Rajim Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Rajim is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Chhattisgarh in India.

Areas after delimitation order of 2008

I. Rajim Tehsil (Including Rajim NP New), II. Bindranawagarh Tehsil (Part) – (i) Churra R.I. Circle (Part) (Except 14 Semhara PC, 15 Kansinghi PC and 16 Kunderadadar PC), (iii) Gariyaband R.I. Circle (Part) – 20- Kochbay PC, 21- Malgaon PC, 22 – Patharmohada PC and 25 Gariaband PC

General Election 2023

TOTAL ELECTORS 228453, TURN OUT TOTAL: 192226 (84.14%)

CANDIDATE	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 Rohit Sahu	M	45	GEN	BJP	96423	50.16
2 Amitesh Shukla	M	66	GEN	INC	84512	43.96
3 Santu Dhruw	M	58	GEN	IND	3240	1.69
4 Nota			NOTA	NOTA	2506	1.3
5 Santosh Kumar Sahu	M	38	GEN	BSCP	1275	0.66
6 Hirendra Kumar Ghrithlahare	M	30	SC	BSP	1088	0.57
7 Tejram Sahu (vidrohi)	M	43	GEN	AAAP	1013	0.53
8 Bhuneshwar Nishad	M	48	GEN	JCCJ	890	0.46
9 Roshan Devangan	M	32	GEN	LCPY	435	0.23
10 Ganesh Soni	M	45	GEN	IND	343	0.18
11 Aashiya Khan	F	28	GEN	GGP	262	0.14
12 Devkaran Sahu	M	29	GEN	JCGP	239	0.12

General Election Result 2018

TOTAL ELECTORS : 211977, TURNOUT TOTAL: 175553 (82.82%)

CANDIDATE	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 AMITESH SHUKLA	M	61	GEN	INC	99041	56.42
2 SANTOSH UPADHYAY	M	58	GEN	BJP	40909	23.30
3 ROHIT SAHU	M	40	GEN	JCCJ	23776	13.54
4 None of the Above			NOTA	NOTA	4844	2.76
5 VISHWANATH SONWANI	M	42	GEN	IND	1474	0.84
6 BHUSHAN SAHU	M	48	GEN	BSCP	1136	0.65
7 TEJRAM SAHU VIDROHI	M	38	GEN	CPIM	934	0.53
8 PARDESHI RAM DHRUW	M	50	ST	GGP	769	0.44
9 DEVRAJ THAKUR	M	63	GEN	IND	662	0.38
10 RAJA THAKUR	M	31	GEN	AAAP	610	0.35
11 GANESH SONI URF BABA	M	43	GEN	IND	574	0.33
12 GOPAL JETHI	M	64	GEN	IND	420	0.24
13 FALENDRA KUMAR SAHU	M	32	GEN	PSPU	404	0.23

2013 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

Candidate	Sex	Age	Category	Party	Votes polled	% Votes polled
1 SANTOSH UPADHYAY	M	53	GEN	BJP	69625	44.96
2 AMITESH SHUKLA	M	56	GEN	INC	67184	43.38
3 DR. SHWETA SHARMA	F	35	GEN	IND	6139	3.96
4 None of the Above	NOTA	NOTA	NOTA	NOTA	5673	3.66
5 LAXMI UPADHYAY	M	48	GEN	GGP	1610	1.04
6 COMRADE TEJRAM VIDROHI	M	33	GEN	CPIM	1026	0.66
7 RAJESH SINHA	M	39	GEN	BSP	760	0.49
8 MUKESH PANDE	M	26	GEN	NCP	714	0.46
9 CHANDRAHAS SINHA	M	43	GEN	IND	638	0.41
10 BHUNESHWAR YADAV	M	44	GEN	RABP	575	0.37
11 PRAVEEN DEWANGAN	M	42	GEN	SP	550	0.36
12 DEVNATH SAHU	M	61	GEN	CSM	382	0.25

October 2008 general election result

Candidate	Sex	Party	Votes polled
1 AMITESH SHUKL	M	INC	55803
2 SANTOSH UPADHYAY	M	BJP	51887
3 ABHISHEK MISHRA (SONA MAHARAJ)	M	IND	6349
4 SHRIKANT KASER	M	IND	4777
5 PREM SHANKAR GOTIYA	M	BSP	2521
6 SIYARAM SINHA	M	IND	1650
7 SULTAN SINGH SATNAM	M	IND	920
8 DANSINGH NISHAD	M	JCGP	830
9 KISHUN SINGH DHRUV	M	GGP	757
10 FAGURAM SAHU	M	SHS	745
11 TEJRAM SAHU	M	IND	644
12 SMT KUMALATA SAHU	F	CGVP	277

Election held before the delimitation order of 2008

2003 assembly election results

1 . CHANDULAL SAHU was BJP candidate. He polled 57798 votes (45.26%).
2 . AMITESH SHUKLA was INC candidate. He polled 45922 votes (35.96%).
3 . DR. ANAND MATAWALE (GURUJI) was independent candidate. He polled 8668 votes (6.79%).
4 . LOKESH PANDEY was NCP candidate. He polled 5787 votes (4.53%).
5 . SULTAN SINGH SATNAM was independent candidate. He polled 4601 votes (3.60%).
6 . KALI RAM SAHU was BSP candidate. He polled 1864 votes (1.46%).
7 . JAGESHWAR RAM was independent candidate. He polled 1169 votes (0.92%).
8 . SHAMBHU RAM KUNJAM (PAINTER) was GGP candidate. He polled 828 votes (0.65%).
9 . RAJENDRA BHARTIYA was AD candidate. He polled 548 votes (0.43%).
10 . MANOJ KUMAR CHANDRAKAR was SP candidate. He polled 515 votes (0.40%).
ELECTORS : 160809 VOTERS : 127700 POLL PERCENTAGE : 79.41% VALID VOTES : 127700