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{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bemetara
| state = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| district = [[Bemetara district|Bemetara]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Durg (Lok Sabha constituency)|Durg]]
| established = 2003
| reservation = None
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 69
| mla = [[Dipesh Sahu]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by = [[Ashish Kumar Chhabra]]
| electors = {{formatnum:247204}}<ref name=election2023>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/chhattisgarh-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |title=State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |website=Election Commission of India |date= |accessdate=25 January 2023 |url-access=limited}}</ref>{{update after|2029|1}}
| map_image = Bemetara Assembly constituency map.svg
}}
'''Bemetara''' is one of the 90 [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Chhattisgarh]] state in [[India]].<ref name=ceoMap>{{cite web |url=https://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/en/new-maps-assembly-constituency |title=New Maps of Assembly Constituency |website=ceochhattisgarh.nic.in |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}</ref>

It comprises [[Berla tehsil]] and parts of [[Bemetara tehsil]] and [[Dhamdha tehsil]], all in [[Bemetara district|Bemetara]] district.<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
! colspan=4|[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|V. Y. Tamaskar
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
|Jagtarandas
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Sheolal
|-
| rowspan="2" |Laxman Prasad
|-
|[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
|[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|G. R. Tamaskar
|{{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
|[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| rowspan="2" |Laxman Prasad Vaidya
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|-
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" | Ravendra Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}
|-
|[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Mahesh Tiwari
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|Chetan Singh Verma
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|Mahesh Tiwari
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
! colspan=4|[[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|Chetan Singh Verma
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<ref name="election2008">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3883-chhattisgarh-2008/ |accessdate=31 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|[[Tamradhwaj Sahu]]
|-
|[[2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<ref name="election2013">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3884-chhattisgarh-2013/ |accessdate=31 December 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|Awadhesh Singh Chandel
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]<ref name="election2018" />
|[[Ashish Kumar Chhabra]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|[[Dipesh Sahu]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

== Election results ==

=== 2023 ===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]]: Bemetara<ref name=election2023/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Dipesh Sahu]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 97,731
|percentage = 49.60
|change = +20.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ashish Kumar Chhabra]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 88,597
|percentage = 44.97
|change = +1.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Rohit Sinha
|party = Independent politician
|votes = 2,880
|percentage = 1.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Jitendra Navrange
|party = Independent politician
|votes = 2,165
|percentage = 1.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 498
|percentage = 0.25
|change = -1.94
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 9,134
|percentage = 4.63
|change = -9.91
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 197,031
|percentage = 79.70
|change = +1.23
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018]]: Bemetara<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9643-statistical-data-of-general-election-to-chhatisgarh-assembly/ |title=Statistical data of General Election to Chhatisgarh Assembly - 2018 |website=Election Commission of India |accessdate= 3 February 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Ashish Kumar Chhabra]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 74,914
|percentage = 43.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Awadhesh Singh Chandel
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 49,783
|percentage = 28.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Yogesh Tiwari
|party = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
|votes = 28,332
|percentage = 16.40
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sanjeev Agrawal
|party = Independent politician
|votes = 4,374
|percentage = 2.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sohan Lal Nishad
|party = Independent politician
|votes = 4,275
|percentage = 2.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Churaman Singh Sahu
|party = None of the above
|votes = 1,713
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 3,789
|percentage = 2.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 25,131
|percentage = 14.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 172,807
|percentage = 78.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Bemetara district]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh}}

[[Category:Bemetara district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Politics of Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:2003 establishments in Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 2003]]
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Bemetara Assembly constituency - Revision history

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