Durg, Madhya Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Durg (Madhya Pradesh) was won by Tara Chand Sahu (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 1999 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 44,518 votes over Pradeep Choubey. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Durg, Madhya Pradesh, from 1951 to 1999.

Full Election History, 1951–1999

Election	Winner	Party	Votes	Vote Share	Runner-up	Margin
1951	W. S. Kirolikar	Indian National Congress	121,648	63.6%	Gangaprasad (Communist Party of India)	92,226 (48.2 pts)
1957	Mohanlal Bakliwal	Indian National Congress	85,756	49.9%	Ratnakar Jha (Praja Socialist Party)	37,047 (21.6 pts)
1962	Mohanlal Bakliwal	Indian National Congress	88,539	41.7%	Vishwanath Yadava Tamasker (Praja Socialist Party)	28,868 (13.6 pts)
1967	V.Y. Tamaskar	Indian National Congress	108,498	41.2%	M. Bakaliwal (Independent)	34,318 (13.0 pts)
1971	Chandoolal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	163,195	67.4%	Mohanlal Bakliwal (Congress (O))	121,007 (50.0 pts)
1977	Mohan Bhaiya	Bharatiya Lok Dal	177,922	52.9%	Chandoolal Chandrakar (Indian National Congress)	51,575 (15.3 pts)
1980	Chandulal Chanrakar	Congress (I)	183,208	49.3%	Mohan Bhaiya (Janata Party)	112,304 (30.2 pts)
1984	Chandulal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	311,000	64.2%	Dharampal Singh Gupta (Bharatiya Janata Party)	172,594 (35.6 pts)
1989	Purushottam Kaushik	Janata Dal	335,131	54.1%	Chhandulal Chandrakar (Indian National Congress)	110,033 (17.8 pts)
1991	Chandulal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	270,506	49.5%	Manarakhan Lal Sahu (Bharatiya Janata Party)	87,739 (16.1 pts)
1996	Tarachand Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party	269,450	42.4%	Pyare Lal Belchandan (Indian National Congress)	25,747 (4.0 pts)
1998	Tarachand Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party	384,901	50.5%	Jageshwar Sahu (Indian National Congress)	68,718 (9.0 pts)
1999	Tara Chand Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party	389,777	51.2%	Pradeep Choubey (Indian National Congress)	44,518 (5.9 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
W. S. Kirolikar	Indian National Congress	121,648	63.6%
Gangaprasad	Communist Party of India	29,422	15.4%
Udaiprasad	KMPP	20,694	10.8%
Surajansingh	Samajwadi Party	19,584	10.2%

1957

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mohanlal Bakliwal	Indian National Congress	85,756	49.9%
Ratnakar Jha	Praja Socialist Party	48,709	28.4%
Nandlal Sharma	RRP	37,324	21.7%

1962

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mohanlal Bakliwal	Indian National Congress	88,539	41.7%
Vishwanath Yadava Tamasker	Praja Socialist Party	59,671	28.1%
Nandlal Sharma	RRP	39,798	18.8%
Namdas	REP	24,173	11.4%

1967

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
V.Y. Tamaskar	Indian National Congress	108,498	41.2%
M. Bakaliwal	Independent	74,180	28.2%
R. Deshpande	Independent	43,090	16.4%
Ramkrishna	Independent	23,685	9.0%
Goutmanand	Independent	13,795	5.2%

1971

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chandoolal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	163,195	67.4%
Mohanlal Bakliwal	Congress (O)	42,188	17.4%
Brijbhushanlal Agrawal	Independent	13,982	5.8%
Pyara Singh	Revolutionary Socialist Party	9,657	4.0%
Mamdas Sangsurtan	Independent	9,224	3.8%
Mohammad Karim	Independent	3,714	1.5%

