Durg (Lok Sabha Constituency)
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Durg Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 Lok Sabha
constituencies in Chhattisgarh
state in central India
.
These nine assembly constituencies cover the Durg district
. Ahiwara and Nawagarh constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
constituencies in Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....
state in central India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Assembly segments
Durg Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:- Patan (assembly constituency no. 62)
- Durg Rural (assembly constituency no. 63)
- Durg City (assembly constituency no. 64)
- Bhilai Nagar (assembly constituency no. 65)
- Vaishali Nagar (assembly constituency no. 66)
- Ahiwara (SC) (assembly constituency no. 67)
- Saja (assembly constituency no. 68)
- Bemetara (assembly constituency no. 69)
- Nawagarh (SC) (assembly constituency no. 70)
These nine assembly constituencies cover the Durg district
Durg District
Durg District is situated in Chattisgarh state of India. Until 2000 it formed part of Madhya Pradesh. District headquarters is Durg. The district covers an area of 8,537 km². The population in 1991 was 2, 397,134 of which 12.4% were members of scheduled tribes...
. Ahiwara and Nawagarh constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.
Members of Parliament
- 1977: Mohan Bhaiya, Bharatiya Lok DalBharatiya Lok DalBharatiya Lok Dal was a political party in India. The BLD was formed at the end of 1974 through the fusion of seven parties opposed to the autocratic rule of Indira Gandhi, including the Swatantra Party, the Utkal Congress, the Bharatiya Kranti Dal, and the Socialist Party...
- 1980: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National Congress (I)
- 1984: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1989: Purushottam Kaushik, Janata DalJanata DalJanata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...
- 1991: Chandulal Chandrakar, Indian National CongressIndian National CongressThe Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
- 1996: Tarachand SahuTarachand SahuTarachand Sahu is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Durg constituency of Chhattisgarh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.-External links:*...
, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... - 1998: Tarachand SahuTarachand SahuTarachand Sahu is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Durg constituency of Chhattisgarh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.-External links:*...
, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... - 1999: Tarachand SahuTarachand SahuTarachand Sahu is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Durg constituency of Chhattisgarh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.-External links:*...
, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... - 2004: Tarachand SahuTarachand SahuTarachand Sahu is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Durg constituency of Chhattisgarh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party.-External links:*...
, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament... - 2009: Saroj PandeySaroj PandeySaroj Pandey has been elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Durg . She was appointed national secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party in early 2008. She has also held party positions at state level. On 8 December 2008, she won election as the first MLA of Vaishali Nagar, a newly formed Vidhan Sabha...
, Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...