Bilha is assembly constituency number 29 in Chhattisgarh, in Bilaspur district, and one of the segments of the Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Dharam Lal Kaushik of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 46.9% of the vote, 8,957 votes ahead of Siyaram Kaushik (INC).
- 01Dharam Lal KaushikBJP1,00,34646.93%
- 02Siyaram KaushikINC91,38942.74%
- 03Jasbir Singh ChawlaAAP5,3072.48%
- 04Hemchand MiriBSP4,1661.95%
- 05Shivnarayan DhruwHMR3,0911.45%
- 18 other candidates · 8,974 votesNOTA · 547 (0.26%)
Margin 8,957 votes · 4.19% of valid votes
All 23 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,13,820 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dharam Lal KaushikMale · 65 yrs | BJP | 1,00,346 | 46.93% |
| 2 | Siyaram KaushikMale · 69 yrs | INC | 91,389 | 42.74% |
| 3 | Jasbir Singh ChawlaMale · 51 yrs | AAP | 5,307 | 2.48% |
| 4 | Hemchand MiriMale · 49 yrs · SC | BSP | 4,166 | 1.95% |
| 5 | Shivnarayan DhruwMale · 43 yrs · ST | HMR | 3,091 | 1.45% |
| 6 | Neha BhartiFemale · 31 yrs · SC | JCCJ | 1,818 | 0.85% |
| 7 | Kalesar BarmateMale · 49 yrs · SC | Independent | 1,238 | 0.58% |
| 8 | DevprasadMale · 50 yrs | Independent | 1,136 | 0.53% |
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| 9 | Santosh Kumar SahuMale · 37 yrs | JCGP | 1,123 | 0.53% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 547 | 0.26% |
| 10 | Uday Shankar BhargavaMale · 30 yrs · SC | Independent | 544 | 0.25% |
| 11 | Rajpal TandanMale · 44 yrs · SC | Independent | 409 | 0.19% |
| 12 | Ranjeet BanjareMale · 32 yrs · SC | Independent | 402 | 0.19% |
| 13 | Shyam Sundar KaushikMale · 43 yrs | BSCP | 400 | 0.19% |
| 14 | Pavan Raj MasihMale · 46 yrs | Independent | 371 | 0.17% |
| 15 | Shyamlal BurmanMale · 47 yrs · SC | Independent | 222 | 0.10% |
| 16 | Aradhna MitraFemale · 31 yrs · SC | PPID | 217 | 0.10% |
| 17 | Dhaniram YadavMale · 41 yrs | SP | 205 | 0.10% |
| 18 | Parmanand MahantMale · 57 yrs | JAC | 175 | 0.08% |
| 19 | Nirmal Kumar DiwakarMale · 51 yrs · SC | PRCP | 173 | 0.08% |
| 20 | Jageshvar SoniMale · 25 yrs | NYP | 155 | 0.07% |
| 21 | Surendra Kumar ManuMale · 58 yrs · SC | Independent | 152 | 0.07% |
| 22 | Rajesh Kumar SharmaMale · 50 yrs | Independent | 123 | 0.06% |
| 23 | Suraj Kumar AnantMale · 29 yrs · SC | Independent | 111 | 0.05% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2018.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Bilha result 2018
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dharam Lal Kaushik | BJP | 84,431 | 43.00% |
| 2 | Rajendra Shukla | INC | 57,907 | 29.49% |
| 3 | Siyaram Kaushik | JCCJ | 29,613 | 15.08% |
| 4 | Manoj Thakur | Independent | 4,518 | 2.30% |
| 5 | Sardar Jasbeer Singh | AAP | 4,428 | 2.26% |
| 6 | Dilip Kumar Koshle | Independent | 2,583 | 1.32% |
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| 7 | Nikhadram Nishad | NCP | 1,606 | 0.82% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,224 | 0.62% |
| 8 | Devprasad | Independent | 1,215 | 0.62% |
| 9 | Ganeshram Joshi | Independent | 1,176 | 0.60% |
| 10 | Nand Kishore Raj | GGP | 747 | 0.38% |
| 11 | Vijay Shankar Patre | APOI | 718 | 0.37% |
| 12 | Usman Khan | Independent | 684 | 0.35% |
| 13 | Chandrakala Dhidhi | Independent | 637 | 0.32% |
| 14 | Devram Sahu | BHBHP | 620 | 0.32% |
| 15 | Pramod Kumar Gadewal | Independent | 616 | 0.31% |
| 16 | Satvan Singh Tandon | Independent | 586 | 0.30% |
| 17 | Suresh Pandey | Independent | 321 | 0.16% |
| 18 | Ramesh Kumar Lahare | Independent | 313 | 0.16% |
| 19 | Niranjan Kumar Sahu | Independent | 313 | 0.16% |
| 20 | Narendra Shandey | JAC | 311 | 0.16% |
| 21 | B.P. Vishwakarma | Independent | 273 | 0.14% |
| 22 | Ram Charan Kenvat | AASPP | 247 | 0.13% |
| 23 | Rajkumar Navrang | RJSBHP | 241 | 0.12% |
| 24 | Vinod Kumar Sahu | Independent | 233 | 0.12% |
| 25 | Maniram Ghritlahre | BSSP | 205 | 0.10% |
| 26 | Laharganga Soni | Independent | 195 | 0.10% |
| 27 | Rajkumar Yadav | Independent | 159 | 0.08% |
| 28 | Laxman Das Mandle | Independent | 139 | 0.07% |
| 29 | Roopdas Kurrey | Independent | 104 | 0.05% |
