Dondi Lohara Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India

Dondi Lohara
Constituency No. 60 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Balod
LS constituency	Kanker
Established	2003
Total electors	221,829^[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anila Bhediya
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2018
Preceded by	Neelima Singh Tekam

Dondi Lohara is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2]^[3] It is in Balod district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Year	Member
Prior to 1956: Constituency did not exist
1957	Jhamit Kunwar	Indian National Congress
1962	Jhumuk Lal Bhediya
1967
1972
1977
1980		Indian National Congress
1985	Janak Lal Thakur	Independent politician
1990	Jhumuk Lal Bhediya	Indian National Congress
1993	Janak Lal Thakur	Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha
1998	Domendra Bhendiya	Indian National Congress

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Year	Member
2003	Lal Mahendra Singh Tekam	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Neelima Singh Tekam	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Anila Bhediya	Indian National Congress
2018^[5]
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Dondi Lohara^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Anila Bhediya	102,762	56.43	+15.97
	BJP	Devlal Halwa Thakur	67,183	36.89	+16.29
	Hamar Raj Party	Girwar Singh Thakur	7,793	4.28	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,126	1.72	-1.18
Majority			35,579	19.54	-0.32
Turnout			182,104	82.09	+1.17
	INC hold		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Dondi Lohara^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Anila Bhediya	67,448	40.46
	BJP	Lal Mahendra Singh Tekam	34,345	20.60
	Independent	Dev Lal Thakur	21,360	12.81
	Independent	Janak Lal Thakur	19,242	11.54
	JCC	Rajesh Churendra	13,929	8.36
	Independent	Hiteshwari Kothari	1,902	1.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,842	2.90
Majority			33,103	19.86
Turnout			166,703	80.92
	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.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order – 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ "Chhattisgarh 2013". myneta.info. National Election Watch. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.