Mahasamund Lok Sabha Constituency

Mahasamund was one of the Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Since 1962, the constituency has witnessed elections won by candidates from several political parties. INC won 7 elections, BJP won 1 election, JD won 1 election, INC(I) won 1 election, and BLD won 1 election.

List of Members of Parliament (MPs) from Mahasamund

Election YearMP NameParty
1999Shyama Charan ShuklaINC
1998Chandrashekhar Sahu (Champu)BJP
1996Pawan DiwanINC
1991Pawan DiwanINC
1989Vidyacharan ShuklaJD
1984Vidyacharan ShuklaINC
1980Vidya Charan Shukla Ravishankar ShuklaINC(I)
1977Brijlal VermaBLD
1971Krishna AgrawalINC
1967V. ShuklaINC
1962Vidya Charan ShuklaINC

Lok Sabha Election Results in Mahasamund

1999 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Shyama Charan Shukla3,40,63549.94
2Chandra Shekhar Sahu "Champu"3,25,20047.68
3Bhagwat KosariyaIND5,7240.84
-All Other Candidates-10,4881.54
Total Votes Polled6,82,047-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1999 Results
Shyama Charan Shukla of INC won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1999 general election, defeating Chandra Shekhar Sahu "Champu" of BJP by a margin of 15,435 votes, equivalent to 2.26% of the total votes polled.

1998 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Chandrashekhar Sahu (Champu)3,32,87449.76
2Pawan Diwan2,85,14242.62
3Motilal Choudhary27,7674.15
-All Other Candidates-23,2193.47
Total Votes Polled6,69,002-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1998 Results
Chandrashekhar Sahu (Champu) of BJP won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1998 general election, defeating Pawan Diwan of INC by a margin of 47,732 votes, equivalent to 7.14% of the total votes polled.

1996 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Pawan Diwan2,50,52141.41
2Chandra Sekhar2,43,58140.26
3Janki Devi Dhruv32,9845.45
-All Other Candidates-77,93112.88
Total Votes Polled6,05,017-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1996 Results
Pawan Diwan of INC won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1996 general election, defeating Chandra Sekhar of BJP by a margin of 6,940 votes, equivalent to 1.15% of the total votes polled.

1991 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Pawan Diwan2,05,36248.86
2Chandrashekar Sahu1,83,88343.75
3ChandrashekarIND7,4581.77
-All Other Candidates-23,5845.61
Total Votes Polled4,20,287-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1991 Results
Pawan Diwan of INC won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1991 general election, defeating Chandrashekar Sahu of BJP by a margin of 21,479 votes, equivalent to 5.11% of the total votes polled.

1989 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Vidyacharan ShuklaJD2,43,12645.74
2Pawan Diwan2,30,23243.32
3Ganpat RamIND19,4663.66
-All Other Candidates-38,7007.28
Total Votes Polled5,31,524-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1989 Results
Vidyacharan Shukla of JD won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1989 general election, defeating Pawan Diwan of INC by a margin of 12,894 votes, equivalent to 2.42% of the total votes polled.

1984 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Vidyacharan Shukla2,33,32557.03
2Ramesh94,18523.02
3Purushottam KaushikJNP44,08210.78
-All Other Candidates-37,5099.17
Total Votes Polled4,09,101-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1984 Results
Vidyacharan Shukla of INC won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1984 general election, defeating Ramesh of BJP by a margin of 139,140 votes, equivalent to 34.01% of the total votes polled.

1980 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Vidya Charan Shukla Ravishankar ShuklaINC(I)1,69,09849.2
2Brijlal VermaJNP67,20119.55
3Purushottam KaushikJNP(S)58,87617.13
-All Other Candidates-48,51914.12
Total Votes Polled3,43,694-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1980 Results
Vidya Charan Shukla Ravishankar Shukla of INC(I) won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1980 general election, defeating Brijlal Verma of JNP by a margin of 101,897 votes, equivalent to 29.65% of the total votes polled.

1977 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Brijlal VermaBLD1,82,05459.92
2Shrikrishna Agrawal1,02,52733.75
3Rupsingh BulwaIND13,8404.56
-All Other Candidates-5,3881.77
Total Votes Polled3,03,809-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1977 Results
Brijlal Verma of BLD won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1977 general election, defeating Shrikrishna Agrawal of INC by a margin of 79,527 votes, equivalent to 26.17% of the total votes polled.

1971 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Krishna Agrawal82,80448.8
2Gyashtri KumariBJS67,24739.63
3Charanlal SahuIND13,1947.78
-All Other Candidates-6,4353.79
Total Votes Polled1,69,680-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1971 Results
Krishna Agrawal of INC won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1971 general election, defeating Gyashtri Kumari of BJS by a margin of 15,557 votes, equivalent to 9.17% of the total votes polled.

1967 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1V. Shukla1,03,88553.76
2D. SinghBJS37,79919.56
3K. BaghelJAC29,63615.34
-All Other Candidates-21,92611.35
Total Votes Polled1,93,246-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1967 Results
V. Shukla of INC won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1967 general election, defeating D. Singh of BJS by a margin of 66,086 votes, equivalent to 34.20% of the total votes polled.

1962 Lok Sabha Election Results: Mahasamund

PositionCandidate NameParty NameTotal VotesVote Share (%)
1Vidya Charan Shukla56,66435.86
2Khoob Chand BaghelPSP53,87234.1
3Dharamjit SinghRRP23,78915.06
-All Other Candidates-23,67014.98
Total Votes Polled1,57,995-
View Detailed Mahasamund Lok Sabha Election 1962 Results
Vidya Charan Shukla of INC won the Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency in the 1962 general election, defeating Khoob Chand Baghel of PSP by a margin of 2,792 votes, equivalent to 1.76% of the total votes polled.