Chitrakot Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India

Chitrakot
Constituency No. 87 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
LS constituency	Bastar
Established	2008
Total electors	177,625^[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vinayak Goyal
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Rajman Venjam

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

It comprises parts of Darbha tehsil and Lohandiguda, Tokapal, and Bastanar tehsils in Bastar district, and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Election	Name
1952	Dora	Independent politician
1957	Sukhdu	Indian National Congress
1962	Paklu Joga	Independent politician
1967	M. Ganga	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Ramakonda	Indian National Congress
1977	Lakhan Jaisngh	Janata Party
1980	Lakhan Jaisngh	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	A. K. Turam Nag	Indian National Congress
1990	Dhani Ram Pujari	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Dhani Ram Pujari	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Pratibha Shah	Indian National Congress

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Year	Member
2003	Lachhuram Kashyap	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008^[4]	Baiduram Kashyap	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013^[5]	Deepak Baij	Indian National Congress
2018	Deepak Baij
2019^	Rajman Venjam
2023	Vinayak Goyal	Bharatiya Janata Party

^By Election

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Chitrakot^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vinayak Goyal	63,954	43.73	+10.03
	INC	Deepak Baij	55,584	38.01	-9.30
	CPI	Ramu Ram Mourya	5,051	3.45	-1.84
	AAP	Bomdha Mandavi	4,644	3.18
	JCC	Bharat Kashyap	4,184	2.86	-2.11
	BSP	Sannu Poyam	3,493	2.39
	Sarv Adi Dal	Ramlal Podiyam	2,028	1.39
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,310	5.00	+0.26
Majority			8,370	5.72	-7.89
Turnout			146,248	82.34	+4.22
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2019

2019 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly by-election: Chitrakot^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rajman Venjam	62,097	47.31	+0.38
	BJP	Lachhuram Kashyap	44,235	33.70	+0.09
	CPI	Hidmo Ram Mandavi	6,948	5.29
	JCC	Bomdha Mandavi	6,527	4.97	-0.65
	API	Lakheshwar Kawasi	2,650	2.02	+0.68
	Independent	Ritika Karma	2,575	1.96
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,225	4.74	-2.62
Majority			17,862	13.61	+0.29
Turnout			131,257	78.12	-2.57
	INC hold		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Chitrakot^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Deepak Baij	62,616	46.93
	BJP	Lachhuram Kashyap	44,846	33.61
	JCC	Tankeshwar Bhardwaj	7,494	5.62
	Independent	Dharmuram Kashyap	3,032	2.27
	SHS	Suresh Kawasi	2,297	1.72
	API	Lakheshwar Kawasi	1,791	1.34
	AAP	Dantiram Poyam	1,517	1.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	9,824	7.36
Majority			17,770	13.32
Turnout			132,781	80.69
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "By-election 2019 results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
^ "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.