Kurud Assembly constituency

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

Kurud
Constituency No. 57 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Lok Sabha constituency	Mahasamund
Established	1957
Total electors	208,888[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ajay Chandrakar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Lekhram Sahu

It is part of Dhamtari district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952	Bhopalrao Bissuli		Indian National Congress
1957[3]
1962	Yeshwant Rao Meghawale		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967	T. Ramdayal		Indian National Congress
1972	Yeshwant Rao Meghawale		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977			Janata Party
1980	Chandrahas		Indian National Congress
1985	Bhuleshwari Deepa Sahu		Indian National Congress
1990	Somprakash Giri		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Gurumukh Singh Hora		Indian National Congress
1998	Ajay Chandrakar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Ajay Chandrakar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Lekhram Sahu		Indian National Congress
2013	Ajay Chandrakar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2018[4]
2023

Election results

Chhattisgarh

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Kurud^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Chandrakar	94,712	50.07	+7.80
	INC	Tarni Neelam Chandrakar	86,622	45.79	+30.44
	Independent	Sanjay Chandrakar	1,845	0.98
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,756	1.46	−0.55
Majority			8,090	4.28	−2.86
Turnout			189,154	90.55	+1.72
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Kurud^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajay Chandrakar	72,922	42.27
	Independent	Neelam Chandrakar	60,605	35.13
	INC	Laxmikanta Sahu	26,483	15.35
	BSP	Kanhaiya Lal Sahu	2,888	1.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,470	2.01
Majority			12,317	7.14
Turnout			172,534	88.83
	BJP hold		Swing

Undivided Madhya Pradesh

1957

1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kurud^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhopalrao Bissuli	13,049	54.93%
	Independent	Ramgopal	6,856	28.86%
	All India Scheduled Caste Federation	Mulkoo	2,434	10.25%
	PSP	Vidhyabhushan	837	3.52%
	Independent	Udailal	579	2.44%
Majority			6,193	26.07
Turnout			23,755	41.82%
Registered electors			56,800

See also

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