Katghora
Assembly seat no. 22 in Chhattisgarh · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 5 times since 2003.
Winner, 2023
Premchand Patel
BJP
Elections held
5
2003–2023
Most successful party
INC
won 3 of 5
Margin, 2023
16,900
10.37% of valid votes
Result, 2023
Runner-up
INCPurushottam Kanwar
- Votes
- 56,780
- Vote share
- 34.83%
- Behind by
- 16,900
Electors
2,14,882
Total votes polled
1,63,032
Valid votes
1,63,032
NOTA votes
1,462
0.90% of votes polled
Turnout
75.9%
Full result, 2023
14 candidates · 1,63,032 valid votes
Premchand PatelBJPwon
73,680
45.2%
Purushottam KanwarINC
56,780
34.8%
Bhuneshwar Singh ShroteyGGP
9,547
5.9%
Engineer Satyajeet KurreyBSP
4,900
3.0%
Surendra Rathore (sonu Bhaiya)JCGP
4,507
2.8%
Chandrakant DixenaAAAP
3,149
1.9%
Jawahar Singh KanwarCPM
2,535
1.6%
Sapuran KuldeepJCCJ
1,327
0.8%
Dilip Kanwar (d. K. Sarjal)APOI
1,157
0.7%
Ravindra MahantIND
1,151
0.7%
Ajay SinghIND
1,132
0.7%
Sudama RamIND
769
0.5%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 5 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Premchand Patel | BJP | 73,680 | 45.19% | Purushottam Kanwar | 16,900 |
| 2018 | PURUSHOTTAM KANWAR | INC | 59,227 | 38.46% | LAKHANLAL DEWANGAN | 11,511 |
| 2013 | LAKHAN DEWANGAN | BJP | 61,646 | 44.70% | BODHRAM KANWAR | 13,130 |
| 2008 | BODHRAM KANWAR | INC | 38,929 | 33.51% | JYOTINAND DUBEY | 6,966 |
| 2003 | BODHRAM KANWAR | INC | 79,049 | 42.33% | BANWARI LAL (BANWARI BHAIYYA) | 3,853 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the Katghora assembly constituency in 2023?
Premchand Patel (BJP) won Katghora in 2023, by a margin of 16,900 votes.
Which party has won Katghora the most times?
INC, with 3 of the 5 wins recorded since 2003.
How many times has Katghora gone to the polls?
5 times, from 2003 to 2023.
Who has won Katghora the most times?
BODHRAM KANWAR, with 2 wins between 2003 and 2008.
