Kunkuri Assembly constituency

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

Kunkuri
Constituency No. 13 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Raigarh
Established	2008
Total electors	205,625[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vishnu Deo Sai
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

It encompasses the entire Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district, and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	Bharat Sai[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Rohit Kumar Sai[5]
2018	U. D. Minj[6]		Indian National Congress
2023	Vishnu Deo Sai[7]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Kunkuri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vishnu Deo Sai	87,604	54.9	11.58
	INC	U.D. Minj	62,063	38.9	7.26
	AAP	Leos Minj	1,945	1.14	0.08
	Hamar Raj Party	Albert Minj	1749	1.10	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,531	1.59	0.18
Majority			25,541	16	13.16
Turnout			1,59,560
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kunkuri^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	U.D. Minj	69,896	46.16
	BJP	Bharat Sai	65,603	43.32
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,129	1.41
Majority			4,293
Turnout			1,51,431	77.90
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

See also

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