Sakti 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 = Sakti

| mla = Charan Das Mahant

| party = Indian National Congress

| state = Chhattisgarh

| district = Sakti

| loksabha_cons = Janjgir-Champa

| established = 2003

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:214392}}{{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

| constituency_no = 35

}}

Sakti 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 Sakti tehsil and parts of Champa tehsil, in Sakti 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"

!Election

!Name

!colspan=2|Party

colspan=4|Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952

| rowspan="2" |Rajbahudur Leeladhar Singh

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

1957

|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}

1962

|Tankrajeshwari

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

1967

|I. Devi

1972

|Pushpendranath Singh

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

1977

| rowspan="3" |Raja Surendra Bahadur Singh

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

1980

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

1985

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

1990

|Pushpendra Bahadur Singh

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

1993

|Raja Surendra Bahadur Singh

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

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}}

|Megharam Sahu

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

colspan=4|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003{{cite web |title=State Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3882-chhattisgarh-2003/ |accessdate=31 December 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|Megharam Sahu

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

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}}

| Saroja Manharan Rathore

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

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}}

| Doctor Khilawan Sahu

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

2018

| rowspan="2" | Charan Das Mahant

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

2023

Election results

= 2023 =

{{Election box begin | title=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Sakti{{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 = Charan Das Mahant

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 81,519

|percentage = 50.56

|change = -2.01

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Khilawan Sahu

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 69,124

|percentage = 42.88

|change = +10.55

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Bhaiya Jitendra Chauhan

|party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party

|votes = 3,464

|percentage = 2.15

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Anubhav Tiwari

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|votes = 2,752

|percentage = 1.71

|change = +1.38

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 909

|percentage = 0.56

|change = -0.15

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 12,395

|percentage = 7.68

|change = -12.56

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 161,218

|percentage = 75.20

|change = -0.24

}}

{{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: Sakti{{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 = Charan Das Mahant

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 78,058

|percentage = 52.57

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Medha Ram Sahu

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 48,012

|percentage = 32.33

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Gautam Rathore

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 13,907

|percentage = 9.37

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1,057

|percentage = 0.71

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 30,046

|percentage = 20.24

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 148,495

|percentage = 75.44

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References