One of the 11 parliamentary constituencies in Chhattisgarh, Surguja Lok Sabha constituency will go to polls in the third phase of general elections on April 23. The Surguja Lok Sabha constituency in Naxal-affected Chhattisgarh covers the entire district of Surguja and borders Jharkhand state.
Surguja District, with its headquarters in Ambikapur town, is currently part of the ‘Red Corridor’ a term used for areas affected by Left-Wing Extremism. The seat is reserved for candidates belonging to the scheduled tribes. The constituency has a huge tribal population.
While the seat was held by the Congress for most of its history, since its inception in 1951, the BJP has held it since 2004 with different MP representing the seat each time. Nand Kumar Sai, Murarilal Singh and Kamalbhan Singh Marabi won from here on BJP tickets in 2004, 2009 and 2014 elections respectively.
Marabi has been denied ticket this time as the BJP decided to not repeat candidates in any of the 11 seats in the state. Renuka Singh is contesting on a BJP ticket and is facing Congress' Khelsai Singh and BSP's Maya Prajapati.
Khelsai Singh represented Surguja in Lok Sabha for three terms -1991, 1996 and 1999. Surguja Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight legislative assembly segments: Premnagar, Bhatgaon, Pratappur (ST), Ramanujganj (ST), Samri (ST), Lundra (ST), Ambikapur and Sitapur (ST).
The Congress hopes to win the seat in 2019 after its impressive show in Assembly elections last year. The Congress won 68 seats in 90-member Legislative Assembly.
The polling on this seat will be held during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 23. Seven constituencies of Chhattisgarh's 11 Lok Sabha seats - Surguja, Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba, Bilaspur, Durg and Raipur- will go to polls in the third phase. The counting of votes of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be conducted on May 23.
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