Keshkal Assembly constituency

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

Keshkal
Constituency No. 82 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kondagaon
Lok Sabha constituency	Kanker
Established	1951
Total electors	207,062[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Neelkanth Tekam
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Sant Ram Netam

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952	Rajman		Independent politician
1957	Saraduram		Indian National Congress
1962	Manku Ram Sodi		Independent politician
1967	N Moda		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Ganga Ram Rana		Indian National Congress
1977	Mangli Jhadu Ram		Janata Party
1980	Lamodar Baliar		Indian National Congress
1985	Shiv Netam		Indian National Congress
1990	Krishna Kumar Dhruw		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Mahesh Baghel
1998	Phulo Devi Netam		Indian National Congress
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Mahesh Baghel		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Sewakram Netam
2013	Sant Ram Netam		Indian National Congress
2018
2023	Neelkanth Tekam		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Keshkal^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Neelkanth Tekam	77,438	45.39	+8.22
	INC	Sant Ram Netam	71,878	42.13	−6.20
	AAP	Jugal Kishor Bodh	4,216	2.47	−0.76
	API	Sonsingh Marapi	3,048	1.79
	Hamar Raj Party	Shiv Kumar Gangwal	2,509	1.47
	Independent	Santosh Kumar Mandavi	1,686	0.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,335	2.54	−1.48
Majority			5,560	3.26	−7.90
Turnout			170,604	82.39	+0.58
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Keshkal^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sant Ram Netam	73,470	48.33
	BJP	Harishankar Netam	56,498	37.17
	BSP	Jugalkishor Bodh	4,903	3.23
	AAP	Kamlesh Kumar Salam	2,791	1.84
	CPI	Radhika Sodi	2,180	1.43
	Independent	Suresh Kumar Netam	2,078	1.37
	JD(U)	Bindesh Rana	2,008	1.32
	Independent	Hirau Ram Shori	1,963	1.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,113	4.02
Majority			16,972	11.16
Turnout			151,589	81.81
	INC hold		Swing

See also

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