1977

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mohan Bhaiya	Bharatiya Lok Dal	177,922	52.9%
Chandoolal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	126,347	37.6%
P. K. Maheshkar	Independent	12,409	3.7%
Sambal Chakravarti	Communist Party of India	8,226	2.4%
Ramyagya	Independent	4,531	1.3%
Ramsingh Kurre	Independent	3,615	1.1%
Aeltemesh M. M. Rein	Independent	3,201	1.0%

1980

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chandulal Chanrakar	Congress (I)	183,208	49.3%
Mohan Bhaiya	Janata Party	70,904	19.1%
Ghanaram Sahu	Congress (U)	31,330	8.4%
P.K. Moitra	CPI (Marxist)	16,071	4.3%
Surendra Sharma	Janata Party (Secular)	9,670	2.6%
Chhotelal	Independent	8,106	2.2%
Dharam Deo Singh	Independent	7,287	2.0%
Chhabil Singh	Independent	6,093	1.6%
Gautam Singh Thakur	Independent	5,568	1.5%
Ram Kumar Tiwari 'Suman'	Independent	5,449	1.5%
Premchand	Independent	5,080	1.4%
Vikram Gangadhar Tamaskar	Independent	4,603	1.2%
Balak Bhagwan	Independent	4,051	1.1%
Aeltemesh Rein	Independent	1,862	0.5%
Sheonnandan Singh	Independent	1,835	0.5%
Bhagwan Das Kabirpanthi	Independent	1,791	0.5%
Mohd Jafar Khan	Independent	1,619	0.4%
Ramyagya Mishra	Independent	1,479	0.4%
Madan Mohan	Independent	1,300	0.4%
P.K. Maheshkar	Independent	1,233	0.3%
Bhagwat Dongre	Independent	894	0.2%
Kachroo Das Lodhi	Independent	844	0.2%
Hemlal Dewagan	Independent	775	0.2%
Hausildar Faiz Ali	Independent	244	0.1%

1984

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chandulal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	311,000	64.2%
Dharampal Singh Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party	138,406	28.6%
Gautam Singh Thakur	Independent	11,772	2.4%
Prabha Devi	Independent	4,948	1.0%
Pila Das Sahu	Independent	4,381	0.9%
Nandkumar Baghel	Janata Party	3,800	0.8%
R. D. Joganesh	Independent	3,028	0.6%
Ganesh Ram Naik	Independent	2,367	0.5%
Roop Chand	Independent	1,537	0.3%
Kamal Jain	Independent	1,362	0.3%
Nandulal Shrivastava	Independent	765	0.2%
Shivanandsingh	Independent	744	0.2%

1989

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Purushottam Kaushik	Janata Dal	335,131	54.1%
Chhandulal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	225,098	36.3%
Milu Ram Deshmukh	Bahujan Samaj Party	11,135	1.8%
S.K.Chauhan	Independent	7,765	1.3%
P.Lakshmi	Independent	5,613	0.9%
Tejwant Chilhare	Independent	4,852	0.8%
Piladas Sahu	Independent	4,501	0.7%
Pawan Dewangan	Independent	4,164	0.7%
Narendra Gupta	Independent	3,723	0.6%
Sheela Gaurkar	Independent	3,083	0.5%
Ramchandra Vishwakaram	DDP	2,342	0.4%
Bhanu Pratap Singh	Independent	2,337	0.4%
Gendalal Jain	Independent	1,801	0.3%
Mahender Kumar Dilliwar	Independent	1,767	0.3%
M.Haleem	LKD (B)	1,437	0.2%
Rajesh Tamrakar	Independent	771	0.1%
Dharam Chand Mohan Bhaiya	Independent	683	0.1%
R.P.Sharma	Independent	646	0.1%
Nazumuddin	Independent	629	0.1%
Iqbal Oberai	Independent	549	0.1%
Ahilya Devi	Independent	513	0.1%
Ajay Kumar	RPK	299	0.0%
Shyam Lal Sahu	Independent	263	0.0%
Mahendra Kumar Sanchete	Independent	253	0.0%

