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Assembly constituency 66 · Chhattisgarh

Vaishali Nagar is assembly constituency number 66 in Chhattisgarh, in Durg district, and one of the segments of the Durg Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election Rikesh Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 59.5% of the vote, 40,074 votes ahead of Mukesh Chandrakar (INC).

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Vaishali Nagar · 2023AC 66
  1. 01
    Rikesh Sen
    BJP
    98,272
    59.45%
  2. 02
    Mukesh Chandrakar
    INC
    58,198
    35.21%
  3. 03
    Yogesh Sahu
    JCGP
    2,020
    1.22%
  4. 04
    Dinesh Kumar
    BSP
    1,670
    1.01%
  5. 05
    Sangeeta Ketan Shah
    Independent
    1,225
    0.74%
  6. 11 other candidates · 3,017 votesNOTA · 892 (0.54%)

Margin 40,074 votes · 24.24% of valid votes

2,51,284
Registered electors
2023 election
66.1%
Turnout
+0.3 pts vs 2018
40,074
Victory margin
24.2% of valid votes
Nov 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 16 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,65,294 valid votes, NOTA included.

Vaishali Nagar 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rikesh SenMale · 44 yrsBJP98,272
59.45%
2Mukesh ChandrakarMale · 52 yrsINC58,198
35.21%
3Yogesh SahuMale · 33 yrsJCGP2,020
1.22%
4Dinesh KumarMale · 49 yrs · SCBSP1,670
1.01%
5Sangeeta Ketan ShahFemale · 46 yrsIndependent1,225
0.74%
—NOTANOTA892
0.54%
6Azhar AliMale · 47 yrsRPI837
0.51%
7Dr. Diwakar BhartiMale · 52 yrsJCCJ536
0.32%
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8Engineer Jay Prakash YadawMale · 38 yrsIndependent338
0.20%
9Jeevan BanjareMale · 39 yrs · SCIndependent246
0.15%
10Subedar Singh YadavMale · 50 yrsSP225
0.14%
11Anju SoniFemale · 54 yrsNDS185
0.11%
12Nitesh Kumar GendreMale · 30 yrs · SCIndependent169
0.10%
13Harendra Prasad Shah, AdvocateMale · 52 yrsBSCP139
0.08%
14Shankar Lal SahuMale · 53 yrsCSM137
0.08%
15Pandit G.ashok KumarMale · 30 yrsIndependent108
0.07%
16Jai Prakash PrasadMale · 44 yrsIPBP97
0.06%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023BJP 59.5%INC 35.2%JCGP 1.2%JCCJ 0.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023Rikesh SenBJP · 59.5% · margin 40,074Turnout66.1%
2018Vidya Ratan BhasinBJP · 49.7% · margin 18,080Turnout65.8%
2013Vidyaratan BhasinBJP · 51.9% · margin 24,448Turnout59.9%
2008Saroj PandeyBJP · 52.2% · margin 21,267Turnout61.9%

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

Vaishali Nagar result 2018

Vaishali Nagar 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vidya Ratan BhasinBJP72,920
49.72%
2Badruddin QureshiINC54,840
37.39%
3Manoj KumarJCCJ10,696
7.29%
—NOTANOTA2,724
1.86%
4Hemant ChauhanIndependent797
0.54%
5Anjula BhargavaAAP777
0.53%
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6Shankar Lal SahuBHMM568
0.39%
7Lata NunhadeCSM472
0.32%
8Ashwini Kumar ShuklaSWAP448
0.31%
9Pankaj SirsatAPOI414
0.28%
10Subedar Singh YadavSP412
0.28%
11Yageshwar SahuIndependent381
0.26%
12Rajkishor GuptaIndependent379
0.26%
13Nazrul KhanIndependent356
0.24%
14Janisar AkhtarIndependent306
0.21%
15Ali Hussain SiddiquiIndependent185
0.13%

Vaishali Nagar result 2013

Vaishali Nagar 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vidyaratan BhasinBJP72,594
51.89%
2Bhajan Singh NirankariINC48,146
34.41%
3Akhtar JanisarCSM8,700
6.22%
—NOTANOTA2,670
1.91%
4Inder Lal LahareBSP1,876
1.34%
5Pooja MousiIndependent1,025
0.73%
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6Nazrul Islam KhanIndependent845
0.60%
7Markande Sunil KumarIndependent838
0.60%
8Dharmender YadavIndependent549
0.39%
9Ramnarayan YadavIndependent515
0.37%
10Ali Hussain SiddiquiIndependent422
0.30%
11Gajanand JangadeCPI(ML)(L)301
0.22%
12Krishna SinghIndependent253
0.18%
13Harish Kumar DubayRPI(A)252
0.18%
14Ram Kumar SahuIndependent247
0.18%
15Surendra Kapoor Kake BhaiyaBHMM196
0.14%
16Dhirendra Pratap SinghLJP185
0.13%
17Nilam RobbinsSP168
0.12%
18Meena TumaneRABP127
0.09%

Vaishali Nagar result 2008

Vaishali Nagar 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Saroj PandeyBJP63,078
52.16%
2Brij Mohan SinghINC41,811
34.58%
3L. M. BabaIndependent5,025
4.16%
4Subhash Chandra SinghBSP2,573
2.13%
5Akhtar Ja NisarSP1,978
1.64%
6Pawan ChoubeyIndependent1,790
1.48%
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7Dr. L. R. SahuIndependent1,054
0.87%
8Prem Nath VermaIndependent703
0.58%
9Siddharth BorkarIndependent690
0.57%
10Santosh SahuBJSH420
0.35%
11Sunil Kumar MarkendeyaIndependent273
0.23%
12M. Chandrashekhar ReddyLSWP243
0.20%
13Ghanshyam Verma Urf PappuIndependent224
0.19%
14Chitralekha DewanganCGVP207
0.17%
15Ashok MiriCPI(ML)(L)199
0.16%
16Pawan AgrawalIndependent195
0.16%
17Gautam Das SahuIndependent191
0.16%
18Anupama GoswamiGGP148
0.12%
19Manoj Kumar AgrawalLJP120
0.10%
Map

Vaishali Nagar 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

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

  • Vijay BaghelBJP1,19,095 70.5%
  • Rajendra SahuINC45,802 27.1%
  • Dilip RamtekeBSP1,475 0.9%
  • Dr. Anju KemeESBD406 0.2%
  • Anoop Kumar PandeyIndependent198 0.1%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 73,293 EVM votes.

Open Durg Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Vaishali Nagar.

Who won the Vaishali Nagar assembly seat in 2023?

Rikesh Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Vaishali Nagar in the 2023 Chhattisgarh assembly election with 98,272 votes, which was 59.45% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Vaishali Nagar?

The margin was 40,074 votes (24.24% of valid votes). The runner-up was Mukesh Chandrakar of the Indian National Congress with 58,198 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Vaishali Nagar in 2023?

Turnout was 66.07%: 1,66,025 of 2,51,284 registered electors voted, across 245 polling stations. That is 0.3 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Vaishali Nagar part of?

Vaishali Nagar 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 Vaishali Nagar a reserved constituency?

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

When is the next assembly election in Vaishali Nagar?

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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