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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kawardha<br />
| mla = [[Vijay Sharma (politician)|Vijay Sharma]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| constituency_no = 72<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]<br />
| preceded_by = [[Mohammad Akbar (politician)|Mohammad Akbar]]<br />
| state = [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
| district = [[Kabirdham district|Kabirdham]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency|Rajnandgaon]]<br />
| established = 1951<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = {{formatnum:331671}}<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}}<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = Kawardha Assembly constituency map.svg<br />
}}<br />
'''Kawardha''' is one of the 90 [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Chhattisgarh]] state in [[India]].<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008 |website=Election Commission of India |date=26 November 2008 |accessdate= 12 February 2021}}</ref><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| access-date=1 September 2021}}</ref> It is in [[Kabirdham district|Kabirdham]] district and is a segment of [[Rajnandgaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajnandgaon]] Lok Sabha seat. The seat used to be part of [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] when Chhattisgarh was part of MP.<br />
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== Members of Assembly ==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=4|[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
|Gangaprasad<br />
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}" |<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Ram Rajya Parishad]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|[[Dharamraj Singh]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|[[Vishwaraj Pratap Singh]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|T. V. Singh<br />
|{{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|Kumar Yashwant Raj Singh<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|Rani Shashi Prabha Devi<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad}}" |<br />
|[[Ram Rajya Parishad]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|Hamidullah Khan<br />
|{{party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|Rani Shashi Prabha Devi<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Raman Singh]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]<br />
|[[Yogeshwar Raj Singh]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=4|[[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]<ref name="elections20032">{{cite web|title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2003|url=https://www.elections.in/chhattisgarh/assembly-constituencies/2003-election-results.html|website=elections.in|accessdate=2020-06-26}}</ref><br />
|[[Yogeshwar Raj Singh]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]<ref name="elections2008">{{cite web|title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2008|url=https://www.elections.in/chhattisgarh/assembly-constituencies/2008-election-results.html|website=elections.in|accessdate=2020-06-26}}</ref><br />
|Siyaram Sahu<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]<ref name="elections20132">{{cite web|title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2013|url=https://www.elections.in/chhattisgarh/assembly-constituencies/2013-election-results.html|website=elections.in|accessdate=2020-06-26}}</ref><br />
|Ashok Sahu<br />
|-<br />
|[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]<ref name="Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections Seat Wise Results 2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/chhattisgarh/seat-change|title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections Seat Wise Results 2018|last1=NDTV|date=2018|work=|accessdate=13 October 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013175629/https://www.ndtv.com/elections/chhattisgarh/seat-change|archivedate=13 October 2023|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Chhattisgarh Seat Wise Results Full List of Constituency">{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/chhattisgarh-constituency-results|title=Chhattisgarh Seat Wise Results Full List of Constituency, Candidate, Party, Status Wise Result|last1=India TV News|first1=|date=2018|accessdate=13 October 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013180535/https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/chhattisgarh-constituency-results|archivedate=13 October 2023|language=en}}</ref><br />
|[[Mohammad Akbar (politician)|Mohammad Akbar]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]<ref name="Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023: Full list of winners">{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-result-2023-full-list-of-winners-2471258-2023-12-03|title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023: Full list of winners|last1=India Today|date=3 December 2023|accessdate=14 December 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214053510/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-result-2023-full-list-of-winners-2471258-2023-12-03|archivedate=14 December 2023|language=en}}</ref><ref name="ఛత్తీస్గఢ్ అసెంబ్లీ ఎన్నికల ఫలితాలు-2023 - BBC News తెలుగు">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/telugu/resources/idt-f678540c-cb25-4dcd-8cab-8de65ce9474f|title=ఛత్తీస్గఢ్ అసెంబ్లీ ఎన్నికల ఫలితాలు-2023 - BBC News తెలుగు|last1=బీబీసీ News తెలుగు|date=3 December 2023|accessdate=10 December 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210104040/https://www.bbc.com/telugu/resources/idt-f678540c-cb25-4dcd-8cab-8de65ce9474f|archivedate=10 December 2023|last2=|first2=|language=te-IN}}</ref><br />
| [[Vijay Sharma (politician)|Vijay Sharma]] <br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
<br />
=== 2023 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kawardha<ref name=election2023/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Vijay Sharma (politician)|Vijay Sharma]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 144,257<br />
|percentage = 53.22<br />
|change = +21.22<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Mohammad Akbar (politician)|Mohammad Akbar]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 104,665<br />
|percentage = 38.62<br />
|change = -18.01<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Khadgraj Singh<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|votes = 6,334<br />
|percentage = 2.34<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = 925<br />
|percentage = 0.34<br />
|change = -0.05<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = 39,592<br />
|percentage = 14.60<br />
|change = -10.03<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = 271,047<br />
|percentage = 81.72<br />
|change = -0.78<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2018 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018]]: Kawardha<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9643-statistical-data-of-general-election-to-chhatisgarh-assembly/ |title=State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |website=Election Commission of India |date= |accessdate= 1 September 2021}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Mohammad Akbar (politician)|Mohammad Akbar]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 136,320<br />
|percentage = 56.63<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ashok Sahu<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 77,036<br />
|percentage = 32.00<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ramkhilawan Dahariya<br />
|party = Independent politician<br />
|votes = 6,604<br />
|percentage = 2.74<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Agam Das Anant<br />
|party = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh<br />
|votes = 6,250<br />
|percentage = 2.60<br />
|change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ram Kumar Sahu<br />
|party = Independent politician<br />
|votes = 2,947<br />
|percentage = 1.22<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = 949<br />
|percentage = 0.39<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 59,284<br />
|percentage = 24.63<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 240,739<br />
|percentage = 82.50<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===2013===<br />
* Ashok Sahu (BJP) : 93,645 votes <ref name="elections2013">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/chhattisgarh/assembly-constituencies/2013-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2013|accessdate=2020-06-26}}</ref><br />
* Akbar Bhai (INC) : 91,087<br />
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===2003===<br />
* Yogeshwar Raj Singh (INC) : 51,092 votes <ref name="elections2003">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/chhattisgarh/assembly-constituencies/2003-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2003|accessdate=2020-06-26}}</ref><br />
* Dr. Siyaram Sahu (BJP) : 46,904<br />
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===1998===<br />
* Yogeshwar Raj Singh (INC) : 52,950 votes <ref name="elections1998">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1998-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1998|accessdate=2020-06-26}}</ref><br />
* Dr. [[Raman Singh]] (BJP) : 37,524<br />
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===1962===<br />
* Vishwaraj Singh (RRP) : 16,660 votes <ref name="elections1962">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/madhya-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1962|accessdate=2020-06-26}}</ref><br />
* Shyamprasad Awasthi (INC) : 6,536<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kabirdham district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh}}<br />
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[[Category:Kabirdham district]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]</div>
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