Baleshwar Sahu

Baleshwar Sahu (born 1988)^[1] is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh. He is an MLA from Jaijaipur Assembly constituency in Sakti district. He won the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, representing the Indian National Congress.^[2][3]

Baleshwar Sahu
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Preceded by	Keshaw Prasad Chandra
Constituency	Jaijaipur
Personal details
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Politician

Early life and education

Sahu is from Jaijaipur, Sakti district, Chhattisgarh. He is the son of Teras Ram Sahu. He completed his M.Sc. in 2016 at Dr CV Raman University, Bilaspur.^[1]

Career

Sahu won from Jaijaipur Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election.^[4] He polled 76,747 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Krishna Kant Chandra of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 25,922 votes.^[5][6][7] BJP has never won from Jaijaipur, a generall assembly constituency, one among the nine constituencies, where the ruling BJP failed to establish a foothold.^[8]