Bastar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bastar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bastar is among the Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh. The state has 11 parliamentary seats. The Bastar seat includes 9 Meeting segments together with Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Bastar, Jagdalpur, Chitrakot, Dantewara, Bijapur and Konta. The constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) and the Congress are the primary events within the constituency. BJP chief Baliram Kashyap represented the Bastar constituency 4 consecutive occasions in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009.
Bastar Constituency Demographic Profile
As per knowledge from the Election Fee, there have been 13,79,122 voters within the Bastar constituency throughout the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Out of this, 6,63,409 voters had been male and seven,15,672 had been feminine voters. So, feminine voters had been greater than male voters within the constituency. 41 voters belonged to the third gender. 2,871 had been postal votes within the constituency. The variety of service voters in Bastar in 2019 was 1,187 (1,024 had been males and 163 had been girls).
In 2014, the entire variety of voters within the Bastar constituency was 12,98,083. Out of this, 6,32,842 voters had been male and 6,65,241 had been feminine voters. So, feminine voters had been greater than male voters within the constituency. No voter on this constituency belonged to the ‘others’ class. There have been 73 postal votes within the constituency. The variety of service voters in Bastar in 2014 was 97 (93 had been males and solely 4 had been girls).
Bastar 2019 and 2014 Winners (Candidates and Events)
Within the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Congress candidate Deepak Baij received the Bastar seat for the primary time with a margin of 38,982 votes. He was polled 4,02,527 votes with a vote share of 44.05%. He defeated BJP candidate Baidu Ram Kashyap who received 3,63,545 votes (39.79%). The whole variety of legitimate votes polled was 9,12,846.
Within the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, BJP chief Dinesh Kashyap received the Bastar seat for the second time in a row together with a bypoll. He was polled 3,85,829 votes with a vote share of fifty.11%. Congress chief Deepak Karma received 2,61,470 votes (33.96%) and was the runner-up. Kashyap defeated Karma by a margin of 1,24,359 votes. The whole variety of legitimate votes polled on this constituency was 7,69,913.
Bastar Previous Winners
- Dinesh Kashyap (BJP): 2011 bypoll
- Baliram Kashyap (BJP): 2009
- Baliram Kashyap (BJP): 2004
- Baliram Kashyap (BJP): 1999
- Baliram Kashyap (BJP): 1998
- Mahendra Karma (Impartial): 1996
- Manku Ram Sodhi (Congress): 1991
- Manku Ram Sodhi (Congress): 1989
- Manku Ram Sodhi (Congress): 1984
- Laxman Karma (Congress): 1980
- Drigpal Shah Keshri Shah (BLD): 1977
NOTA (Not one of the Above)
In 2019, 41,667 voters (4.56%) opted for NOTA within the Bastar constituency. In 2014, 38,772 voters (5.04%) opted for NOTA within the Bastar constituency.
Bastar Voter Turnout
The whole variety of legitimate votes polled throughout the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections was 9,12,846 or 66.19%.
In 2014, the entire variety of legitimate votes on this Lok Sabha seat was 7,69,913 or 59.31%.
Bastar Ballot Dates
In 2019, the voting happened on April 11 within the Bastar constituency.
In 2014, the voting was held on April 10 in Bastar.
Bastar Consequence Dates
In 2019, the consequence was introduced on Could 23.
In 2014, the consequence was introduced on Could 16.
Variety of Polling Stations
Within the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, there have been 1,879 polling stations within the Bastar constituency.
Within the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, there have been 1,765 polling stations within the Bastar constituency.
 Baliram Kashyap won the Bastar constituency in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009. His son Dinesh Kashyap also represented the seat twice after Baliram Kashyap's death.){kind=link}