Bilha result 2013
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siyaram Kaushik | INC | 83,598 | 47.19% |
| 2 | Dharam Lal Kaoushik | BJP | 72,630 | 41.00% |
| 3 | Dilip Kumar Koshle | Independent | 6,843 | 3.86% |
| 4 | Paras Ram Kashyap | Independent | 2,984 | 1.68% |
| 5 | Jagdish Kaushik | BSP | 2,567 | 1.45% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,249 | 1.27% |
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| 6 | Tirith Ram Dhidhi | Independent | 1,486 | 0.84% |
| 7 | Krishna Kumar Rajput | NPP | 1,116 | 0.63% |
| 8 | Deepak Rajput | CSM | 1,019 | 0.58% |
| 9 | Ashwani Rajak | Independent | 558 | 0.32% |
| 10 | Tirith Ram Nishad | GGP | 419 | 0.24% |
| 11 | Ramesh Kumar Lahre | CPI(M) | 397 | 0.22% |
| 12 | Dhani Ram Yadav | SP | 384 | 0.22% |
| 13 | Huleshwar Nirmalkar | RGOP | 362 | 0.20% |
| 14 | Chamra Ram Kaushik | HJP | 306 | 0.17% |
| 15 | Tularam Sapre | LJP | 219 | 0.12% |
Bilha result 2008
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dharam Lal Kaushik | BJP | 62,517 | 43.58% |
| 2 | Siyaram Kaushik | INC | 56,447 | 39.35% |
| 3 | Ramvilas Agrawal | BSP | 7,694 | 5.36% |
| 4 | Ramesh Kumar Lahre | Independent | 4,783 | 3.33% |
| 5 | Tirithram Nishad | Independent | 2,289 | 1.60% |
| 6 | Rajendra Satnami | Independent | 2,149 | 1.50% |
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| 7 | Dukhharan Bhargava | Independent | 1,225 | 0.85% |
| 8 | Dr. Balmukund Singh Maravi | GGP | 1,132 | 0.79% |
| 9 | Kushal Prasad Sahu | BBP | 1,006 | 0.70% |
| 10 | Sharwan Kumar Rajput | BJSH | 971 | 0.68% |
| 11 | Ramadhar Kashyap | Independent | 888 | 0.62% |
| 12 | Rajeshwari Gupta | Shiv Sena | 688 | 0.48% |
| 13 | Dr. Shiv Kumar Manahar | BSSP | 380 | 0.26% |
| 14 | Rakesh Raj | RGOP | 333 | 0.23% |
| 15 | Devi Prasad Jangde | CSP | 253 | 0.18% |
| 16 | Jagnanath Lahre | LJP | 252 | 0.18% |
| 17 | Deepchand Dahariya | CGVP | 239 | 0.17% |
| 18 | Dilip Choudhry | RP(K) | 199 | 0.14% |
Bilha 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 Bilaspur district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Bilha is one of the assembly segments of Bilaspur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Bilaspur candidates.
- Tokhan SahuBJP1,08,089 52.9%
- Devendra YadavINC86,126 42.1%
- Ashwani RajakBSP1,844 0.9%
- Anilesh Mishra (maharaj)Independent865 0.4%
- Anand UrawanIndependent689 0.3%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 21,963 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Bilha.
Who won the Bilha assembly seat in 2023?
Dharam Lal Kaushik of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Bilha in the 2023 Chhattisgarh assembly election with 1,00,346 votes, which was 46.93% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Bilha?
The margin was 8,957 votes (4.19% of valid votes). The runner-up was Siyaram Kaushik of the Indian National Congress with 91,389 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Bilha in 2023?
Turnout was 69.79%: 2,13,875 of 3,06,473 registered electors voted, across 320 polling stations. That is 3.9 points lower than in 2018.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bilha part of?
Bilha is an assembly segment of the Bilaspur Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Tokhan Sahu got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Bilha a reserved constituency?
No. Bilha is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Bilha?
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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- Bilaspur population and religionCensus 2011 district profile
- Gram panchayat list, BilaspurEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
- Chhattisgarh state profileSeats, parties and turnout at a glance
- Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- Chhattisgarh districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, ChhattisgarhBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
- CSR spend in ChhattisgarhCompany CSR spending by year and sector (MCA)
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