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Assembly constituency 72 · Chhattisgarh

Kawardha is assembly constituency number 72 in Chhattisgarh, in Kawardha * district, and one of the segments of the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Vijay Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 53.2% of the vote, 39,592 votes ahead of Akbar Bhai S/o Mohammad Rashid (INC).

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Kawardha · 2023AC 72
  1. 01
    Vijay Sharma
    BJP
    1,44,257
    53.22%
  2. 02
    Akbar Bhai S/o Mohammad Rashid
    INC
    1,04,665
    38.62%
  3. 03
    Khadgraj Singh
    AAP
    6,334
    2.34%
  4. 04
    Parsadi Lal Kumhare
    GGP
    2,200
    0.81%
  5. 05
    Sunil Kesharwani
    JCCJ
    2,119
    0.78%
  6. 11 other candidates · 10,547 votesNOTA · 925 (0.34%)

Margin 39,592 votes · 14.61% of valid votes

3,31,671
Registered electors
2023 election
81.9%
Turnout
-0.7 pts vs 2018
39,592
Victory margin
14.6% of valid votes
Nov 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 16 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,71,047 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kawardha 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vijay SharmaMale · 50 yrsBJP1,44,257
53.22%
2Akbar Bhai S/o Mohammad RashidMale · 67 yrsINC1,04,665
38.62%
3Khadgraj SinghMale · 38 yrs · STAAP6,334
2.34%
4Parsadi Lal KumhareMale · 65 yrs · STGGP2,200
0.81%
5Sunil KesharwaniMale · 35 yrsJCCJ2,119
0.78%
6Shiwnath NishadMale · 55 yrsIndependent2,056
0.76%
7Ram LochanMale · 61 yrs · SCIndependent1,772
0.65%
8Lakhan SinghMale · 50 yrsIndependent1,700
0.63%
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9Akbar Bhai S/o Ajmer KhanMale · 34 yrsBSP1,556
0.57%
—NOTANOTA925
0.34%
10Laxmi SatyavanshiFemale · 31 yrs · SCIndependent905
0.33%
11Ramji MeraviMale · 50 yrsIndependent784
0.29%
12Brijlal DewanganMale · 53 yrsIndependent598
0.22%
13Bindeshvari Chandrika ChandravanshiFemale · 41 yrsIndependent407
0.15%
14Ajay PaliMale · 45 yrsIndependent319
0.12%
15Prakash LahreMale · 28 yrsIndependent237
0.09%
16Pushplata JoshiFemale · 51 yrsIndependent213
0.08%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023BJP 53.2%INC 38.6%AAP 2.3%CSM 0.2%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Vijay SharmaBJP · 53.2% · margin 39,592Turnout81.9%
2018Akbar BhaiINC · 56.6% · margin 59,284Turnout82.6%
2013Ashok SahuBJP · 42.6% · margin 2,558Turnout81.7%
2008Dr. Siyaram SahuBJP · 44.7% · margin 10,408Turnout75.0%

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

Kawardha result 2018

Kawardha 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Akbar BhaiINC1,36,320
56.63%
2Ashok SahuBJP77,036
32.00%
3Ramkhilawan DahariyaIndependent6,604
2.74%
4Agam Das AnantJCCJ6,250
2.60%
5Ram Kumar SahuIndependent2,947
1.22%
6Rekhachand BaghelIndependent1,990
0.83%
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7Malesh Kumar MarkamGGP1,475
0.61%
8Mohit SahooIndependent1,265
0.53%
—NOTANOTA949
0.39%
9Bhoj Kumar BanjaraIndependent903
0.38%
10Siyadevi PendroIndependent701
0.29%
11Aghan Singh YadavSP547
0.23%
12Kamlesh Tiwari DamruwaleIndependent468
0.19%
13Ashok SahuCSM465
0.19%
14Kriti Devi Singh (yogeshwr Raj Singh)Independent459
0.19%
15Gopal Singh KhusaroIndependent438
0.18%
16Kaushal Kumar MohleIndependent402
0.17%
17Ajay Pali (baba)Shiv Sena381
0.16%
18Akbar AjmerIndependent342
0.14%
19Santlal DhurweyIndependent296
0.12%
20Sushil Kumar SatyavanshiIndependent268
0.11%
21Sewaram PatreIndependent233
0.10%

Kawardha result 2013

Kawardha 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ashok SahuBJP93,645
42.61%
2Akbar BhaiINC91,087
41.44%
—NOTANOTA9,229
4.20%
3Kartik Ram MararCSM6,859
3.12%
4Malesh Kumar MarkamGGP5,151
2.34%
5Mohit SahuIndependent3,829
1.74%
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6Kanhaiya Lal PatelBSP3,157
1.44%
7Anil SatnamiIndependent2,858
1.30%
8Jitendra Kumar PurainakIndependent1,610
0.73%
9Himanshu ThakurABGP1,098
0.50%
10Niranjan KhareBHDC704
0.32%
11Krishna Kumar DahireNPP554
0.25%

Kawardha result 2008

Kawardha 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Siyaram SahuBJP78,817
44.69%
2Yogeshwarraj SinghINC68,409
38.79%
3Jagdish BanjareCPI(M)6,837
3.88%
4Ramadhar ChaturvediIndependent5,877
3.33%
5Sumaran Singh DhurweyGGP4,819
2.73%
6Santosh SahuBSP3,195
1.81%
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7Ramkhilawan DahariyaIndependent2,710
1.54%
8Uma Devi SahuIndependent1,814
1.03%
9Anand JaiswalIndependent1,050
0.60%
10Prakash VermaShiv Sena1,023
0.58%
11Ajay PaliIndependent995
0.56%
12Aju Ram ChandravanshiIndependent817
0.46%
Map

Kawardha 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 Kawardha * district

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

BJPINCBSPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Kawardha is one of the assembly segments of Rajnandgaon. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Rajnandgaon candidates.

  • Santosh PandeyBJP1,25,803 49.9%
  • Bhupesh BaghelINC1,15,398 45.8%
  • A.H. SiddiquiIndependent1,958 0.8%
  • Narad Prasad NishadSSBD1,826 0.7%
  • Devlal Sinha (sonvanshi)BSP1,580 0.6%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 10,405 EVM votes.

Open Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kawardha.

Who won the Kawardha assembly seat in 2023?

Vijay Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kawardha in the 2023 Chhattisgarh assembly election with 1,44,257 votes, which was 53.22% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kawardha?

The margin was 39,592 votes (14.61% of valid votes). The runner-up was Akbar Bhai S/o Mohammad Rashid of the Indian National Congress with 1,04,665 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kawardha in 2023?

Turnout was 81.86%: 2,71,510 of 3,31,671 registered electors voted, across 411 polling stations. That is 0.7 points lower than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kawardha part of?

Kawardha is an assembly segment of the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Santosh Pandey got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kawardha a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Kawardha?

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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