prasad Tandan	1,528	0.99
	AAP	Dageshvar Bharti	1,423	0.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,112	0.85
Majority			25,077	16.18
Turnout			154,978	76.75
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Members of the Legislative Assembly