Samri Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India

Samri
Constituency No. 8 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Balrampur
LS constituency	Surguja
Established	1951
Total electors	218,557^[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Udheshwari Paikra
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Chintamani Maharaj

Samri is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.^[2]^[3]^[4] It is in Balrampur district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	Shivbaksh Ram	Indian National Congress
1962	Jai Ram	Independent
1967	Larang Sai	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Larang Sai	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Amin Sai	Janata Party
1980	Larang Sai	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Maheshwar Ram	Indian National Congress
1990	Amin Sai	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Amin Sai
1998	Sohanlal

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
2003	Siddha Nath Paikra	Bharatiya Janata Party
2008	Siddha Nath Paikra	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Pritam Ram	Indian National Congress
2018	Chintamani Maharaj	Indian National Congress
2023^[5]	Udeshwari Paikra	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election: Ramanujganj^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Udheshwari Paikra	83,483	45.53	+9.48
	INC	Vijay Paikra	69540	37.93	-11.58
	BSP	Anand Tigga	5034	2.75	-1.30
	NOTA	None of the Above	4981	2.72	-1.12
Majority			29,663	16.26	-4.99
Turnout			183357	83.89	+1.58
Registered electors			218,557
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Samri^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Chintamani Maharaj	80,620	49.51
	BJP	Sidhnath Paikra	58,697	36.05
	BSP	Mitkoo Bhagat	6,587	4.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,250	3.84
Majority			21,923	13.46
Turnout			1,62,825	82.31
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ "New Maps of Assembly Constituency". ceochhattisgarh.nic.in. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ "Chhattisgarh 2013". myneta.info. National Election Watch. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ mint (3 December 2023). "Chhattisgarh Election Result 2023: Full list of winners from BJP and Congress". Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
^ "State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 September 2021.