Bastar Lok Sabha constituency

Bastar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India. This Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates.^[2]

Bastar CG-10
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Bastar Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
Assembly constituencies	Kondagaon Narayanpur Bastar Jagdalpur Chitrakot Dantewara Bijapur Konta
Established	1952
Total electors	14,72,207[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Mahesh Kashyap
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Like most other Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh, with few seats like Durg (which has nine assembly segments under it) being exceptions, Bastar Lok Sabha seat has 8 assembly seats as its segments. Bastar seat is composed of the following assembly segments:^[3]

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
83	Kondagaon (ST)	Kondagaon	Lata Usendi		BJP		BJP
84	Narayanpur (ST)	Narayanpur	Kedar Nath Kashyap		BJP		BJP
85	Bastar (ST)	Bastar	Lakheshwar Baghel		INC		INC
86	Jagdalpur		Kiran Singh Deo		BJP		BJP
87	Chitrakot (ST)		Vinayak Goyal		BJP		BJP
88	Dantewara (ST)	Dantewada	Chaitram Atami		BJP		BJP
89	Bijapur (ST)	Bijapur	Vikram Mandavi		INC		INC
90	Konta (ST)	Sukma	Kawasi Lakhma		INC		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Muchaki Kosa		Independent
1957	Surti Kistaiya		Indian National Congress
1962	Lakhmu Bhawani		Independent
1967	Jhadoo Ram Sunder Lal
1971	Lambodar Baliar
1977	Drig Pal Shah		Janata Party
1980	Laxman Karma		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Manku Ram Sodhi		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Mahendra Karma		Independent
1998	Baliram Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004
2009
2011^	Dinesh Kashyap
2014
2019	Deepak Baij		Indian National Congress
2024	Mahesh Kashyap		Bharatiya Janata Party

^ by poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Bastar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mahesh Kashyap	458,398	45.50	5.67
	INC	Kawasi Lakhma	4,03,153	40.02	4.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	36,758	3.65	0.91
	CPI	Phool Singh Kachlam	35,887	3.56	0.65
	BSP	Aaytu Ram Mandavi	19,647	1.95	1.39
	GGP	Tikam Nagavanshi	3,042	0.30
Majority			55,245	5.48	1.21
Turnout			10,08,923	68.46
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Bastar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Deepak Baij	402,527	44.10	10.14
	BJP	Baiduram Kashyap	3,63,545	39.83	10.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	41,667	4.56	0.48
	CPI	Ramu Ram Maurya	38,395	4.21	0.19
	BSP	Aaytu Ram Mandavi	30,449	3.34	N/A
Majority			38,982	4.27	11.88
Turnout			9,13,761	66.26	6.94
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Bastar ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dinesh Kashyap	385,829	50.11	2.66
	INC	Deepak Karma (Bunty)	2,61,470	33.96	1.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	38,772	5.04	N/A
	CPI	Bimala Sori	33,883	4.40	3.83
	AAP	Soni Sori	16,903	2.20	New
Majority			1,24,359	16.15	1.44
Turnout			7,69,972	59.32	8.74
	BJP hold		Swing

Bypoll 2011

Bye-election, 2011: Bastar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dinesh Kashyap	286,691	47.45	3.29
	INC	Kawasi Lakhma	1,97,807	32.74	6.34
	CPI	Rama Sodhi	49,727	8.23	5.66
	IND	Kawasi Lakhma	32,969	5.46	N/A
Majority			88,884	14.71	3.04
Turnout			6,04,245	50.58	3.25
	BJP hold		Swing

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Bastar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Baliram Kashyap	249,373	44.16
	INC	Shankar Sodi	1,49,111	26.40
	CPI	Manish Kunjam	78,420	13.89
	BSP	Aytu Ram Mandavi	35,098	6.21
Majority			1,00,262	17.75
Turnout			5,64,711	47.33
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• Bastar district
• Dantewada district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha