Dharamjaigarh Assembly constituency

{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Dharamjaigarh

| mla = Laljeet Singh Rathia

| party = Indian National Congress

| latest_election_year = 2013

| preceded_by = Om Prakash Rathia

| state = Chhattisgarh

| district = Raigarh

| loksabha_cons = Raigarh

| established = 1951

| reservation = ST

| electors = {{formatnum:212825}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/mp-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=26 January 2023 |url-access=limited}}{{update after|2029|1}}

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 19

}}

Dharamjaigarh is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008 |website=Election Commission of India |date=26 November 2008 |accessdate= 12 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/en/new-maps-assembly-constituency |title=New Maps of Assembly Constituency |website=ceochhattisgarh.nic.in| access-date=1 September 2021}}{{cite web|title=Chhattisgarh 2013|url=http://www.myneta.info/chhattisgarh2013/|website=myneta.info|publisher=National Election Watch|accessdate=25 July 2018}}{{cite web|title=List of Assembly Constituencies|url=http://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/en/new-maps-assembly-constituency|website=CEO CG|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=25 July 2018}} It is in Raigarh district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

colspan=4|Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
rowspan="2" |1952

|Budhnath Sai

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=8}}

rowspan="2" |Chandrachud Prasad Singh Deo
rowspan="2" |1957
Umed Singh
1962

|Kishori Mohan

1967

|R. C. P. Singh

1972

|Vaidya Begraj Sharma

1977

| rowspan="6" |Chanesh Ram Rathiya

1980

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

1985

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}

1990
1993
1998
colspan=4|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003

| rowspan="2" |Om Prakash Rathia

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}

2008
2013{{cite news |last1=News18 |title=Chhattisgarh election results: How the day unfolded |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/chhattisgarh-poll-654879.html |access-date=27 October 2023 |date=8 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027083328/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/chhattisgarh-poll-654879.html |archive-date=27 October 2023 |language=en}}

| rowspan="3" |Laljeet Singh Rathia

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}

2018
2023

Election results

=2023=

{{Election box begin | title= 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Dharamjaigarh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Laljeet Singh Rathia

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 90,493

|percentage = 49.18

|change = -6.81

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Harishchandra Rathia|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=80,856|percentage=43.94|change=+11.68}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Jogendra Ekka|party=Janta Congress Chhattisgarh|votes=2,451|percentage=1.33|change=-1.36}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=3,427|percentage=1.86|change=-1.64}}

{{Election box majority|votes=9,637|percentage=5.24|change=-18.49}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=183,994|percentage=86.45|change=+0.28}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2018 =

{{Election box begin | title=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Dharamjaigarh{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9643-statistical-data-of-general-election-to-chhatisgarh-assembly/ |title=State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |website=Election Commission of India |date= |accessdate= 1 September 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Laljeet Singh Rathia

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 95,173

|percentage = 55.99

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Leenav Birju Rathia|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=54,838|percentage=32.26|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Santram Rathia|party=Janta Congress Chhattisgarh|votes=4,574|percentage=2.69|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=5,954|percentage=3.50|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=40,335|percentage=23.73|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,69,984|percentage=86.17|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References