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Assembly constituency 63 · Chhattisgarh

Durg-Rural is assembly constituency number 63 in Chhattisgarh, in Durg district, and one of the segments of the Durg Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Lalit Chandrakar of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 52.5% of the vote, 16,642 votes ahead of Tamradhwaj Sahu (INC).

Durg-Rural · 2023AC 63
  1. 01
    Lalit Chandrakar
    BJP
    87,175
    52.52%
  2. 02
    Tamradhwaj Sahu
    INC
    70,533
    42.50%
  3. 03
    Sanjeet Vishwakarma
    AAP
    1,520
    0.92%
  4. 04
    Ishwar Kumar Nishad(advocate)
    BSP
    1,490
    0.90%
  5. 05
    Bimala Thakur
    Independent
    994
    0.60%
  6. 9 other candidates · 3,127 votesNOTA · 1,137 (0.69%)

Margin 16,642 votes · 10.03% of valid votes

2,20,704
Registered electors
2023 election
75.2%
Turnout
+0.6 pts vs 2018
16,642
Victory margin
10.0% of valid votes
Nov 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,65,976 valid votes, NOTA included.

Durg-Rural 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lalit ChandrakarMale · 49 yrsBJP87,175
52.52%
2Tamradhwaj SahuMale · 74 yrsINC70,533
42.50%
3Sanjeet VishwakarmaMale · 39 yrsAAP1,520
0.92%
4Ishwar Kumar Nishad(advocate)Male · 46 yrsBSP1,490
0.90%
—NOTANOTA1,137
0.69%
5Bimala ThakurFemale · 51 yrs · STIndependent994
0.60%
6Narad Ram SahuMale · 39 yrsIndependent762
0.46%
7Kameshwar SahuMale · 45 yrsJCGP760
0.46%
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8Dhalesh Sahu(raju)Male · 27 yrsJCCJ411
0.25%
9Manoj Kumar GaykwadMale · 34 yrs · SCIndependent299
0.18%
10Dwarika BarleMale · 47 yrs · SCIndependent266
0.16%
11Radheshyam ShoriMale · 56 yrs · STAPoI181
0.11%
12Jugal Prasad JoshiMale · 53 yrs · SCRJsbhP176
0.11%
13Girendra Kumar KhandeMale · 34 yrs · SCIndependent139
0.08%
14Kamlesh YadavMale · 42 yrsRSTHNDEKD133
0.08%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2018, BJP in 2023.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023BJP 52.5%INC 42.5%AAP 0.9%JCCJ 0.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Lalit ChandrakarBJP · 52.5% · margin 16,642Turnout75.2%
2018Tamradhwaj SahuINC · 51.3% · margin 27,112Turnout74.6%
2013Smt. Ramshila SahuBJP · 38.4% · margin 2,979Turnout73.0%
2008Pratima ChandrakarINC · 44.4% · margin 1,557Turnout69.8%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Durg-Rural result 2018

Durg-Rural 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tamradhwaj SahuINC76,208
51.34%
2Jageshwar SahuBJP49,096
33.08%
3Dr. Balmukund DewanganJCCJ11,485
7.74%
4Chumman Lal DeshmukhIndependent2,819
1.90%
—NOTANOTA2,603
1.75%
5Balmukund DewanganIndependent2,069
1.39%
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6Badri Prasad ParkarCSM1,336
0.90%
7Ishwari KurreAAP1,286
0.87%
8Satish ParakhDPI970
0.65%
9Jageshwar Kumar SahuIndependent553
0.37%

Durg-Rural result 2013

Durg-Rural 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Smt. Ramshila SahuBJP50,327
38.44%
2Pratima ChandrakarINC47,348
36.17%
3Urwashi SahuCSM20,938
15.99%
4Hinchha Ram ParkarIndependent3,815
2.91%
—NOTANOTA3,544
2.71%
5Daya Ram Sahu (guruji)BSP2,152
1.64%
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6Narayan Prasad YadavIndependent875
0.67%
7Chakradhar (chiku) MishraIndependent714
0.55%
8Shyamal MitraSP463
0.35%
9Krishna Nand DwivediLJP436
0.33%
10Menka GoswamiRABP306
0.23%

Durg-Rural result 2008

Durg-Rural 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pratima ChandrakarINC49,710
44.40%
2Preetpal BelchandanBJP48,153
43.01%
3Prakash SahuBSP5,038
4.50%
4Sanjay DeshmukhIndependent4,326
3.86%
5Kawal Singh GayakwadIndependent1,932
1.73%
6Ramesh Das ChelakIndependent1,096
0.98%
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7Manharan Singh ChhedaiyaGGP647
0.58%
8Kunjbai SahuIndependent387
0.35%
9Rajendra ParganihaCPI(ML)(L)370
0.33%
10Mukesh VermaLJP300
0.27%
Map

Durg-Rural 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 Durg district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPINCBSPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Durg-Rural is one of the assembly segments of Durg. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Durg candidates.

  • Vijay BaghelBJP1,01,538 61.4%
  • Rajendra SahuINC58,185 35.2%
  • Dilip RamtekeBSP1,170 0.7%
  • Anoop Kumar PandeyIndependent641 0.4%
  • Dr. Anju KemeESBD471 0.3%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 43,353 EVM votes.

Open Durg Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Durg-Rural.

Who won the Durg-Rural assembly seat in 2023?

Lalit Chandrakar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Durg-Rural in the 2023 Chhattisgarh assembly election with 87,175 votes, which was 52.52% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Durg-Rural?

The margin was 16,642 votes (10.03% of valid votes). The runner-up was Tamradhwaj Sahu of the Indian National Congress with 70,533 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Durg-Rural in 2023?

Turnout was 75.24%: 1,66,061 of 2,20,704 registered electors voted, across 229 polling stations. That is 0.6 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Durg-Rural part of?

Durg-Rural is an assembly segment of the Durg Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Vijay Baghel got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Durg-Rural a reserved constituency?

No. Durg-Rural is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Durg-Rural?

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.