Sarguja (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency is one of the eleven Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.

Assembly segments

Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. It is composed of the following assembly segments:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
4 Premnagar None Surajpur
5 Bhatgaon None Surajpur
6 Pratappur ST Balrampur
7 Ramanujganj ST Balrampur
8 Samri ST Balrampur
9 Lundra ST Surguja
10 Ambikapur None Surguja
11 Sitapur ST Surguja

Members of Parliament

Year Winner Party
1952 C.S. Singh Deo Indian National Congress
Babu Nath Singh
1957 C.S. Singh Deo
Babu Nath Singh
1962 Babu Nath Singh
1967
1971
1977 Larang Sai Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Chaktadhari Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Lal Vijay Pratap Singh Indian National Congress
1989 Larang Sai Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Khelsai Singh Indian National Congress
1996
1998 Larang Sai Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Khelsai Singh Indian National Congress
2004 Nand Kumar Sai Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Murarilal Singh
2014 Kamalbhan Singh Marabi
2019 Renuka Singh

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Sarguja
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Renuka Singh 6,63,711 51.82 +2.53
INC Khelsai Singh 5,05,838 39.5 +2.6
GGP Asha Devi Poya 24,463 1.91
BSP Maya Bhagat 18,534 1.45 -0.37
NOTA None of the Above 29,265 2.29
Majority 1,57,873 12.32 -0.07
Turnout 12,81,216 77.40
BJP hold Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Sarguja
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kamalbhan Singh Marabi 5,85,336 49.29 -2.43
INC Ramdeo Tirkey 4,38,100 36.90 +4.98
NOTA None of the above 31,104 2.62
BSP Dharmjeet Singh Markam 21,633 1.82 -0.75
Independent Rajnath 15,515 1.31 New
Majority 1,47,236 12.39
Turnout 11,33,514 77.96
BJP hold Swing -2.43

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Sarguja
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Murarilal Singh 4,16,532 51.73
INC Bhanu Pratap Singh 2,56,984 31.92
BSP Dhan Singh Dhurve 20,700 2.57
IND. Suraj Deo Singh Khairwar 20,488 2.54
JMM Anoop Minj 15,021 1.87
Majority 1,59,548 19.81
Turnout 8,05,202 61.62
BJP hold Swing