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Durg (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Member of parliament
  
Tamradhwaj Sahu

State
  
Chhattisgarh

Female electors
  
910,125

Party
  
Indian National Congress

Male electors
  
945,656

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Saja, Vaishali Nagar, Nawagarh, Durg Rural, Bhilai Nagar, Durg City, Ahiwara, Patan, Bemetara

Durg Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh state in central India.

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Assembly segments

Durg Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

  1. Patan (assembly constituency no. 62)
  2. Durg Rural (assembly constituency no. 63)
  3. Durg City (assembly constituency no. 64)
  4. Bhilai Nagar (assembly constituency no. 65)
  5. Vaishali Nagar (assembly constituency no. 66)
  6. Ahiwara (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)
  7. Saja (assembly constituency no. 68)
  8. Bemetara (assembly constituency no. 69)
  9. Nawagarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 70)

These nine assembly constituencies cover the Durg district. Ahiwara and Nawagarh constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.

Members of Parliament

  • 1977: Mohan Bhaiya, Bharatiya Lok Dal
  • 1980: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress (I)
  • 1984: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress
  • 1989: Purushottam Kaushik, Janata Dal
  • 1991: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress
  • 1996: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1998: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1999: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2004: Tarachand Sahu, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2009: Saroj Pandey, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2014: Tamradhwaj Sahu, Indian National Congress

    • References

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