Mahasamund Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

A pivotal vote-bank of the Congress, the Mahasamund Lok Sabha seat in the Maoism-infected state of Chhattisgarh is one of the 11 constituencies in the state. According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Mahasamund Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 9) were 1,369,154 of which 685,462 are females and 683,692 are males. The Mahasamund constituency covers the entire district of Mahasamund, while spreading over portions of the Raipur and Dhamtari districts.

Out of the eight Assembly constituencies that make up this Lok Sabha segment, only two segments, namely Saraipali and Dhamtari, are reserved for candidates belonging to the marginalized sections of society. The Saraipali, Basna, Khallari and Mahasamund assembly segments together cover the Mahasamund District, while Rajim and Bindranawagarh assembly segments are part of Raipur District. On the other hand, Kurud and Dharamjaigarh constituencies are part of the Dhamtari District. This Parliamentary constituency holds political significance, as it brought to power former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi of the Congress (2004 parliamentary elections). The economy in this region is solely reliant on agriculture, although heavy industries such as paper-making, steel and handicrafts are famous and growing. Mahasamund is a fairly sparsely populated region, having only 776,217 people (2011 census).

Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Mahasamund Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Mahasamund parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Mahasamund constituency is Shri Chandu Lal Sahu of BJP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	9	Mahasamund	GEN	Chandu Lal Sahu (Chandu Bhaiya)	M	BJP	503514	Ajit Jogi	M	INC	502297
2009	9	Mahasamund	GEN	Sahu,Shri Chandu Lal	M	BJP	371201	Motilal Sahu	M	INC	319726
2004	7	Mahasamund	GEN	Ajit Jogi	M	INC	414647	Vidhya Charan Shukla	M	BJP	296142
1999	18	Mahasamund	GEN	Shyama Charan Shukla	M	INC	340635	Chandra Shekhar Sahu " Champu"	M	BJP	325200
1998	18	Mahasamund	GEN	Chandrashekhar Sahu (Champu)	M	BJP	332874	Pawan Diwan	M	INC	285142
1996	18	Mahasamund	GEN	Pawan Diwan	M	INC	250521	Chandra Sekhar	M	BJP	243581
1991	18	Mahasamund	GEN	Pawan Diwan	M	INC	205362	Chandrashekar Sahu	M	BJP	183883
1989	18	Mahasamund	GEN	Vidyacharan Shukla	M	JD	243126	Pawan Diwan	M	INC	230232
1984	18	Mahasamund	GEN	Vidyacharan Shukla	M	INC	233325	Ramesh	M	BJP	94185
1980	18	Mahasamund	GEN	Vidya Charan Shukla Ravishankar Shukla	M	INC(I)	169098	Brijlal Verma	M	JNP	67201
1977	18	Mahasamund	GEN	Brijlal Verma	M	BLD	182054	Shrikrishna Agrawal	M	INC	102527
1971	14	Mahasamund	GEN	Krishna Agrawal	M	INC	82804	Gyashtri Kumari	F	BJS	67247
1967	14	Mahasamund	GEN	V. Shukla	M	INC	103885	D. Singh	M	BJS	37799
1964	By Polls	Mahasamund	GEN	V.C.Shukla	M	INC	46671	Purshottamlal	M	PSP	24850
1962	15	Mahasamund	GEN	Vidya Charan Shukla	M	INC	56664	Khoob Chand Baghel	M	PSP	53872
1952	By Polls	Mahasamund	GEN	M. Bagdi	M	KMPP	49938	Nemichand	M	INC	41770
1951	4	Mahasamund	GEN	Sheodas Daga	M	INC	110886	Adwaitgir	M	KMPP	48292

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Mahasamund Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Mahasamund parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Saraipali (SC)	Mahasamund	Kurud
Basna	Rajim	Dhamtari
Khallari	Bindranawagarh (ST)