Dantewada Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Dantewada is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Chhattisgarh in India. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST).Areas after delimitation order of 2008
I. Dantewada Tehsil (Including – Geedam CT, Dantewada NP, Bade Bacheli NP, Kirandul M)
General Election 2023
TOTAL ELECTORS 192806, TURN OUT TOTAL: 134532 (69.78%)| CANDIDATE | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 Chaitram Atami | M | 47 | ST | BJP | 57739 | 42.92 |
| 2 Chhavindra Karma | M | 42 | ST | INC | 40936 | 30.43 |
| 3 Bhimsen Mandavi | M | 37 | ST | CPI | 9217 | 6.85 |
| 4 Nota | NOTA | NOTA | 8620 | 6.41 | ||
| 5 Balloo Ram Bhawani | M | 51 | ST | AAAP | 7202 | 5.35 |
| 6 Keshav Netam | M | 49 | ST | BSP | 5427 | 4.03 |
| 7 Amulkar Nag | M | 48 | ST | IND | 3248 | 2.41 |
| 8 Bela Telam | F | 45 | ST | JCCJ | 2143 | 1.59 |
General Election Result 2018
TOTAL ELECTORS : 187438, TURNOUT TOTAL: 113663 (60.64%)| CANDIDATE | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 BHIMA MANDAVI | M | 40 | ST | BJP | 37990 | 33.42 |
| 2 DEVATI KARMA | F | 56 | ST | INC | 35818 | 31.51 |
| 3 NANDA RAM SORI | M | 60 | ST | CPI | 12195 | 10.73 |
| 4 None of the Above | NOTA | NOTA | 9929 | 8.74 | ||
| 5 KESHAV NETAM | M | 45 | ST | BSP | 6119 | 5.38 |
| 6 BALOO RAM BHAWANI | M | 45 | ST | AAAP | 4903 | 4.31 |
| 7 JAYA KASHYAP | F | 48 | ST | IND | 3555 | 3.13 |
| 8 SUDHRU RAM KUNJAM | M | 45 | ST | BYPP | 3154 | 2.77 |
2013 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS
| Candidate | Sex | Age | Category | Party | Votes polled | % Votes polled |
| 1 DEVATI KARMA | F | 51 | ST | INC | 41417 | 38.23 |
| 2 BHIMARAM MANDAVI | M | 35 | ST | BJP | 35430 | 32.70 |
| 3 BOMMADA RAM KOWASHI | M | 54 | ST | CPI | 12954 | 11.96 |
| 4 None of the Above | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | 9677 | 8.93 |
| 5 DHURVA PODIYAMI | M | 27 | ST | BSP | 3008 | 2.78 |
| 6 BHIMA GURUJI | M | 64 | ST | SHS | 2953 | 2.73 |
| 7 SUKAL PRASHAD NAG | M | 64 | ST | IND | 2911 | 2.69 |
October 2008 general election result
| Candidate | Sex | Party | Votes polled | |||
| 1 BHIMA MANDAVI | M | BJP | 36813 | |||
| 2 MANISH KUNJAM | M | CPI | 24805 | |||
| 3 MAHENDRA KARMA | M | INC | 24250 | |||
| 4 PRAMOD KUMAR VEK | M | SHS | 5935 | |||
| 5 LAKSHAMAN TELAM | M | BSP | 2682 | |||
| 6 ANOOP KUMAR TELAM | M | LJP | 2237 | |||
Election held before the delimitation order of 2008
2003 assembly election results
1 . MAHENDRA KARMA was INC candidate. He polled 24572 votes (35.88%).2 . NANDA RAM SORI was CPI candidate. He polled 19637 votes (28.67%).
3 . SONURAM SODI (URF) CHANNOO BHAIYA was BJP candidate. He polled 13041 votes (19.04%).
4 . PINTU RAM was independent candidate. He polled 6385 votes (9.32%).
5 . SUKOO RAM KASYAP was NCP candidate. He polled 4855 votes (7.09%).
ELECTORS : 113625 VOTERS : 68490 POLL PERCENTAGE : 60.28% VALID VOTES : 68490