Samri Assembly constituency

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

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Samri

| mla = Udheshwari Paikra

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2023

| preceded_by = Chintamani Maharaj

| state = Chhattisgarh

| district = Balrampur

| loksabha_cons = Surguja

| established = 1951

| reservation = ST

| electors = {{formatnum:218557}}{{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

| constituency_no = 8

}}Samri 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}} It is in Balrampur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable"
Year

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

colspan=4|Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1952

| Shivbaksh Ram

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

1962

|Jai Ram

|{{party name with color|Independent}}

1967

| rowspan="2" |Larang Sai

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}

1972
1977

|Amin Sai

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

1980

|Larang Sai

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

1985

|Maheshwar Ram

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

1990

| rowspan="2" |Amin Sai

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}

1993
1998

|Sohanlal

colspan=4|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003

| rowspan="2" |Siddha Nath Paikra

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

2008
2013

|Pritam Ram

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

2018

|Chintamani Maharaj

2023{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/assembly-elections/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-result-2023-full-winners-list-bjp-congress-bhupesh-baghel-live-updates-11701451241747.html|title=Chhattisgarh Election Result 2023: Full list of winners from BJP and Congress|last1=mint|date=3 December 2023|accessdate=10 December 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210105307/https://www.livemint.com/elections/assembly-elections/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-result-2023-full-winners-list-bjp-congress-bhupesh-baghel-live-updates-11701451241747.html|archivedate=10 December 2023|language=en}}

|Uddheshwari Paikra

|

|Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

= 2023 =

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Uddheshwari Paikra

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 83483

|percentage = 45.53

|change = +9.48

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Vijay Paikra|party=Indian National Congress|votes=69540|percentage=37.93|change=-11.58}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Anand Tigga|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|votes=5034|percentage=2.75|change=-1.30}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=4981|percentage=2.72|change=-1.12}}

{{Election box majority|votes=29,663|percentage=16.26|change=-4.99}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=183357|percentage=83.89|change=+1.58}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 218,557

|ref=

}}

{{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: Samri{{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 candidate with party link|

|candidate = Chintamani Maharaj

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 80,620

|percentage = 49.51

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Sidhnath Paikra

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 58,697

|percentage = 36.05

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Mitkoo Bhagat

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 6,587

|percentage = 4.05

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 6,250

|percentage = 3.84

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 21,923

|percentage = 13.46

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,62,825

|percentage = 82.31

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser =

|swing = }}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References