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{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Khairagarh
| mla = [[Yashoda Verma]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| state = [[Chhattisgarh]]
| district = [[Rajnandgaon district|Rajnandgaon]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Rajnandgaon (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajnandgaon]]
| established = 2003
| reservation = None
| electors = {{formatnum:219825}}<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}}
| type = SLA
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by = [[Devwrat Singh]]
| constituency_no = 73
| map_image = Khairagarh Assembly constituency map.svg
}}

'''Khairagarh''' 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 [[Rajnandgaon district|Rajnandgaon]] district.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chhattisgarh 2013|url=http://www.myneta.info/chhattisgarh2013/|website=myneta.info|publisher=National Election Watch|accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
! colspan=4|[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Raja Bahadur Birendra Bahadur Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[1957 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|[[Rituparna Kishore Das|Rituparna Kishoredas]]
|-
|[[1962 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Gyanendra Singh
|-
|[[1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|V. B. Singh
|-
|[[1972 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Vijayalal Oswal
|-
|[[1977 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Manik Gupta
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="4" |Rashmi Devi 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|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
|[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]
|-
|[[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
|[[Devwrat Singh]]
|-
! colspan=4|[[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|[[Devwrat Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|Komal Janghel
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|Girwar Janghel
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]<ref name=election2018/><ref>{{Cite news |title=Constituency: Khairagarh (73)|website=Empowering India Org }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Khairagarh (Chhattisgarh) Assembly Constituency Elections |url=http://www.elections.in/chhattisgarh/assembly-constituencies/Khairagarh.html |website=Elections IN |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref>
|[[Devwrat Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janta Congress Chhattisgarh}}
|-
|2022^
|rowspan="2" | [[Yashoda Verma]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|}
^by-election

== Election results ==

===2023===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]]: Khairagarh<ref name="BJP Candidates CG 2023">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-has-released-first-list-of-21-candidates-for-chhattisgarh-assembly-elections-/articleshow/102802832.cms?from=mdr|title=BJP releases first list of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh|work=The Times of India|accessdate=17 August 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Yashoda Nilamber Verma
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 89,704
|percentage = 49.26
|change = -3.71
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Vikrant Singh
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 84,070
|percentage = 46.16
|change = +5.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 2,312
|percentage = 1.27
|change = -0.31
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,634
|percentage = 3.10
|change = -9.06
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 182,109
|percentage = 82.84
|change = +4.43
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2022 by-election ===
A by-election was needed due to the death of the sitting MLA, [[Devwrat Singh]] on 4 November 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Chhattisgarh MLA Devvrat Singh dies of cardiac arrest at 52|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/chhattisgarh-jcc-j-mla-devvrat-singh-cardiac-arrest-1873120-2021-11-04|access-date=4 November 2021|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title= 2022 By-Election: Khairagarh<ref>{{cite web |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/chhattisgarh-congress-wins-khairagarh-assembly-by-election-cm-bhupesh-baghel-congratulates-newly-elected-mla-2454528.html |title=Chhattisgarh: Congress wins Khairagarh Assembly by-election, CM Bhupesh Baghel congratulates newly elected MLA |date=16 April 2022 |author=Manish Kumar |access-date= 10 June 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = Yashoda Nilamber Verma
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 87,879
|percentage = 52.97
|change = +34.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Komal Janghel
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 67,703
|percentage = 40.81
|change = +5.24
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Viplav Sahu (Churan)
|party = Forward Democratic Labour Party
|votes = 2,412
|percentage = 1.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 2,616
|percentage = 1.58
|change = -0.22
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20,176
|percentage = 12.16
|change = +11.65
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,65,919
|percentage = 78.41
|change = -6.10
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]]: Khairagarh<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>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Devwrat Singh]]
|party = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
|votes = 61,516
|percentage = 36.08
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Komal Janghel
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 60,646
|percentage = 35.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Girwar Janghel
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 31,811
|percentage = 18.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sarju Janghel
|party = Independent politician
|votes = 4,060
|percentage = 2.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Dinesh Singh
|party = Shiv Sena
|votes = 1,775
|percentage = 1.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 3,068
|percentage = 1.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 870
|percentage = 0.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,70,621
|percentage = 84.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh}}

[[Category:Rajnandgaon 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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Khairagarh Assembly constituency - Revision history

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