Ambikapur is assembly constituency number 10 in Chhattisgarh, in Surguja district, and one of the segments of the Surguja Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Rajesh Agrawal of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 46.3% of the vote, 94 votes ahead of T. S. Baba (INC).
- 01Rajesh AgrawalBJP90,78046.34%
- 02T. S. BabaINC90,68646.29%
- 03Balsai KorramGGP6,0833.10%
- 04Rakesh Kumar SahuIndependent1,3180.67%
- 05Abdul MajidJCCJ1,1930.61%
- 8 other candidates · 3,686 votesNOTA · 2,168 (1.11%)
Margin 94 votes · 0.05% of valid votes
All 13 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,95,914 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajesh AgrawalMale · 57 yrs | BJP | 90,780 | 46.34% |
| 2 | T. S. BabaMale · 71 yrs | INC | 90,686 | 46.29% |
| 3 | Balsai KorramMale · 54 yrs · ST | GGP | 6,083 | 3.10% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,168 | 1.11% |
| 4 | Rakesh Kumar SahuMale · 27 yrs | Independent | 1,318 | 0.67% |
| 5 | Abdul MajidMale · 33 yrs | JCCJ | 1,193 | 0.61% |
| 6 | Mukesh GoswamiMale · 42 yrs | Independent | 867 | 0.44% |
| 7 | Ramnandan PaikraMale · 65 yrs · ST | HMR | 719 | 0.37% |
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| 8 | Meera RaviFemale · 33 yrs · SC | Independent | 563 | 0.29% |
| 9 | Aster XalxoFemale · 55 yrs · ST | Independent | 352 | 0.18% |
| 10 | Kranti KumarMale · 42 yrs | Independent | 335 | 0.17% |
| 11 | Anil Shrivastava Roti PartyMale · 56 yrs | Independent | 311 | 0.16% |
| 12 | Sujan BindMale · 63 yrs | RMGP | 288 | 0.15% |
| 13 | Santosh VishvakarmaMale · 44 yrs | BSCP | 251 | 0.13% |
The seat changed hands: INC won in 2018, BJP in 2023.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Ambikapur result 2018
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T.S. Baba (e) | INC | 1,00,439 | 56.19% |
| 2 | Anurag Singh Deo | BJP | 60,815 | 34.02% |
| 3 | Gopal Prasad Gupta | GGP | 4,459 | 2.49% |
| 4 | Tarun Kumar Bhagat | Independent | 2,173 | 1.22% |
| 5 | Kranti Kumar Rawat | Independent | 2,103 | 1.18% |
| 6 | Sita Ram Das | BSP | 1,322 | 0.74% |
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| 7 | T S Singh (baba) | Independent | 1,075 | 0.60% |
| 8 | Parasnath Rajwade | Independent | 981 | 0.55% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 609 | 0.34% |
| 9 | Krishna Nandan Singh | Independent | 592 | 0.33% |
| 10 | Arvind Kachchhap | BMUP | 507 | 0.28% |
| 11 | Saket Tripathi | AAP | 424 | 0.24% |
| 12 | Tribhuvan Kumar | APOI | 360 | 0.20% |
| 13 | Muskan Rajak | Independent | 358 | 0.20% |
| 14 | Jhamkeshwar Paikra | CSM | 334 | 0.19% |
| 15 | Kamal Kumar Kashyap | Independent | 327 | 0.18% |
| 16 | Alimuddin Quadari | Independent | 319 | 0.18% |
| 17 | Vijay Tiwari | Independent | 307 | 0.17% |
| 18 | Satendra Kumar Singh | Independent | 288 | 0.16% |
| 19 | Sharad Tripathi | Shiv Sena | 284 | 0.16% |
| 20 | Sujan Bind | RMGP | 258 | 0.14% |
| 21 | T.s.singh (baba) | JAC | 254 | 0.14% |
| 22 | Vijay Kumar Paikra | Independent | 161 | 0.09% |
Ambikapur result 2013
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T.s.baba | INC | 84,668 | 51.64% |
| 2 | Anurag Singh Deo | BJP | 65,110 | 39.71% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 4,327 | 2.64% |
| 3 | Sewa Ram Porte | GGP | 2,503 | 1.53% |
| 4 | Adhiwakta Vijay Tiwari | Independent | 1,917 | 1.17% |
| 5 | Ram Das Toppo | BSP | 1,670 | 1.02% |
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| 6 | Rajkumar Singh | Independent | 721 | 0.44% |
| 7 | Premsai Pawle | CSM | 716 | 0.44% |
| 8 | Anurag Singhdeo | Independent | 491 | 0.30% |
| 9 | Mohamad Rafik Khalifa | Independent | 416 | 0.25% |
| 10 | Anil Channe | BHDC | 386 | 0.24% |
| 11 | Jagdish Pandey | Independent | 375 | 0.23% |
| 12 | R.k.shukla | Shiv Sena | 346 | 0.21% |
| 13 | Gita Ravi | Independent | 327 | 0.20% |
Ambikapur result 2008
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T S Baba | INC | 56,043 | 42.11% |
| 2 | Anurag Singh Dev | BJP | 55,063 | 41.37% |
| 3 | Jainath Keram | GGP | 6,078 | 4.57% |
| 4 | Amar Nath Pandey | CPI | 2,885 | 2.17% |
| 5 | Ramnayak Maurya | Independent | 2,698 | 2.03% |
| 6 | Kumkum Bhatnagar | BSP | 2,258 | 1.70% |
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| 7 | Jhamekeshwar Paikra | Independent | 1,392 | 1.05% |
| 8 | Ajay Singh | Independent | 1,250 | 0.94% |
| 9 | Anna Naidu | JMM | 1,025 | 0.77% |
| 10 | Kripadani Toppo | Independent | 930 | 0.70% |
| 11 | Dakhal Ram | Independent | 737 | 0.55% |
| 12 | Nilesh Singh | Shiv Sena | 707 | 0.53% |
| 13 | Tribhuwan Sharma | Independent | 585 | 0.44% |
| 14 | Alam Singh Carpy | RGOP | 518 | 0.39% |
| 15 | Vijay Patel | JD(U) | 466 | 0.35% |
| 16 | Ashwani Singh | SP | 448 | 0.34% |
Ambikapur outlined in orange among the other Chhattisgarh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Surguja district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Ambikapur is one of the assembly segments of Surguja. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Surguja candidates.
- Chintamani MaharajBJP94,176 49.1%
- Shashi Singh KoramINC91,254 47.6%
- Dr. L. S. Uday SinghGGP1,702 0.9%
- Sanjay KumarBSP1,487 0.8%
- Ramadhar SinghIndependent1,004 0.5%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 2,922 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Ambikapur.
Who won the Ambikapur assembly seat in 2023?
Rajesh Agrawal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Ambikapur in the 2023 Chhattisgarh assembly election with 90,780 votes, which was 46.34% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Ambikapur?
The margin was 94 votes (0.05% of valid votes). The runner-up was T. S. Baba of the Indian National Congress with 90,686 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Ambikapur in 2023?
Turnout was 76.37%: 1,96,028 of 2,56,691 registered electors voted, across 282 polling stations. That is 2.8 points lower than in 2018.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Ambikapur part of?
Ambikapur is an assembly segment of the Surguja Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Chintamani Maharaj got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Ambikapur a reserved constituency?
No. Ambikapur is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Ambikapur?
The Chhattisgarh assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Chhattisgarh assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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- Chhattisgarh districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, ChhattisgarhBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
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