Chitrakot Assembly constituency

Chitrakot
Chitrakot
Constituency No. 87 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Lok Sabha constituency	Bastar
Established	2008
Total electors	177,625
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vinayak Goyal
Party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Rajman Venjam

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

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It comprises parts of Darbha tehsil and Lohandiguda, Tokapal, and Bastanar tehsils in Bastar district, and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.^[3]

Election	Name
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952	Dora	Independent politician
1957	Sukhdu	Indian National Congress
1962	Paklu Joga	Independent politician
1967	M. Ganga	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Ramakonda	Indian National Congress
1977	Lakhan Jaisngh	Janata Party
1980	Lakhan Jaisngh	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	A. K. Turam Nag	Indian National Congress
1990	Dhani Ram Pujari	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Dhani Ram Pujari	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Pratibha Shah	Indian National Congress
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Lachhuram Kashyap	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008^[4]	Baiduram Kashyap	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013^[5]	Deepak Baij	Indian National Congress
2018	Deepak Baij
2019^	Rajman Venjam
2023	Vinayak Goyal	Bharatiya Janata Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vinayak Goyal	63,954	43.73	+10.03
	INC	Deepak Baij	55,584	38.01	−9.30
	CPI	Ramu Ram Mourya	5,051	3.45	−1.84
	AAP	Bomdha Mandavi	4,644	3.18
	JCC	Bharat Kashyap	4,184	2.86	−2.11
	BSP	Sannu Poyam	3,493	2.39
	Sarv Adi Dal	Ramlal Podiyam	2,028	1.39
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,310	5.00	+0.26
Majority			8,370	5.72	−7.89
Turnout			146,248	82.34	+4.22
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajman Venjam	62,097	47.31	+0.38
	BJP	Lachhuram Kashyap	44,235	33.70	+0.09
	CPI	Hidmo Ram Mandavi	6,948	5.29
	JCC	Bomdha Mandavi	6,527	4.97	−0.65
	API	Lakheshwar Kawasi	2,650	2.02	+0.68
	Independent	Ritika Karma	2,575	1.96
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,225	4.74	−2.62
Majority			17,862	13.61	+0.29
Turnout			131,257	78.12	−2.57
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Deepak Baij	62,616	46.93
	BJP	Lachhuram Kashyap	44,846	33.61
	JCC	Tankeshwar Bhardwaj	7,494	5.62
	Independent	Dharmuram Kashyap	3,032	2.27
	SS	Suresh Kawasi	2,297	1.72
	API	Lakheshwar Kawasi	1,791	1.34
	AAP	Dantiram Poyam	1,517	1.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,824	7.36
Majority			17,770	13.32
Turnout			132,781	80.69
	INC hold		Swing

Members of the Legislative Assembly