Durg (Lok Sabha constituency)

Durg Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.

Assembly segments

Durg Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

  1. Patan (assembly constituency no. 62)
  2. Durg Rural (assembly constituency no. 63)
  3. Durg City (assembly constituency no. 64)
  4. Bhilai Nagar (assembly constituency no. 65)
  5. Vaishali Nagar (assembly constituency no. 66)
  6. Ahiwara (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)
  7. Saja (assembly constituency no. 68)
  8. Bemetara (assembly constituency no. 69)
  9. Nawagarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 70)

These nine assembly constituencies cover the Durg district. Ahiwara and Nawagarh constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.[2]

Members of Parliament

Election results

General Election, 2009: Durg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Saroj Pandey 2,83,170 31.27
INC Pradeep Choubey 2,73,216 30.17
Independent Tarachand Sahu 2,61,879 28.92
Independent Shitkaran Mhilwar 17,928 2.01
BSP Raghunandan Sahu 17,760 1.96
Independent Anand Gautam 14,968 1.65
Majority 9,954 1.10
Turnout 9,05,519 55.90
BJP hold Swing
General Election, 2004: Durg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Tarachand Sahu 3,82,757 50.24
INC Bhupesh Baghel 3,21,289 42.17
BSP Shri Mataji 17,935 2.35
Independent Manharan Singh Chhedaiha 17,928 2.35
Independent Bharat Bhushan Pandey 8,078 1.06
Independent Balvinder Singh 3,462 0.45
Independent R.D. Jogansh 2,209 0.29
Indian Justice Party Kitan Noni Urf Kiran Beti 2,185 0.29
SP Sheikh Rasool 2,155 0.28
Independent Ashok Kumar Rajput 1,988 0.26
Independent Arun Joshi 1,829 0.24
Majority 61,468
Turnout 7,61,815 52.08
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  2. "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2008-11-23.

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