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Bastar Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Bastar? — Mahesh Kashyap (BJP), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 55,245 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.
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MP · 2024

Mahesh Kashyap

BJP
Margin: 55,245Comfortable win

Election history — every MP of Bastar

2 elections · newest first

Wins by party

  • BJP 1
  • INC 1
  1. 2024Jun 2024Mahesh KashyapBJPCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Kawasi Lakhma (INC)Margin55,245
  2. 2019May 2019Deepak BaijINCLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Baidu Ram Kashyap (BJP)Margin38,982

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Mahesh Kashyap

BJPComfortable win

votes

4,58,398

Margin

55,245(5.5%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Mahesh Kashyap · BJPKawasi Lakhma · INC
4,58,3984,03,153
Candidate (12)votes
  1. 1Mahesh Kashyap✓ WinnerBJP4,58,39845.5%
  2. 2Kawasi LakhmaINC4,03,15340.02%
  3. 3NOTA36,7583.65%
  4. 4Phulsingh KachlamCPIDeposit lost35,8873.56%
  5. 5Aytu Ram MandaviBSPDeposit lost19,6471.95%
  6. 6Sundar BaghelINDDeposit lost14,2071.41%
See all candidates (+6)
  1. 7Prakash Kumar GotaINDDeposit lost11,2451.12%
  2. 8Kanwal Singh BaghelRashtriya Jansabha PartyDeposit lost8,8000.87%
  3. 9Shivram NagSarv Adi DalDeposit lost8,2790.82%
  4. 10Narendra BurkaHamar Raj PartyDeposit lost4,3870.44%
  5. 11Jagdish NagAzad Janata PartyDeposit lost3,5920.36%
  6. 12Tikam NagwanshiGondvana Gantantra PartyDeposit lost3,0420.3%
Total votes10,07,395

Deposit lost: 9 of 11 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
14,73,810

incl. service voters

Votes cast
10,08,923

incl. 3,321 postal

Turnout
68.46%
Polling stations
1,961

Turnout of men and women

Women67.7%

5,22,436 of 7,71,873 voted on EVMs

Men68.8%

4,83,145 of 7,01,885 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 52; 21 voted.

  • Candidates11
  • Lost deposit9
  • NOTA36,758
  • Valid votes9,70,637

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Deepak Baij (INC)Full result ▾
Candidate (8)votes
  1. 1Deepak Baij✓ WinnerINC4,02,52744.1%
  2. 2Baidu Ram KashyapBJP3,63,54539.83%
  3. 3NOTA41,6674.56%
See all candidates (+5)
  1. 4Ramu Ram MouryaCPIDeposit lost38,3954.21%
  2. 5Aaytu Ram MandaviBSPDeposit lost30,4493.34%
  3. 6Suresh KawasiShiv SenaDeposit lost13,9301.53%
  4. 7Paneesh Prasad NagAmbedkarite Party of IndiaDeposit lost12,4211.36%
  5. 8Mangalaram KarmaAkhil Bharat Samagra Kranti PartyDeposit lost9,9121.09%
Total votes9,12,846

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Bastar?

Mahesh Kashyap (BJP) won Bastar in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 4,58,398 votes.

What was the winning margin in Bastar?

Mahesh Kashyap defeated Kawasi Lakhma (INC) by 55,245 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Bastar?

2019: Deepak Baij (INC)

What was the turnout in Bastar in 2024?

68.46% — 10,08,923 of 14,73,810 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 67.7%, men's 68.8%.

How many voters does Bastar have?

14,73,810 electors at the 2024 election — 7,01,885 men, 7,71,873 women, 52 third gender (service voters included), and 1,961 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer