Bastar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bastar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India. This Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates.[1]

Assembly segments

Like most other Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh, with few seats like Durg (which has nine assembly segments under it) being exceptions, Bastar Lok Sabha seat has 8 assembly seats as its segments. Bastar seat is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
83 Kondagaon ST Kondagaon
84 Narayanpur ST Narayanpur
85 Bastar ST Bastar
86 Jagdalpur None Bastar
87 Chitrakot ST Bastar
88 Dantewada ST Dantewada
89 Bijapur ST Bijapur
90 Konta ST Sukma

Members of Parliament
Year Winner Party
1952 Muchaki Kosa Independent
1957 Surti Kistaiya Indian National Congress
1962 Lakhmu Bhawani Independent
1967 Jhadoo Ram Sunder Lal Independent
1971 Lambodar Baliar Independent
1977 Drig Pal Shah Janata Party
1980 Laxman Karma Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Manku Ram Sodhi Indian National Congress
1989 Manku Ram Sodhi Indian National Congress
1991 Manku Ram Sodhi Indian National Congress
1996 Mahendra Karma Independent
1998 Baliram Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Baliram Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Baliram Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Baliram Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
2011^ Dinesh Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Dinesh Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Deepak Baij Indian National Congress

^ by poll

Election results

General election 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Bastar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Deepak Baij 4,02,527 44.10
BJP Baiduram Kashyap 3,63,545 39.83
NOTA None of the Above 41,667 4.56
CPI Ramu Ram Maurya 38,395 4.21
BSP Aaytu Ram Mandavi 30,449 3.34
Majority 38,982 4.27
Turnout 9,13,761 66.26
INC gain from BJP Swing

General election 2014
2014 Indian general elections: Bastar [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dinesh Kashyap 3,85,829 50.11
INC Deepak Karma (Bunty) 2,61,470 33.96
NOTA None of the Above 38,772 5.04
CPI Bimala Sori 33,883 4.40
AAP Soni Sori 16,903 2.20
Majority 1,24,359 16.15
Turnout 7,69,972 59.32
BJP hold Swing

Bypoll 2011
Bye-election, 2011: Bastar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dinesh Kashyap 2,86,691 47.45
INC Kawasi Lakhma 1,97,807 32.74
CPI Rama Sodhi 49,727 8.23
IND Kawasi Lakhma 32,969 5.46
Majority 88,884 14.71
Turnout 6,04,245 50.58
BJP hold Swing

General election 2009
2009 Indian general elections: Bastar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Baliram Kashyap 2,49,373 44.16
INC Shankar Sodi 1,49,111 26.40
CPI Manish Kunjam 78,420 13.89
BSP Aytu Ram Mandavi 35,098 6.21
Majority 1,00,262 17.75
Turnout 5,64,711 47.33
BJP hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "Final notification on delimitation of Chhattisgarh constituencies" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. 2008-06-02. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  2. "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  3. Election Commission of India. List of contesting candidates

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