Pamgarh

Pamgarh constituency falls in the district Janjgir-Champa, situated in the center of Chhatisgarh and so it is considered as Heart of Chhattisgarh.

Pamgarh constituency falls in the district Janjgir-Champa, situated in the center of Chhatisgarh and so it is considered as Heart of Chhattisgarh. The District Head Quarter Janjgir of the district Janjgir-Champa is also called the city of Maharaja Jaajawalya Dev of Kulchury dynasty.

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Dauram Ratnakar, the president of the Chhattisgarh unit of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will be seeking re-election for the fourth consecutive time from Pamgarh. Despite facing tough contest Dauram has managed to scrap through in 1998 where he defeated Shakuntala Singh of BJP by 86 votes and in 1990 when he won for the first time defeating Anand Mishra of Janata Dal by 341 votes.

Congress was a dominant force in the constituency in the early days but the character of the constituency changed with the advent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), erstwhile Bharatiya Jana Sangh and later Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Assembly polls since 1990 show a division of votes in a three way contest between Congress, BSP and BJP.

Year	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Party	Victory margin
1998	Dauram Ratnakar	BSP	Shakuntala Singh	BJP	86
1993	Dauram Ratnakar	BSP	Bishnulal Kashyap	BJP	8,091
1990	Dauram Ratnakar	BSP	Anand Mishra	JD	341
1985	Shiv Prasad Sharma	INC	Bedilal Sharma	BJP	11,676
1980	Shiv Prasad Sharma	INC	Faniram	INC (U)	16,722
1977	Shiv Prasad Sharma	INC	Hemlal	JNP	2,781
1972	Kulpat Singh Kupitram	INC	Netram	BJS	5,461
1967	Mahabir	INC	Netram	BJS	6,586

Detailed Results 1998