Bilaspur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bilaspur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh.

Members of Parliament
Year Winner Party
1952 Resham Lal Jangde Indian National Congress
1957 Resham Lal Jangde Indian National Congress
1962 Dr Chandrabhan Singh Indian National Congress
1967 Amar Singh Sahgal Indian National Congress
1971 Ram Gopal Tiwari Indian National Congress
1977 Niranjan Prasad Kesharwani Janata Party
1980 Godil Prasad Anuragi Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Khelan Ram Jangde Indian National Congress
1989 Resham Lal Jangde Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Khelan Ram Jangde Indian National Congress
1996 Punnulal Mohle Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Punnulal Mohle Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Punnulal Mohle Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Punnulal Mohle Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Dilip Singh Judeo Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 Lakhan Lal Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Arun Sao Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results
2019 Indian general elections: Bilaspur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Arun Sao 6,34,559 52.47
INC Atal Shrivastav 4,92,796 40.75
BSP Uttam Das Guroo Gosai 21,180 1.75
Independent Engineer Indrasen Mogre 11,982 0.99
NOTA None of the Above 4,365 0.36
Majority 1,41,763 12.72
Turnout 12,10,261 64.48
BJP hold Swing
2014 Indian general elections: Bilaspur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Lakhan Lal Sahu 5,61,387 51.48
INC Karuna Shukla 3,84,951 35.30
BSP Dharam Bhargav 26,340 2.42
Majority 1,76,436 16.18
Turnout 10,90,583 63.07
BJP hold Swing
2009 Indian general elections: Bilaspur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP
INC
BSP
Majority
Turnout
BJP hold Swing
  • 2014 Lok Sabha Elections

Lakhan Lal Sahu (BJP) : 561,387 votes. (Victory Margin : 176,436 votes)
Karuna Shukla (INC) : 384,951 (She is Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece; she had resigned from BJP in February 2014)

  • 2009 Lok Sabha Elections

Shri Dilip Singh Judeo (BJP) : 347,930. Dilip Singh Judeo died in 2013.
Ms Renu Jogi (INC) : 214,931. Losing candidate, wife of former CM Ajit Jogi

  • 2004 Lok Sabha Elections, Reserved seat for SC candidates.

Winner - Punnulal Mohle (BJP) : 324,729 votes
Runner-up : Dr. Basant Pahre (INC) : 243,176

Assembly segments

Bilaspur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

  • Kota (assembly constituency no. 25)
  • Lormi (assembly constituency no. 26)
  • Mungeli (SC) (assembly constituency no. 27)
  • Takhatpur (assembly constituency no. 28)
  • Bilha (assembly constituency no. 29)
  • Bilaspur (assembly constituency no. 30)
  • Beltara (assembly constituency no. 31)
  • Masturi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 32)

Six assembly segments are in Bilaspur district, Mungeli and Lormi are in Mungeli district, and it also contains Marwahi assembly constituency that is part of Korba (Lok Sabha constituency). Mungeli and Masturi constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.[2]

See also

References
  1. "CandidateAC.xls file on assembly constituencies with information on district and parliamentary constituencies". Chhattisgarh. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
  2. "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.

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