BILASPUR
Assembly seat no. 116 in Madhya Pradesh · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 9 times since 1962.
Madhya Pradesh also has a Lok Sabha constituency called BILASPUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 11 results.
Winner, 1998
AMAR AGRAWAL
BJP
Elections held
9
1962–1998
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 9
Margin, 1998
10,955
11.39% of valid votes
Result, 1998
Runner-up
INDANIL KUMAR TAH
- Votes
- 30,038
- Vote share
- 31.23%
- Behind by
- 10,955
Electors
1,85,447
Total votes polled
96,184
Valid votes
96,184
NOTA votes
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Turnout
51.9%
Full result, 1998
7 candidates · 96,184 valid votes
AMAR AGRAWALBJPwon
40,993
42.6%
ANIL KUMAR TAHIND
30,038
31.2%
KRISHNA KUMAR YADAV (RAJU)INC
21,968
22.8%
SUKHDEV SINGH THAKURAJBP
2,005
2.1%
CHANDAN SARKHELGGP
433
0.5%
SHOBHALAL PRAJAPATIJD
398
0.4%
JASWANT AJMANIIND
349
0.4%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 9 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | AMAR AGRAWAL | BJP | 40,993 | 42.62% | ANIL KUMAR TAH | 10,955 |
| 1993 | B.R. YADAV | INC | 47,388 | 52.99% | MOOLCHAND KHANDELWAL | 13,915 |
| 1990 | MOOLCHAND KHANDELWAL | BJP | 43,043 | 50.31% | B.R. YADAV | 7,576 |
| 1985 | B. R. YADAV | INC | 28,457 | 48.81% | MOOLCHAND KHANDELWAL | 1,142 |
| 1980 | B. R. YADAV | INC(I) | 25,955 | 62.33% | PRATAP SINGH KASTURIA | 12,316 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above