Pathalgaon 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 = Pathalgaon

| mla = Gomati Sai

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2023

| constituency_no = 14

| state = Chhattisgarh

| district = Jashpur

| loksabha_cons = Raigarh

| established = 1961

| reservation = ST

| electors = {{formatnum:226859}}{{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

}}

Pathalgaon 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 is part of Jashpur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

colspan=4|Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1962

|Laljit Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}

1967

|U. Singh

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

1972

|Laljit Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}

1977

| rowspan="3" |Ram Pukar Singh Thakur

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

1980

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

1985

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

1990

|Laljit Singh

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

1993

| rowspan="2" |Ram Pukar Singh Thakur

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

1998
colspan=4|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003

| rowspan="2" |Ram Pukar Singh Thakur

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

2008
2013

|Shivshankar Painkra

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

2018

|Ram Pukar Singh Thakur

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

2023

|Gomati Sai

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

Election results

= 2023 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Gomati Sai

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 82,320

|percentage = 45.87

|change = {{increase}}11.31

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Rampukar Singh Thakur

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 82,065

|percentage = 45.72

|change = {{decrease}}10

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Raja Ram Lakra

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|votes = 3,675

|percentage = 2.05

|change = {{increase}}1.56

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 3,131

|percentage = 1.74

|change = {{increase}}1.24

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 255

|percentage = 0.15

|change = {{decrease}}21.01

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,79,480

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2018 =

{{Election box begin | title=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Pathalgaon{{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 = Rampukar Singh Thakur

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 96,599

|percentage = 55.72

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Shivshankar Painkra

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 59,913

|percentage = 34.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = M. S. Painkara

|party = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh

|votes = 3,915

|percentage = 2.26

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Yagya Kumar Bhagat

|party = Independent politician

|votes = 3,915

|percentage = 2.26

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 5,159

|percentage = 2.98

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 36,686

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,73,359

|percentage = 80.54

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= 2013 =

{{Election box begin | title=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2013: Pathalgaon{{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 - 2013 |website=Election Commission of India |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Shivshankar Painkra

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 71,485

|percentage = 44.64

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Rampukar Singh Thakur|party=Indian National Congress|votes=67,576|percentage=42.20|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=5,533|percentage=3.45|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=3,909|percentage=2.44|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,60,150|percentage=81.33|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Indian National Congress

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References