Bastar Assembly constituency

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

Bastar
Constituency No. 85 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Division	Bastar
District	Bastar
Lok Sabha constituency	Bastar
Established	2008
Total electors	167,919[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Lakheshwar Baghel
Party	INC
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2018
Preceded by	Subhau Kashyap

It is part of Bastar district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	Subhau Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Lakheshwar Baghel		Indian National Congress
2018
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Bastar^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakheshwar Baghel	68,401	47.92	−10.09
	BJP	Maniram Kashyap	61,967	43.41	+11.50
	AAP	Jagmohan Baghel	2,551	1.79	+0.14
	JCC	Sonsay Kashyap	1,933	1.35	−1.53
	BSP	Ramdhar Baghel	1,751	1.23
	Hamar Raj Party	Lakheshwar Kashyap	1,379	0.97	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,738	1.92	−2.04
Majority			6,434	4.51	−22.67
Turnout			142,742	85.01	+0.98
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Bastar^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakheshwar Baghel	74,378	58.01	+7.42
	BJP	Subhau Kashyap	40,907	31.91	−1.94
	JCC	Sonsay Kashyap	3,688	2.88	New
	AAP	Jagmohan Baghel	2,121	1.65	New
	Independent	Dulab Suryavanshi	2,034	1.59
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,083	3.96	−0.87
Majority			33,471	27.18	+10.44
Turnout			1,29,232	84.03	−0.25
	INC hold		Swing

2013

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2013: Bastar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakheshwar Baghel	57,942	50.59
	BJP	Subhau Kashyap	38,774	33.85
	CPI	Mansingh Kashyap	3,360	2.93
	BSP	Jagmohan Baghel	2,852	2.49
	Independent	Damru Mourya	2,419	2.11
	Bharatiya Dalit Congress	Baldev Manjhi	2,233	1.95
	SP	Madhu Mourya	1,426	1.25
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,529	4.83
Majority			19,168	16.74
Turnout			1,14,535	84.28
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

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