Masturi Assembly constituency

Masturi is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2][3] It is in Bilaspur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. It is also part of Bilaspur Lok Sabha constituency.^[4]

Masturi
Constituency No. 32 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Lok Sabha constituency	Bilaspur
Established	1957
Total electors	305,620[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dilip Lahariya
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Krishnamurti Bandhi

Previously, Masturi was part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly until the state of Chhattisgarh was created in 2000.^[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1957	Ganeshram Amant		Independent
1962			Indian National Congress
1967	Godil Prasad
1972
1977	Banshilal Ghritlahare
1980			Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Madan Singh Daharya		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Deo Charan Singh		Indian National Congress
1998	Madan Singh Daharya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Krishnamurti Bandhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013	Dilip Lahariya		Indian National Congress
2018[6]	Krishnamurti Bandhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[7]	Dilip Lahariya		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Masturi^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dilip Lahariya	95,497	46.79	+18.09
	BJP	Krishnamurti Bandhi	75,356	36.92	+0.55
	BSP	Dauram Ratnakar	15,583	7.64	−21.18
	AAP	Dharamdas Bhargav	3,820	1.87	+1.30
	CPI	Laxman Tandan	2,835	1.39
	Hamar Raj Party	Sukhram Khute	2,763	1.35
	JCC	Chandni Bharadwaj	2,475	1.21
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,333	1.14	−0.70
Majority			20,141	9.87	+5.95
Turnout			204,084	66.78	−2.28
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Krishnamurti Bandhi	67,950	36.37
	BSP	Jayendra Singh Patle	53,843	28.82
	INC	Dilip Lahariya	53,620	28.70
	Independent	Hira Gandharw	1,725	0.92
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,437	1.84
Majority			14,107	7.55
Turnout			186,851	69.06
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh
• List of constituencies of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly