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Dongargarh Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India

Dongargarh
Constituency No. 74 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
LS constituency	Rajnandgaon
Established	1952
Total electors	209,950^[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Harshita Swami Baghel
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Bhuneshwar Shobharam Baghel

Dongargarh is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2]^[3] It is in Rajnandgaon district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. It is a segment of Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat.

Members of Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Election	Name
1952	Vijaylal	Indian National Congress
1957	Vijaylal
1957	Bhootnath
1962	Ganeshmal Bhandari
1967	Ganeshmal Bhandari
1972	Hiraram Ramsewak
1977	Vinayak Meshram	Janata Party
1980	Tuman Lal	Indian National Congress
1985	Dhanesh Kumar Patila	Indian National Congress
1990
1993
1998

Chhattisgarh Assembly

Year	Member
2003	Vinod Khandekar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Ramji Bharti
2013	Sarojini Banjare
2018^[4]	Bhuneshwar Shobharam Baghel	Indian National Congress
2023	Harshita Swami Baghel	Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Dongargarh^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Harshita Swami Baghel	89,145	51.59	-2.56
	BJP	Vinod Khandekar	74,778	43.27	+11.18
	BSP	Bahadur Kurre	2,032	1.18	-2.18
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,679	0.97	-1.46
Majority			14,367	8.32	-13.74
Turnout			172,810	82.31	-0.39
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Dongargarh^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Bhuneshwar Shobaram Baghel	86,949	54.15
	BJP	Sarojini Banjare	51,531	32.09
	Independent	Tarun Kumar Hathel	6,699	4.17
	BSP	Mishri Lal Markande	5,388	3.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,896	2.43
Majority			35,418	22.06
Turnout			160,127	82.7
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2013

Sarojini Banjare (BJP): 67,158 votes^[5]
Dr. Thaneshwar Patila (INC): 62,474 votes

2003

Vinod Khandekar (BJP): 55,188 votes^[6]
Dhanesh Patila (INC): 40,711 votes

References

^ ^a ^b "Statistical Report on General Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2013". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2003". elections.in. Retrieved 26 June 2020.