Kanker Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Kanker 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. Kanker Tehsil (Including M + OG) and II. Narharpur Tehsil
General Election 2023
TOTAL ELECTORS 182944, TURN OUT TOTAL: 149190 (81.55%)| CANDIDATE | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 Asha Ram Netam | M | 42 | ST | BJP | 67980 | 45.57 |
| 2 Shankar Dhruwa | M | 67 | ST | INC | 67964 | 45.56 |
| 3 Hemlal Markam | M | 42 | ST | GGP | 4236 | 2.84 |
| 4 Nota | NOTA | NOTA | 2729 | 1.83 | ||
| 5 Arjun Sing Aachala | M | 44 | ST | IND | 1506 | 1.01 |
| 6 Jayprakash Salam | M | 29 | ST | IND | 1393 | 0.93 |
| 7 Daymand Netam | M | 27 | ST | RJsbhP | 1084 | 0.73 |
| 8 Govind Kumar Darro | M | 42 | ST | IND | 974 | 0.65 |
| 9 Namita Netam | F | 44 | ST | BSCP | 920 | 0.62 |
| 10 Parwati Teta | F | 35 | ST | AJP | 404 | 0.27 |
General Election Result 2018
TOTAL ELECTORS : 170326, TURNOUT TOTAL: 134743 (79.11%)| CANDIDATE | SEX | AGE | CATEGORY | PARTY | VALID VOTES POLLED | % VOTES POLLED |
| 1 SHISHUPAL SHORI | M | 63 | ST | INC | 69053 | 51.25 |
| 2 HIRA MARKAM | M | 29 | ST | BJP | 49249 | 36.55 |
| 3 HEMLAL MARKAM | M | 37 | ST | GGP | 6206 | 4.61 |
| 4 None of the Above | NOTA | NOTA | 3323 | 2.47 | ||
| 5 RAMSAHAY KORRAM | M | 41 | ST | BSP | 3014 | 2.24 |
| 6 BISHAL DHRUW | M | 48 | ST | AAAP | 2016 | 1.50 |
| 7 DEEPAK KUMAR USENDI | M | 32 | ST | IND | 1882 | 1.40 |
2013 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS
| Candidate | Sex | Age | Category | Party | Votes polled | % Votes polled |
| 1 SHANKER DHRUWA | M | 57 | ST | INC | 50586 | 39.99 |
| 2 SANJAY KODOPI | M | 40 | ST | BJP | 45961 | 36.33 |
| 3 MAHENDRA GAWDE | M | 37 | ST | IND | 9727 | 7.69 |
| 4 None of the Above | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | 5208 | 4.12 |
| 5 SMT. MEERA SALAM | F | 36 | ST | BSP | 4197 | 3.32 |
| 6 JHADU RAM NARETY | M | 63 | ST | CSM | 3689 | 2.92 |
| 7 RAMESH NETAM | M | 51 | ST | CPM | 2116 | 1.67 |
| 8 HEMLAL MARKAM | M | 30 | ST | GGP | 1894 | 1.50 |
| 9 MANOHAR NETAM | M | 51 | ST | IND | 1572 | 1.24 |
| 10 UMA SHANKAR BHANDARI | M | 30 | ST | SHS | 1552 | 1.23 |
October 2008 general election result
| Candidate | Sex | Party | Votes polled | |||
| 1 SUMITRA MARKOLE | F | BJP | 46793 | |||
| 2 DR. PREETI NETAM | F | INC | 29290 | |||
| 3 CHANDRA PRAKASH THAKUR | M | IND | 10977 | |||
| 4 SULOCHANA MARASKOLE | F | BSP | 4292 | |||
| 5 MOTIRAM MANDAVI | M | IND | 3838 | |||
| 6 HEMLAL NAG | M | CPI | 3082 | |||
| 7 RAMESH NETAM | M | CPM | 2118 | |||
| 8 MANOHAR NETAM | M | IND | 1095 | |||
| 9 RAMESH KUMAR NARETI | M | APP | 1038 | |||
| 10 RAMLAL KUNJAM | M | CSP | 909 | |||
| 11 RAKESH JURRI | M | SHS | 867 | |||
Election held before the delimitation order of 2008
2003 assembly election results
1 . AGHAN SINGH THAKUR was BJP candidate. He polled 50198 votes (55.11%).2 . SHYAMA DHRUWA was INC candidate. She polled 24387 votes (26.77%).
3 . BHAGWAT NETAM was NCP candidate. He polled 7970 votes (8.75%).
4 . RAMESH NETAM was independent candidate. He polled 3832 votes (4.21%).
5 . AVINASH THAKUR was JD(U) candidate. He polled 2008 votes (2.20%).
6 . RAJENDRA KUMAR THAKUR was SP candidate. He polled 973 votes (1.07%).
7 . RAMESHWAR SINGH DHRUWA was CSP candidate. He polled 902 votes (0.99%).
8 . PRAKASH CHANDRA BHANDARI was YGP candidate. He polled 819 votes (0.90%).
ELECTORS : 133092 VOTERS : 91098 POLL PERCENTAGE : 68.45% VALID VOTES : 91089