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Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023

Katghora Vidhan Sabha election result 2023

Premchand Patel (BJP) won by 16,900 votes.
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All candidates and votes

Winner

Premchand Patel

BJPComfortable win

votes

73,680

Margin

16,900(10.4%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Premchand Patel · BJPPurushottam Kanwar · INC
73,68056,780
Candidate (15)votes
  1. 1Premchand Patel✓ WinnerBJP73,68045.19%
  2. 2Purushottam KanwarINC56,78034.83%
  3. 3Bhuneshwar Singh ShroteyGondvana Gantantra PartyDeposit lost9,5475.86%
  4. 4Engineer Satyajeet KurreyBSPDeposit lost4,9003.01%
  5. 5Surendra Rathore (Sonu Bhaiya)Johar Chhattisgarh PartyDeposit lost4,5072.76%
  6. 6Chandrakant DixenaAAPDeposit lost3,1491.93%
See all candidates (+9)
  1. 7Jawahar Singh KanwarCPI(M)Deposit lost2,5351.55%
  2. 8NOTA1,4620.9%
  3. 9Sapuran KuldeepJanta Congress Chhattisgarh (j)Deposit lost1,3270.81%
  4. 10Dilip Kanwar (D. K. Sarjal)Ambedkarite Party Of IndiaDeposit lost1,1570.71%
  5. 11Ravindra MahantINDDeposit lost1,1510.71%
  6. 12Ajay SinghINDDeposit lost1,1320.69%
  7. 13Sudama RamINDDeposit lost7690.47%
  8. 14Milan Das DiwanGana Suraksha PartyDeposit lost5980.37%
  9. 15Kalyan Singh TanwarChhattisgarhiya PartyDeposit lost3380.21%
Total votes1,63,032

Deposit lost: 12 of 14 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 — Assembly election 2023

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
2,14,882

incl. service voters

Votes cast
1,64,196

incl. 975 postal

Turnout
76.41%
Polling stations
253

Turnout of men and women

Women76.3%

81,073 of 1,06,303 voted on EVMs

Men75.7%

82,146 of 1,08,570 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 9; 2 voted.

  • Candidates14
  • Lost deposit12
  • NOTA1,462
  • Valid votes1,61,570

Frequently asked questions

Who won Katghora in 2023?

Premchand Patel (BJP) won with 73,680 votes, defeating Purushottam Kanwar (INC) by 16,900 votes.

How many votes were cast in Katghora in 2023?

Candidates (incl. NOTA) received 1,63,032 votes in total.

What was the turnout in Katghora in 2023?

76.41% — 1,64,196 of 2,14,882 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 76.3%, men's 75.7%.

How many voters does Katghora have?

2,14,882 electors at the 2023 election — 1,08,570 men, 1,06,303 women, 9 third gender (service voters included), and 253 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer