Arang Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Arang is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Chhattisgarh in India. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC).

Areas after delimitation order of 2008

I. Arang Tehsil (Part) – (i) Mandir Hasaud R.I. Circle (ii) Arang R.I. Circle (Part) – 23 – Lakholi PC, 24 – Rasni PC, 25 – Khamtarai PC, 26 – Farfaud PC, 27 – Bana PC, 28 – Kosrangi PC, 29 – Bhainsa PC, 30 – Khorsi PC, 31 – Bhandar PC, 37 – Tulsi PC, 38- Sankari PC, 39 – Banarsi PC, 40 – Deori PC, 41 – Gullu PC, 42-Arang PC, 43 – Paragaon PC & Arang NP

General Election 2023

TOTAL ELECTORS 231375, TURN OUT TOTAL: 178822 (77.29%)

CANDIDATE	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 Guru Khushwant Saheb	M	34	SC	BJP	94039	52.59
2 Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya	M	58	SC	INC	77501	43.34
3 Nota			NOTA	NOTA	2255	1.26
4 Santosh Markandey (advocate)	M	46	SC	BSP	1397	0.78
5 Parmanand Jangade	M	39	SC	AAAP	1394	0.78
6 Advocate Shailendra Banjare (shaktiputra)	M	46	SC	SSBD	1002	0.56
7 Devkarn	M	47	SC	IND	362	0.2
8 Shiv Dahariya	M	48	SC	JAC	298	0.17
9 Shatruhan Barle	M	27	SC	RJsbhP	186	0.1
10 Jagmohan	M	68	SC	RTORP	156	0.09
11 Roshan Lal Bande	M	30	SC	PGSP	131	0.07
12 Denesh Gaykwad	M	47	SC	GNASURKP	101	0.06

General Election Result 2018

TOTAL ELECTORS : 201938, TURNOUT TOTAL: 154978 (76.75%)

CANDIDATE	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 DR. SHIVKUMAR DAHARIYA	M	54	SC	INC	69900	45.10
2 SANJAY DHIDHI	M	45	SC	BJP	44823	28.92
3 SANJAY CHELAK	M	34	SC	JCCJ	27903	18.00
4 SHARDA BANJARE	M	34	SC	IND	3042	1.96
5 NARAYAN PRASAD TANDAN	M	63	SC	IND	1528	0.99
6 DAGESHVAR BHARTI	M	30	SC	AAAP	1423	0.92
7 None of the Above			NOTA	NOTA	1321	0.85
8 SANTOSH KUMAR DAHARIYA	M	36	SC	SHS	1112	0.72
9 SANJAY KUMAR KOSARIYA	M	33	SC	CGVP	1053	0.68
10 NAROTTAM BANJARE	M	30	SC	IND	552	0.36
11 ASHOK SONWANI	M	27	SC	IND	439	0.28
12 GAJENDRA SINGH KOSHLEY	M	28	SC	IND	379	0.24
13 DR. UDAY RATRE	M	51	SC	IND	361	0.23
14 NEHA BAGHEL	F	30	SC	BBC	360	0.23
15 TARJAN JANGADE	M	41	SC	IND	315	0.20
16 RIJHENDRA KUMAR DAHARIYA	M	43	SC	RJSBHP	265	0.17
17 ADVOCATE SHAILENDRA BANJARE (SHAKTI PUTRA)	M	42	SC	SSBD	202	0.13

2013 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

Candidate	Sex	Age	Category	Party	Votes polled	% Votes polled
1 NAVEEN MARKANDEY	M	34	SC	BJP	59067	43.09
2 RUDRA KUMAR GURU	M	36	SC	INC	45293	33.04
3 GANGURAM BAGHEL	M	65	SC	CSM	13004	9.49
4 PAPPU KOSRE	M	55	SC	IND	6769	4.94
5 K.D. TANDAN	M	45	SC	BSP	3639	2.65
6 None of the Above	NOTA	NOTA	NOTA	NOTA	3588	2.62
7 SHRIMATI MEERA TANDAN	F	33	SC	IND	1962	1.43
8 BRIJESH PAL TANDAN	M	35	SC	IND	1366	1.00
9 MANOJ KUMAR BANJARE	M	39	SC	NPEP	1061	0.77
10 OMPRAKASH BANDE	M	40	SC	IND	762	0.56
11 SHAILENDRA BANJARE (SHAKTIPUTRA)	M	38	SC	SSBD	583	0.43

October 2008 general election result

Candidate	Sex	Party	Votes polled
1 GURU RUDRA KUMAR	M	INC	34655
2 SANJAY DHEEDHEE	M	BJP	33318
3 GANGURAM BAGHEL	M	IND	29089
4 ADVOCATE SADANAND MARKANDEY	M	BSP	6291
5 DR. RAMESH PANTHI	M	GGP	1269
6 AMRIT LAL JOSHI	M	JMM	1143
7 ORPRAKASH (UMARIYAWALE)	M	IND	979
8 ANURADHA DUPARE	F	IND	799
9 RAJESH TANDAN	M	ABHM	571
10 MEERA KOSARIYA	F	CGVP	317
11 RATAN DAS SONWANI	M	JD(U)	295
12 ASHOK RATRE	M	BHBP	286

Election held before the delimitation order of 2008

2003 assembly election results

1 . SANJAY DHIDHI was BJP candidate. He polled 48556 votes (50.21%).
2 . GANGU RAM BAGHEL was INC candidate. He polled 30112 votes (31.14%).
3 . DR. SMT. KUNTI KURRE was BSP candidate. She polled 7757 votes (8.02%).
4 . CHAIT RAM TANDAN was NCP candidate. He polled 4352 votes (4.50%).
5 . SARHU TANDAN was independent candidate. He polled 1836 votes (1.90%).
6 . RAMNATH was CSP candidate. He polled 1280 votes (1.32%).
7 . BISHAT KURRE was independent candidate. He polled 1115 votes (1.15%).
8 . RAMNARAYAN BHARATWANSI was independent candidate. He polled 1083 votes (1.12%).
9 . RATANDAS SONWANI was independent candidate. He polled 615 votes (0.64%).
ELECTORS : 129199 VOTERS : 96706 POLL PERCENTAGE : 74.85% VALID VOTES : 96706