Vaishali Nagar Assembly constituency

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

Vaishali Nagar
Constituency No. 66 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionCentral India
StateChhattisgarh
DistrictDurg
LS constituencyDurg
Established2008
Total electors251,284[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Rikesh Sen
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byVidya Ratan Bhasin

It comprises parts of Durg tehsil, in Durg district.[3] As of 2023, its representative is Shri Rikesh Sen of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election Name Party
Prior to 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008[5] Saroj Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
2013[6] Vidya Ratan Bhasin
2018[7]
2023 Rikesh Sen

Election results

2023
2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Vaishali Nagar[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rikesh Sen 98,272 59.45 +9.73
INC Mukesh Chandrakar 58,198 35.21 -2.18
JCC Yogesh Sahu 2,020 1.22 -6.07
BSP Dinesh Kumar 1,670 1.01
NOTA None of the Above 892 0.54 -1.32
Majority 40,074 24.24 +11.91
Turnout 165,294 65.78 +0.05
BJP hold Swing

2018
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Vaishali Nagar[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vidya Ratan Bhasin 72,920 49.72
INC Badruddin Qureshi 54,840 37.39
JCC Manoj Kumar 10,696 7.29 New
NOTA None of the Above 2,724 1.86
Majority 18,080 12.33
Turnout 146,675 65.73

See also

References
  1. "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  2. "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. "Vaishali Nagar Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BJP's Rikesh Sen wins Vaishali Nagar with 98272 votes". Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  5. "State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  7. "Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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