Mahasamund Lok Sabha Constituency Constituency number: 9 Total electors: 15,16,177 (2014 estimates) Female electors: 7,58,372 Male electors: 7,57,434 Reserved: No Delimited: No Assembly Constituencies: Saraipali (SC), Mahasamund, Kurud, Basna, Rajim, Dhamtari, Khallari, Bindranawagarh (ST) Results in last four Lok Sabha elections: In 1999 elections, Shyama Charan Shukla from Congress won the election when the constituency was part of Madhya Pradesh. In 2004, Ajit Jogi from Congress became the first MP from this constituency after it became a part of Chhattisgarh. In 2009 and 2014, BJP candidate Chandulal Sahu was elected MP. Demographics: Mahasamund has a population of 10,32,754, mostly rural (89 percent), according to Census 2011. Lying on the border of Odisha, this Congress bastion was lost to BJP in 2009. Congress heavyweight in the state Vidya Charan Shukla has been elected from this constituency six times.
In the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha election, BJP candidate Chandulal Sahu was elected MP.
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