Janjgir-Champa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Janjgir-Champa is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh, India.

Members of Parliament
Year Winner Party
1957 Amar Singh Sahgal Indian National Congress
Minimata Agam Dass Guru Indian National Congress
1962 Amar Singh Sahgal Indian National Congress
Minimata Agam Dass Guru Indian National Congress
1967 Minimata Agam Dass Guru Indian National Congress
1971 Minimata Agam Dass Guru Indian National Congress
1974^ Manhar Bhagatram Indian National Congress
1977 Madan Lal Shukla Janata Party
1980 R.G. Tiwari Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Prabhat Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress
1989 Dilip Singh Judeo Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Bhawani Lal Verma Indian National Congress
1996 Manharan Lal Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Charan Das Mahant Indian National Congress
1999 Charan Das Mahant Indian National Congress
2004 Karuna Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Kamla Patle Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Kamla Patle Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Guharam Ajgalle Bharatiya Janata Party

^ by poll

Assembly segments

Janjgir-Champa Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.[1] It is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

  • Akaltara (assembly constituency no. 33)
  • Janjgir-Champa (assembly constituency no. 34)
  • Sakti (assembly constituency no. 35)
  • Chandrapur (assembly constituency no. 36)
  • Jaijaipur (assembly constituency no. 37)
  • Pamgarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 38)
  • Bilaigarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 43)
  • Kasdol (assembly constituency no. 44)

Akaltara, Janjgir-Champa, Sakti, Chandrapur, Jaijaipur and Pamgarh together cover the Janjgir-Champa district. Bilaigarh and Kasdol assembly segments are in Baloda Bazar district. Pamgarh and Bilaigarh constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.

Election results

General election 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Janjgir-Champa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Guharam Ajgalle 5,72,790 45.91
INC Ravi Parasaram Bhardwaj 4,89,535 39.24
BSP Dauram Ratnakar 1,31,387 10.53
NOTA None of the Above 9,981 0.8
Majority 83,255 6.67
Turnout 12,48,474 65.81
BJP hold Swing

General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Janjgir-Champa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kamla Patle 5,18,909 48.34
INC Prem Chand Jayasi 3,43,948 32.04
BSP Duj Ram Bouddh 1,25,617 11.70
NOTA None of the Above 18,438 1.72
Majority 1,74,961 16.30
Turnout 10,73,367 61.54
BJP hold Swing

General election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Janjgir-Champa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shrimati Kamla Devi Patle 3,02,142 40.96
INC Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya 2,14,931 29.14
BSP Dauram Ratnakar 1,75,979 23.86
IND. Ramcharan Pradhan Adhiwakta 15,345 2.08
Majority 87,211 11.82
Turnout 7,37,578 48.57
BJP hold Swing

See also
  • Janjgir
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References
  1. "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  2. "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

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