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Assembly constituency 42 · Chhattisgarh

Mahasamund is assembly constituency number 42 in Chhattisgarh, in Mahasamund * district, and one of the segments of the Mahasamund Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Yogeshwar Raju Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 51.4% of the vote, 16,152 votes ahead of Dr. Rashmi Chandrakar (INC).

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Mahasamund · 2023AC 42
  1. 01
    Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
    BJP
    84,594
    51.41%
  2. 02
    Dr. Rashmi Chandrakar
    INC
    68,442
    41.60%
  3. 03
    Ashwant Tusshar Sahu
    JCCJ
    1,735
    1.05%
  4. 04
    Gangu Ram Thakur
    Independent
    1,175
    0.71%
  5. 05
    Deji Rani Netam
    GGP
    1,057
    0.64%
  6. 15 other candidates · 7,148 votesNOTA · 391 (0.24%)

Margin 16,152 votes · 9.82% of valid votes

2,08,801
Registered electors
2023 election
78.9%
Turnout
-2.1 pts vs 2018
16,152
Victory margin
9.8% of valid votes
Nov 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 20 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,64,542 valid votes, NOTA included.

Mahasamund 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Yogeshwar Raju SinhaMale · 43 yrsBJP84,594
51.41%
2Dr. Rashmi ChandrakarFemale · 40 yrsINC68,442
41.60%
3Ashwant Tusshar SahuMale · 29 yrsJCCJ1,735
1.05%
4Gangu Ram ThakurMale · 49 yrs · STIndependent1,175
0.71%
5Deji Rani NetamFemale · 43 yrs · STGGP1,057
0.64%
6Ganesh Ram DhruwMale · 41 yrs · STIndependent1,055
0.64%
7Sanjay YadavMale · 53 yrsAAP900
0.55%
8Chandraprakash Dhidhi (munna)Male · 39 yrs · SCSRVADID866
0.53%
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9Jageshwar (jugnu) ChandrakarMale · 47 yrsIndependent778
0.47%
10Jai KosariyaMale · 48 yrs · SCIndependent767
0.47%
11Kiran Pawan GhritlahareFemale · 38 yrs · SCIndependent612
0.37%
12Yogesh Kumar ThakurMale · 30 yrs · STIndependent469
0.29%
—NOTANOTA391
0.24%
13Brij Lal ThakurMale · 38 yrs · STIndependent343
0.21%
14Ashok KashyapMale · 40 yrs · STCSP298
0.18%
15Pankaj SahuMale · 42 yrsSWAP297
0.18%
16Ranjit ChandrakarMale · 60 yrsBSCP217
0.13%
17Ram Sharan TandonMale · 59 yrs · SCPSPU197
0.12%
18Bhuneshawari SatnamiFemale · 36 yrs · SCJAC126
0.08%
19Harmendra Kumar JangdeMale · 41 yrs · SCIndependent119
0.07%
20Chanchal VaniFemale · 42 yrsRJsbhP104
0.06%
Past results

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

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023BJP 51.4%INC 41.6%JCCJ 1.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Yogeshwar Raju SinhaBJP · 51.4% · margin 16,152Turnout78.9%
2018Vinod Sevan Lal ChandrakarINC · 31.9% · margin 23,066Turnout81.0%
2013Dr. Vimal ChopraIndependent · 33.7% · margin 4,722Turnout81.4%
2008Agni ChandrakarINC · 45.9% · margin 5,044Turnout75.2%

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

Mahasamund result 2018

Mahasamund 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vinod Sevan Lal ChandrakarINC49,356
31.91%
2Poonam ChandrakarBJP26,290
17.00%
3Tribhuwan MahilangJCCJ24,839
16.06%
4Manoj Kant SahuIndependent21,911
14.17%
5Dr Vimal ChopraIndependent21,160
13.68%
—NOTANOTA2,085
1.35%
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6T.K. DadsenaIndependent1,552
1.00%
7Pankaj SahuIndependent1,445
0.93%
8Puja DhruwIndependent1,270
0.82%
9Ashok SoniAPOI1,000
0.65%
10Sanjay YadavAAP764
0.49%
11Gangu Ram ThakurIndependent734
0.47%
12Dejirani NetamGGP710
0.46%
13Parasram Dhruw Lahangar WaleCSP642
0.42%
14Kaushal DewanganIndependent560
0.36%
15Krishna Kumar ChandrakarRJSBHP361
0.23%

Mahasamund result 2013

Mahasamund 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Dr. Vimal ChopraIndependent47,416
33.73%
2Agni ChandrakarINC42,694
30.37%
3Poonam ChandrakarBJP39,609
28.17%
—NOTANOTA3,929
2.79%
4Sant Kumar PradhanBSP2,301
1.64%
5Human BanjareIndependent1,992
1.42%
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6Deji Rani NetamGGP1,158
0.82%
7Bauva NishadIndependent709
0.50%
8Mahendra SahuNPP394
0.28%
9Arun HarpalIndependent393
0.28%

Mahasamund result 2008

Mahasamund 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Agni ChandrakarINC52,667
45.94%
2Moti Lal SahuBJP47,623
41.54%
3Sushma PanikarIndependent3,715
3.24%
4Basant SinhaBSP2,961
2.58%
5Radheshyam SenIndependent2,261
1.97%
6PremGGP1,227
1.07%
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7Santram SahuIndependent732
0.64%
8Moti SahuIndependent627
0.55%
9Ashok SoniLJP621
0.54%
10Bhuneshwar SahuIndependent587
0.51%
11Khujab Kumar (bhoring)Independent404
0.35%
12Brijmohan PatelLSWP376
0.33%
13Ganga Prasad SontakeIndependent239
0.21%
14Rakesh ChandrakarShiv Sena225
0.20%
15Dhaneshwar Nishad ChattisgarhiyaCSP206
0.18%
16Ganga Bai-AadiwasiAD166
0.14%
Map

Mahasamund 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 Mahasamund * district

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

BJPINCBSPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

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

  • Roop Kumari ChoudharyBJP81,662 55.5%
  • Tamradhwaj SahuINC59,907 40.7%
  • Professor Suresh SahuIndependent1,122 0.8%
  • Basant SinhaBSP1,020 0.7%
  • Rekhram BaghIndependent873 0.6%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 21,755 EVM votes.

Open Mahasamund Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

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

Who won the Mahasamund assembly seat in 2023?

Yogeshwar Raju Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Mahasamund in the 2023 Chhattisgarh assembly election with 84,594 votes, which was 51.41% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Mahasamund?

The margin was 16,152 votes (9.82% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dr. Rashmi Chandrakar of the Indian National Congress with 68,442 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Mahasamund in 2023?

Turnout was 78.92%: 1,64,780 of 2,08,801 registered electors voted, across 246 polling stations. That is 2.1 points lower than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Mahasamund part of?

Mahasamund is an assembly segment of the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Roop Kumari Choudhary got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Mahasamund a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Mahasamund?

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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