Raipur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh. The constituency consist of Raipur District and Baloda Bazar district. This Constituency is one of the important constituency in India. Bilaspur-Durg-Raipur Lok Sabha constituency During the 1951-52 Lok Sabha elections, Bilaspur, Durg and Raipur formed a joint parliamentary constituency. This arrangement continued until the 1956 delimitation, when the areas were separated into present three distinct constituencies.
The joint constituency elected two Members of Parliament, Bhupendra Nath Mishra & Agam Dass Guru. After Guru Agam Das Guru's death in 1955, his wife Minimata won the subsequent by-election, becoming the third representative from this region.
Vidhan Sabha segments Raipur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: NameDistrictMemberPartyLeadingBaloda BazarBaloda BazarTank Ram Verma BhataparaInder Kumar Sao DharsiwaRaipurAnuj Sharma Raipur RuralMotilal SahuRaipur City WestRajesh MunatRaipur City NorthPurandar MishraRaipur City SouthSunil Kumar SoniArang (SC)Guru Khushwant SahebAbhanpurIndra Kumar Sahu
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty1952Bhupendra Nath Misra Agam Dass Guru 1955^ Minimata Agam Dass Guru1957Birendra Bahadur Singh Keshar Kumari Devi 1962Keshar Kumari Devi 1967Lakhan Lal Gupta1971Vidya Charan Shukla1977Purushottam Kaushik1980Keyur BhushanIndian National Congress19841989Ramesh Bais1991Vidya Charan Shukla1996Ramesh Bais 199819992004200920142019Sunil Kumar Soni2024Brijmohan Agrawal
Election results 2024
2019
2014 results
2009 results
2004 results
1977 Election Purushottam Lal Kaushik (BLD) : 186,296 votes Vidyacharan Shukla (INC) : 102,684
See also Raipur List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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