Samri Assembly constituency

Samri is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2][3][4] It is in Balrampur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Samri
Constituency No. 8 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Balrampur
Lok Sabha constituency	Surguja
Established	1951
Total electors	218,557[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Udheshwari Paikra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Chintamani Maharaj

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952	Shivbaksh Ram		Indian National Congress
1962	Jai Ram		Independent
1967	Larang Sai		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972
1977	Amin Sai		Janata Party
1980	Larang Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Maheshwar Ram		Indian National Congress
1990	Amin Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1998	Sohanlal
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Siddha Nath Paikra		Bharatiya Janata Party
2008
2013	Pritam Ram		Indian National Congress
2018	Chintamani Maharaj
2023[5]	Uddheshwari Paikra		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Ramanujganj^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Uddheshwari Paikra	83,483	45.53	+9.48
	INC	Vijay Paikra	69540	37.93	−11.58
	BSP	Anand Tigga	5034	2.75	−1.30
	NOTA	None of the Above	4981	2.72	−1.12
Majority			29,663	16.26	−4.99
Turnout			183357	83.89	+1.58
Registered electors			218,557
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chintamani Maharaj	80,620	49.51
	BJP	Sidhnath Paikra	58,697	36.05
	BSP	Mitkoo Bhagat	6,587	4.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,250	3.84
Majority			21,923	13.46
Turnout			1,62,825	82.31
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh