Akaltara Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India

Akaltara
Constituency No. 33 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir-Champa
LS constituency	Janjgir-Champa
Established	1956
Total electors	222,283^[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raghavendra Kumar Singh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Saurabh Singh

Akaltara is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] It is in Janjgir-Champa district. As of 2023, it is represented by Raghavendra Kumar Singh of the Indian National Congress party.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Year	Member
Prior to 1957: part of Akaltara-Masturi assembly constituency
1957	Thakur Bhuwan Bhaskar Singh	Indian National Congress
1962	Thakur Bhuwan Bhaskar Singh
1967	Ramgopal
1972	Rajendra Kumar Singh
1977	Rajendra Kumar Singh
1980	Dhirender Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
1985	Rakesh Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
1990	Jawahar Dubey	Independent politician
1993	Chhatram Devangan	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Chhatram Devangan	Bharatiya Janata Party

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Election	Name
2003	Ramadhar	Indian National Congress
2008^[6]	Saurabh Singh	Bahujan Samaj Party
2013^[7]	Chunnilal Sahu	Indian National Congress
2018^[8]^[9]^[10]	Saurabh Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2023^[1]	Raghavendra Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2023: Akaltara^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raghavendra Kumar Singh	80,043	47.05	+29.26
	BJP	Saurabh Singh	57,285	33.67	−5.24
	JCC	Richa Ajit Jogi	16,464	9.68
	BSP	Vinod Sharma	5,774	3.39	−34.33
	AAP	Anand Prakash Miri	4,826	2.84	+2.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	897	0.53	−0.91
Majority			22,758	13.38	+12.19
Turnout			170,118	76.53	−0.05
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Akaltara^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Saurabh Singh	60,502	38.91
	BSP	Richa Ajit Jogi	58,648	37.72
	INC	Chunnilal Sahu	27,667	17.79
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,242	1.44
Majority			1,854	1.19
Turnout			155,496	76.58	−2.28
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

References

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^ "State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
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