Ambikapur Assembly constituency
| Ambikapur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 10 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Surguja |
| LS constituency | Surguja |
| Total electors | 256,691 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
|
Incumbent Rajesh Agarwal
| |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Ambikapur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. It is in Surguja district.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Parasnath Thakur | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Brij Bhushan | ||
| 1962 | Amresh Prasad | Independent | |
| 1967 | S Tripathi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Devendra Kumari | ||
| 1977 | Prabhunarayan Tripathi | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Madan Gopal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | |||
| 1993 | |||
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | Kamal Bhan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | T. S. Singh Deo | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | Rajesh Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajesh Agarwal | 90,780 | 46.34 |
 12.32
|
|
| INC | T. S. Singh Deo | 90,686 | 46.29 |
 9.9
|
|
| GGP | Balsai Korram | 6,083 | 3.10 |
0.61
|
|
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,168 | 1.11 |
0.77
|
|
| Majority | 94 | 0.05 |
22.12
|
||
| Turnout | 1,95,914 | 75.64 |
3.45
|
||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | T. S. Singh Deo | 100,439 | 56.19 | ||
| BJP | Anurag Singh Deo | 60,815 | 34.02 | ||
| GGP | Gopal Prasad Gupta | 4,459 | 2.49 | ||
| Independent | Tarun Kumar Bhagat | 2,173 | 1.22 | ||
| Independent | Kranti Kumar Rawat | 2,103 | 1.18 | ||
| BSP | Sita Ram Das | 1,322 | 0.74 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 609 | 0.34 | ||
| Majority | 39,624 | 22.17 | |||
| Turnout | 178,749 | 79.09 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||