Bastar Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India

INDIAElected year2018Preceded bySubhau Kashyap

Bastar is one of the 90 constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in India.^[2]

It is part of Bastar district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	Subhau Kashyap	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Lakheshwar Baghel	Indian National Congress
2018
2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Bastar^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakheshwar Baghel	68,401	47.92	-10.09
	BJP	Maniram Kashyap	61,967	43.41	+11.50
	AAP	Jagmohan Baghel	2,551	1.79	+0.14
	JCC	Sonsay Kashyap	1,933	1.35	-1.53
	BSP	Ramdhar Baghel	1,751	1.23
	Hamar Raj Party	Lakheshwar Kashyap	1,379	0.97	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,738	1.92	-2.04
Majority			6,434	4.51	-22.67
Turnout			142,742	85.01	+0.98
	INC hold		Swing

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Bastar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lakheshwar Baghel	74,378	58.01	+7.42
	BJP	Subhau Kashyap	40,907	31.91	-1.94
	JCC	Sonsay Kashyap	3,688	2.88	New
	AAP	Jagmohan Baghel	2,121	1.65	New
	Independent	Dulab Suryavanshi	2,034	1.59
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,083	3.96	-0.87
Majority			33,471	27.18	+10.44
Turnout			1,29,232	84.03	-0.25
	INC hold		Swing

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2013: Bastar^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Lakheshwar Baghel	57,942	50.59
	BJP	Subhau Kashyap	38,774	33.85
	CPI	Mansingh Kashyap	3,360	2.93
	BSP	Jagmohan Baghel	2,852	2.49
	Independent	Damru Mourya	2,419	2.11
	Bharatiya Dalit Congress	Baldev Manjhi	2,233	1.95
	SP	Madhu Mourya	1,426	1.25
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,529	4.83
Majority			19,168	16.74
Turnout			1,14,535	84.28
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2008: Bastar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Subhau Kashyap	39,991	41.17
	INC	Lakheshwar Baghel	38,790	39.94
	Independent	Madhu Mourya	6,040	6.22
	BSP	Kunti Kashyap	4,550	4.68
	CPI	Mansingh Kashyap	2,844	2.93
	Gondwana Mukti Sena	Narendra Kashyap	2,722	2.80
	Independent	Damrudhar Kashyap	2,192	2.26
Majority
Turnout			97,129	74.79
	BJP win (new seat)

^ ^a ^b "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
^ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ "Chhattisgarh 2013". 20 August 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
^ "Chhattisgarh 2008". 20 August 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2023.