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Rajnandgaon (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Member of parliament
  
Abhishek Singh

State
  
Chhattisgarh

Female electors
  
793,668

Party
  
Bharatiya Janata Party

Male electors
  
794,427

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Dongargaon, Rajnandgaon, Khairagarh, Pandariya, Mohla-Manpur, Khujji, Dongargarh, Kawardha

Rajnandgaon is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh.

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Members of Parliament

  • 1957: Raja Bahadur Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1962: Raja Bahadur Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1967: Padmawati Devi, Indian National Congress
  • 1971: Ramsahai Pandey, Indian National Congress
  • 1977: Madan Tiwary, Janata Party
  • 1980: Shivendra Bahadur Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1984: Shivendra Bahadur Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1989: Dharmpal Singh Gupta, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1991: Shivendra Bahadur Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1996: Ashok Sharma, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1998: Motilal Vora, Indian National Congress
  • 1999: Dr. Raman Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2004: Pradeep Gandhi, Bhartiya Janata Party (Expelled from Lok Sabha)
  • 2007: Devwrat Singh, Indian National Congress (By-elections)
  • 2009: Madhusudan Yadav, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2014: Abhishek Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party

    • Assembly segments

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

  • Pandariya (assembly constituency no. 71)
  • Kawardha (assembly constituency no. 72)
  • Khairagarh (assembly constituency no. 73)
  • Dongargarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 74)
  • Rajnandgaon (assembly constituency no. 75)
  • Dongargaon (assembly constituency no. 76)
  • Khujji (assembly constituency no. 77)
  • Mohla-Manpur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 77)

    • The six assembly constituencies cover the Rajnandgaon district, while 2 are from kabirdham district. Dongargarh constituency is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates, whereas Mohla-Manpur constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates.

    References

    Rajnandgaon (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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