The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Chhattisgarh in central India. It is housed in the Vidhan Sabha Bhavan building located in Atal Nagar, near Raipur, the capital of the state. The term of the assembly is five years, unless it is dissolved early. Chhattisgarh is the ninth-largest state in India, covering ; and the seventeenth-most populous state with a population of 25.5 million. The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly has had six terms since its creation. After the latest election in 2023, the assembly is governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party which won 54 out of the 90 seats. The Indian National Congress, the largest opposition party, has 35 seats.

Constituency boundaries are periodically redrawn by the delimitation commission which tries to keep them as geographically compact areas, and with due consideration to existing boundaries of administrative units. The latest census is used to draw the boundaries and every assembly constituency has to be completely within a parliamentary constituency. Since 2000, the Chhattisgarh Assembly has had 90 single-seat constituencies, each of which directly elects a representative based on a first past the post election.

Since the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. According to the 2011 census of India the Scheduled Castes constitute of the population of the state, while the Scheduled Tribes constitute . The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 10 seats in the assembly, while 29 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Tribes.

History +Changes in the constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Year Act/OrderExplanation Totalseats SC-reserved seats ST-reserved seats Election(s) 2000 Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 Chhattisgarh was created out of the eastern parts of Madhya Pradesh. 90 10 34 2003 2008 Delimitation Commission Order, 2008 There were changes in the reservation status and area covered by constituencies. 90 10 29 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023

Constituencies

+Constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Name Reservation District Lok Sabhaconstituency Electorate(2023) 1 Bharatpur-Sonhat ST Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Korba 2 Manendragarh None 3 Baikunthpur Koriya 4 Premnagar Surajpur Surguja 5 Bhatgaon 6 Pratappur ST Balrampur 7 Ramanujganj 8 Samri 9 Lundra Surguja 10 Ambikapur None 11 Sitapur ST 12 Jashpur Jashpur Raigarh 13 Kunkuri 14 Pathalgaon 15 Lailunga Raigarh 16 Raigarh None 17 Sarangarh SC 18 Kharsia None 19 Dharamjaigarh ST 20 Rampur Korba Korba 21 Korba None 22 Katghora 23 Pali-Tanakhar ST 24 Marwahi Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi 25 Kota None Bilaspur 26 Lormi Mungeli 27 Mungeli SC 28 Takhatpur None Bilaspur 29 Bilha 30 Bilaspur 31 Beltara 32 Masturi SC 33 Akaltara None Janjgir–Champa Janjgir–Champa 34 Janjgir-Champa 35 Sakti 36 Chandrapur 37 Jaijaipur 38 Pamgarh SC 39 Saraipali Mahasamund Mahasamund 40 Basna None 41 Khallari 42 Mahasamund 43 Bilaigarh SC Baloda Bazar Janjgir–Champa 44 Kasdol None 45 Baloda Bazar Raipur 46 Bhatapara 47 Dharsiwa Raipur 48 Raipur City Gramin 49 Raipur City West 50 Raipur City North 51 Raipur City South 52 Arang SC 53 Abhanpur None 54 Rajim Gariaband Mahasamund 55 Bindranawagarh ST 56 Sihawa Dhamtari Kanker 57 Kurud None Mahasamund 58 Dhamtari 59 Sanjari Balod Balod Kanker 60 Dondi Lohara ST 61 Gunderdehi None 62 Patan Durg Durg 63 Durg Gramin 64 Durg City 65 Bhilai Nagar 66 Vaishali Nagar 67 Ahiwara SC 68 Saja None Bemetara 69 Bemetara 70 Navagarh SC 71 Pandariya None Kabirdham Rajnandgaon 72 Kawardha 73 Khairagarh None Rajnandgaon 74 Dongargarh SC 75 Rajnandgaon None 76 Dongargaon 77 Khujji 78 Mohla-Manpur ST 79 Antagarh Kanker Kanker 80 Bhanupratappur 81 Kanker 82 Keshkal Kondagaon 83 Kondagaon Bastar 84 Narayanpur Narayanpur 85 Bastar Bastar 86 Jagdalpur None 87 Chitrakot ST 88 Dantewara Dantewada 89 Bijapur Bijapur 90 Konta Sukma

See also List of Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

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