Sakti is assembly constituency number 35 in Chhattisgarh, in Janjgir - Champa* district, and one of the segments of the Janjgir-Champa Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Charan Das Mahant of the Indian National Congress won with 50.6% of the vote, 12,395 votes ahead of Dr. Khilawan Sahu (BJP).
- 01Charan Das MahantINC81,51950.56%
- 02Dr. Khilawan SahuBJP69,12442.88%
- 03Bhaiya Jitendra ChauhanGGP3,4642.15%
- 04Anubhav Tiwari (annu Bhaiya)AAP2,7521.71%
- 05Rajkumar PatelJCCJ6720.42%
- 9 other candidates · 2,778 votesNOTA · 909 (0.56%)
Margin 12,395 votes · 7.69% of valid votes
All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,61,218 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charan Das MahantMale · 68 yrs | INC | 81,519 | 50.56% |
| 2 | Dr. Khilawan SahuMale · 51 yrs | BJP | 69,124 | 42.88% |
| 3 | Bhaiya Jitendra ChauhanMale · 40 yrs · SC | GGP | 3,464 | 2.15% |
| 4 | Anubhav Tiwari (annu Bhaiya)Male · 50 yrs | AAP | 2,752 | 1.71% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 909 | 0.56% |
| 5 | Rajkumar PatelMale · 47 yrs | JCCJ | 672 | 0.42% |
| 6 | Dharamlal KanwarMale · 50 yrs · ST | Independent | 616 | 0.38% |
| 7 | Motiram SahuMale · 64 yrs | Independent | 491 | 0.30% |
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| 8 | Rajendra SahuMale · 29 yrs | APoI | 374 | 0.23% |
| 9 | Ghanshyam Singh SidarMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 289 | 0.18% |
| 10 | Bheem Kumar PatelMale · 33 yrs | AASPP | 270 | 0.17% |
| 11 | Kamla BarethFemale · 43 yrs | NYP | 234 | 0.15% |
| 12 | Khilawan SahuMale · 44 yrs | Independent | 212 | 0.13% |
| 13 | Jugal Kishor BhartiMale · 34 yrs · SC | JAC | 189 | 0.12% |
| 14 | Fagulal JaiswalMale · 40 yrs | RGOP | 103 | 0.06% |
INC held the seat: it also won in 2018.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Sakti result 2018
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charan Das Mahant | INC | 78,058 | 52.57% |
| 2 | Medha Ram Sahu | BJP | 48,012 | 32.33% |
| 3 | Gautam Rathore | BSP | 13,907 | 9.37% |
| 4 | Kaleshwar Singh Maravi | GGP | 1,202 | 0.81% |
| 5 | Satyanarayan Patel | Independent | 1,132 | 0.76% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,057 | 0.71% |
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| 6 | Comrade Anil Sharma | CPI | 1,006 | 0.68% |
| 7 | Megharam Sahu | NCP | 920 | 0.62% |
| 8 | Suraj Kumar Yadav | Independent | 754 | 0.51% |
| 9 | Prakash Kumar Uraon | Independent | 555 | 0.37% |
| 10 | Vijay Maurya | AAP | 485 | 0.33% |
| 11 | Natwar Lal Gond | Independent | 457 | 0.31% |
| 12 | Suryakant Rathore | Shiv Sena | 385 | 0.26% |
| 13 | Khomram Jangde | Independent | 324 | 0.22% |
| 14 | Ramnarayan Rathore | KMSP | 241 | 0.16% |
Sakti result 2013
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doctor Khilawan Sahu | BJP | 51,577 | 37.92% |
| 2 | Saroja Manharan Rathore | INC | 42,544 | 31.28% |
| 3 | Sahasram Karsh | BSP | 14,131 | 10.39% |
| 4 | Raja Surendra Bahadur Singh | GGP | 12,908 | 9.49% |
| 5 | Krishna Kumar Gabel | CSM | 5,387 | 3.96% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,620 | 1.93% |
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| 6 | Deepak Dubey | NCP | 1,239 | 0.91% |
| 7 | Prakash Kumar Uranw | Independent | 1,081 | 0.79% |
| 8 | Jageshwar Singh Raj | Independent | 936 | 0.69% |
| 9 | Narsingh Sahu | Independent | 923 | 0.68% |
| 10 | Ramprasad Sahu | Independent | 796 | 0.59% |
| 11 | Sahdeo Diwakar | BASMM | 533 | 0.39% |
| 12 | Lahru Yadav | CSP | 495 | 0.36% |
| 13 | Chamaru Ram Yadaw | Independent | 479 | 0.35% |
| 14 | Satkumar Chandra | LJP | 374 | 0.27% |
Sakti result 2008
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smt. Saroja Manharan Rathore | INC | 47,368 | 42.37% |
| 2 | Medharam Sahu | BJP | 37,976 | 33.97% |
| 3 | Sahasram Karsh | BSP | 16,026 | 14.34% |
| 4 | A. Sanjay Ramchand | Independent | 5,058 | 4.52% |
| 5 | Sarwan Kumar | GGP | 1,835 | 1.64% |
| 6 | Smt. Ranjana Devi Singh | Independent | 1,087 | 0.97% |
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| 7 | Bodhiram Sahu | Independent | 742 | 0.66% |
| 8 | Agarbai Baishnav | CSP | 686 | 0.61% |
| 9 | Dasram Banjare | LSWP | 411 | 0.37% |
| 10 | Smt. Shukwara Puran Bharadwaj | CGVP | 307 | 0.27% |
| 11 | Shant Kumar Gabel | GMS | 287 | 0.26% |
Sakti 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 Janjgir - Champa* district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Sakti is one of the assembly segments of Janjgir-Champa. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Janjgir-Champa candidates.
- Kamlesh JangdeBJP83,625 53.8%
- Dr. Shivkumar DahariyaINC65,173 41.9%
- Dr. Rohit DahariaBSP3,139 2.0%
- Engineer Reva KurreyIndependent633 0.4%
- Anil ManharHMR526 0.3%
In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 18,452 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Sakti.
Who won the Sakti assembly seat in 2023?
Charan Das Mahant of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Sakti in the 2023 Chhattisgarh assembly election with 81,519 votes, which was 50.56% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Sakti?
The margin was 12,395 votes (7.69% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dr. Khilawan Sahu of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 69,124 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Sakti in 2023?
Turnout was 76.32%: 1,63,633 of 2,14,392 registered electors voted, across 235 polling stations. That is 0.8 points higher than in 2018.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Sakti part of?
Sakti is an assembly segment of the Janjgir-Champa Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Kamlesh Jangde got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Sakti a reserved constituency?
No. Sakti is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Sakti?
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.
Each page below is built from an official source and credited on the page.
- Janjgir - Champa population and religionCensus 2011 district profile
- Gram panchayat list, Janjgir-ChampaEvery 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)
- Urban local bodies in ChhattisgarhMunicipal corporations, councils, wards