Kawardha Assembly constituency

Kawardha is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2][3] It is in Kabirdham district and is a segment of Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat. The seat used to be part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly when Chhattisgarh was part of MP.

Kawardha
Constituency No. 72 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabirdham
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajnandgaon
Established	1951
Total electors	331,671[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vijay Sharma
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Mohammad Akbar

Members of Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952	Gangaprasad		Ram Rajya Parishad
1957	Dharamraj Singh
1962	Vishwaraj Pratap Singh
1967	T. V. Singh		Independent
1972	Kumar Yashwant Raj Singh
1977	Rani Shashi Prabha Devi		Ram Rajya Parishad
1980	Hamidullah Khan		Independent
1985	Rani Shashi Prabha Devi		Indian National Congress
1990	Raman Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998	Yogeshwar Raj Singh		Indian National Congress
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003[4]	Yogeshwar Raj Singh		Indian National Congress
2008[5]	Siyaram Sahu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[6]	Ashok Sahu
2018[7][8]	Mohammad Akbar		Indian National Congress
2023[9][10]	Vijay Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Kawardha^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Sharma	144,257	53.22	+21.22
	INC	Mohammad Akbar	104,665	38.62	−18.01
	AAP	Khadgraj Singh	6,334	2.34
	NOTA	None of the Above	925	0.34	−0.05
Majority			39,592	14.60	−10.03
Turnout			271,047	81.72	−0.78
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kawardha^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mohammad Akbar	136,320	56.63
	BJP	Ashok Sahu	77,036	32.00
	Independent	Ramkhilawan Dahariya	6,604	2.74
	JCC	Agam Das Anant	6,250	2.60	New
	Independent	Ram Kumar Sahu	2,947	1.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	949	0.39
Majority			59,284	24.63
Turnout			240,739	82.50
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2013

• Ashok Sahu (BJP) : 93,645 votes ^[12]
• Akbar Bhai (INC) : 91,087

2003

• Yogeshwar Raj Singh (INC) : 51,092 votes ^[13]
• Dr. Siyaram Sahu (BJP) : 46,904

1998

• Yogeshwar Raj Singh (INC) : 52,950 votes ^[14]
• Dr. Raman Singh (BJP) : 37,524

1962

• Vishwaraj Singh (RRP) : 16,660 votes ^[15]
• Shyamprasad Awasthi (INC) : 6,536

See also

• Kabirdham district
• List of constituencies of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly