Vaishali Nagar Assembly constituency

Vaishali Nagar
Vaishali Nagar
Constituency No. 66 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Lok Sabha constituency	Durg
Established	2008
Total electors	251,284
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Rikesh Sen
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Vidya Ratan Bhasin

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

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It comprises parts of Durg tehsil, in Durg district.^[3] As of 2023, its representative is Shri Rikesh Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[4]

Election	Name
Prior to 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008^[5]	Saroj Pandey	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008^[6]	Bhajan Singh Nirankari	Indian National Congress
2013^[7]	Vidya Ratan Bhasin	Bharatiya Janta Party
2018^[8]	Vidya Ratan Bhasin
2023	Rikesh Sen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rikesh Sen	98,272	59.45	+9.73
	INC	Mukesh Chandrakar	58,198	35.21	−2.18
	JCC	Yogesh Sahu	2,020	1.22	−6.07
	BSP	Dinesh Kumar	1,670	1.01
	NOTA	None of the Above	892	0.54	−1.32
Majority			40,074	24.24	+11.91
Turnout			165,294	65.78	+0.05
	BJP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vidya Ratan Bhasin	72,920	49.72
	INC	Badruddin Qureshi	54,840	37.39
	JCC	Manoj Kumar	10,696	7.29	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,724	1.86
Majority			18,080	12.33
Turnout			146,675	65.73

Members of the Legislative Assembly