Sihawa 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 = Sihawa

| mla = Ambika Markam

| party = Indian National Congress

| state = Chhattisgarh

| district = Dhamtari

| loksabha_cons = Kanker

| established = 2003

| reservation = ST

| electors = {{formatnum:193736}}{{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 = 56

}}

Sihawa 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 Dhamtari district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Member

!colspan=2 | Party

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

|Narayan Singh

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

1967

| rowspan="2" |Pusauram

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

1972
1977

|Madhav Laxman

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

1980

|Ram Nath

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

1985

|Ashok Som

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

1990

|rowspan=3 |Madhav Singh Dhruw

1993
1998
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/ |url-access=limited |accessdate=31 December 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}

|Pinky Dhruw

|{{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}}

|Ambika Markam

|{{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}}

|Shravan Markam

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

2018

|Dr. Lakshmi Dhruw

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

2023{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Sihawa Election Result 2023 LIVE Updates and Highlights: Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/sihawa-election-result-2023-live-updates-and-highlights-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8687399.html |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=News18 |language=en}}

|Ambika Markam

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

Election results

=2023=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate = Ambika Markam

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 84,891

|percentage = 49.81

|change = -6.64

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Shrawan Markam

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 71,725

|percentage = 42.08

|change = +14.63

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Jeewrakhan Marai

|party = Hamar Raj Party

|votes = 4,492

|percentage = 2.64

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Manmohan Singh Bisen

|party = Independent politician

|votes = 1,821

|percentage = 1.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Domar Singh Netam

|party = Bharatiya Shakti Chetna Party

|votes = 1,623

|percentage = 0.95

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = Devchandra Uike

|party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party

|votes = 1,579

|percentage = 0.93

|change = -4.26

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 3574

|percentage = 2.10

|change = -0.65

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 13,166

|percentage = 7.73

|change = -21.27

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 170,445

|percentage = 87.98

|change = +5.30

}}

{{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: Sihawa{{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 = Dr. Lakshmi Dhruw

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 88,451

|percentage = 56.45

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Pinky Shivaraj Shah

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 43,015

|percentage = 27.45

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Vinod Kumar Nagvanshi

|party = Gondwana Ganatantra Party

|votes = 8,126

|percentage = 5.19

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Makhan Lal Markam

|party = Independent politician

|votes = 4,729

|percentage = 3.02

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Shantanu Som

|party = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh

|votes = 2,312

|percentage = 1.48

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Akbar Mandavi

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|votes = 1,544

|percentage = 0.99

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 4,306

|percentage = 2.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 45,436

|percentage = 29.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 156,695

|percentage = 82.68

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Indian National Congress

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References