Kasdol Assembly constituency

{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in

Chhattisgarh State, India}}

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

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

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Kasdol

| mla = Sandeep Sahu

| party = Indian National Congress

| state = Chhattisgarh

| district = Baloda Bazar

| loksabha_cons = Janjgir-Champa

| established = 2003

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:361750}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/chhattisgarh-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |title=State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |website=Election Commission of India |date= |accessdate=25 January 2023 |url-access=limited}}{{update after|2029|1}}

| type = SLA

| latest_election_year = 2023

| preceded_by = Shakuntala Sahu

| constituency_no = 44

}}

Kasdol is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.{{cite web |url=https://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/en/new-maps-assembly-constituency |title=New Maps of Assembly Constituency |website=ceochhattisgarh.nic.in |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}

It comprises Palari tehsil and parts of Kasdol tehsil and Balodabazar tehsil, all in Baloda Bazar district.{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"

!Election

!Name

!colspan=2|Party

colspan=4|Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
colspan="4" |Prior to 1961: Constituency did not exist
1962

|Bhupendra Nath

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

1967

| rowspan="2" |Kanhaiya Lal Sharma

1972
1977

|Dhani Ram Sahu

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1980

| rowspan="2" |Kanhaiya Lal Sharma

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

1985

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1990

|Aruna Kumar

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}

1993

|Kanahaiya Lal Sharma

|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}

1998{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3737-madhya-pradesh-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=22 December 2021 |url-access=limited}}

|Gaurishankar Agrawal

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

colspan=4|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003

| rowspan="2" |Rajkamal Singhania

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

2008{{cite web |title=State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3883-chhattisgarh-2008/ |accessdate=31 December 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}
2013{{cite web |title=State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3884-chhattisgarh-2013/ |accessdate=31 December 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}

| Gaurishankar Agrawal

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

2018

| Shakuntala Sahu

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

2023

| Sandeep Sahu

Election results

= 2023 =

{{Election box begin | title=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Basna}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Sandeep Sahu

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 136,362

|percentage = 50.21

|change = +1.07

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Dhani Ram Dhiwar|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=102,597|percentage=37.78|change=+8.24}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=D.D. Bartamsi|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=6,319|percentage=2.33|change=-1.54}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Gore Lal Sahu|party=Independent|votes=5,395|percentage=1.99|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Manoj Kumar Adil|party=Independent|votes=4,926|percentage=1.81|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Prit Lal Kurre|party=Independent|votes=3,132|percentage=1.15|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=831|percentage=0.31|change=-0.33}}

{{Election box majority||votes=33,765|percentage=12.43|change=-7.17}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=271,558|percentage=75.07|change=+0.94}}

{{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: Kasdol{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9643-statistical-data-of-general-election-to-chhatisgarh-assembly/ |title=Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018 |website=Election Commission of India |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Shakuntala Sahu

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 121,422

|percentage = 49.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Gaurishankar Agrawal|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=73,004|percentage=29.54|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Parameshwar Yadu|party=Janta Congress Chhattisgarh|votes=18,170|percentage=7.35|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Rameshwar Prasad Kaiwart|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=9,558|percentage=3.87|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Jagjeewan Kumar Narange|party=Independent|votes=3,917|percentage=1.59|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=1,588|percentage=0.64|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=48,418|percentage=19.60|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=247,115|percentage=74.13|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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