| Sitapur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 11 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Central India |
| State | Chhattisgarh |
| District | Surguja |
| LS constituency | Surguja |
| Total electors | 201,660[1] |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Ram Kumar Toppo | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | Amarjeet Bhagat |
Sitapur is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.[2][3][4] It is in Surguja district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Chakrapani Shukla | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Haribhajan Singh | ||
| 1962 | Mokshmadan Singh | ||
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Sukhi Ram | ||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Ram Khelawan | Independent | |
| 1993 | Sukhdev Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Gopal Ram | Independent | |
| 2003 | Amarjeet Bhagat | Indian National Congress | |
| 2008 | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2023[5] | Ram Kumar Toppo | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramkumar Toppo | 83,088 | 50.36 | +17.38 | |
| INC | Amarjeet Bhagat | 65,928 | 39.96 | -16.60 | |
| Independent | Santosh Kumar Khess | 3,264 | 1.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,414 | 0.86 | -2.53 | |
| Majority | 17,160 | 10.40 | -13.18 | ||
| Turnout | 164,980 | 81.81 | +0.51 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amarjeet Bhagat | 86,670 | 56.56 | ||
| BJP | Gopal Ram | 50,533 | 32.98 | ||
| JCC | Setram Bara | 2,495 | 1.63 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 5,189 | 3.39 | ||
| Majority | 36,137 | 23.58 | |||
| Turnout | 1,53,223 | 81.30 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||