1991

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Chandulal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	270,506	49.5%
Manarakhan Lal Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party	182,767	33.4%
Purushottam Kaushik	Janata Dal	67,052	12.3%
Chain Singh Sahu	Bahujan Samaj Party	6,151	1.1%
Bhagwat Rao Dongra	Independent	4,063	0.7%
Lokesh Kumar Mishra	Independent	2,119	0.4%
K.L. Tiwari	Janata Party	1,972	0.4%
Dhan Singh Rajpur	Independent	1,472	0.3%
Vinod Kumar Patani	Independent	1,435	0.3%
Mahendra Kumar Jain	Independent	1,220	0.2%
Ram Kumar Agarwal	Independent	1,104	0.2%
Suresh Kumar Singh	Independent	861	0.2%
Jageshwar Prasad Sharma	Independent	825	0.2%
Sheo Prasad Markanday	Independent	812	0.1%
Sumermal	Independent	804	0.1%
Chandra Sekhar Reddy	Independent	461	0.1%
M.V. Gaurker	Independent	461	0.1%
G.K. Verma	Independent	398	0.1%
P. Laxmi (W)	Independent	393	0.1%
Thakur Gautam Singh	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	371	0.1%
P. Ramu	Independent	301	0.1%
Kedar Yadav	Independent	297	0.1%
Achchho Singh	Independent	295	0.1%
S.K. Chauhan	Independent	201	0.0%
Santosh Kumar Sahu	Independent	179	0.0%
Hriday Narayan Nirwani	Independent	155	0.0%
Gita Bai Mahanand (W)	Independent	145	0.0%

1996

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tarachand Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party	269,450	42.4%
Pyare Lal Belchandan	Indian National Congress	243,703	38.3%
Paras Nath Patel	Bahujan Samaj Party	29,168	4.6%
Shekh Ansar	Independent	14,333	2.3%
Anjan Lal Chandrakar	AIIC(T)	8,749	1.4%
Bhanuram	Independent	6,843	1.1%
Bhagwat Rao Dongre	Independent	4,755	0.7%
Sidhharth Borkar	RPI(KH)	4,673	0.7%
Bhangwarlal Taori	Independent	4,410	0.7%
Kanchan Singh	SAP	3,801	0.6%
Om Prakash Chaudhary	Shiv Sena	3,256	0.5%
Narayan Chandra Majumdar	Independent	2,957	0.5%
Balvinder Singh	Independent	2,381	0.4%
Anil Jaiswal	Independent	2,321	0.4%
Flander Chandrakar(Babla)	Independent	2,157	0.3%
Ramyagya Mishra	Independent	2,103	0.3%
Girdhari Lal	Independent	1,818	0.3%
Harsh Mantri	Independent	1,462	0.2%
Sudarshan	Independent	1,441	0.2%
Narender Gupta	Independent	1,395	0.2%
Lakhan Lal Meshram	LD	1,369	0.2%
Dhansingh Rajpoot (Thakur Sahib)	Independent	1,290	0.2%
Anil Ras	Independent	1,238	0.2%
Mangilal Nahta	Independent	1,103	0.2%
Prabha Mishra	Independent	1,050	0.2%
M.S. Thitte	Independent	971	0.2%
Imamuddin	Independent	935	0.1%
Sampat Sahu	Independent	838	0.1%
Anil Kalat	Independent	808	0.1%
Kuleshwar Devangan	Independent	802	0.1%
Khan Mohammed Tahir	Independent	788	0.1%
R.S. Mourya	Independent	754	0.1%
Vijay Kumar Tiwari	Independent	687	0.1%
Dhanva Ram Netam	Independent	678	0.1%
Harishankar Tiwari	Independent	672	0.1%
Bishat Chandrakar	Independent	662	0.1%
Rambagas Bharti	Independent	642	0.1%
Satish Deshpande	Independent	638	0.1%
Shobharam Sahu	Independent	625	0.1%
Shekh Kallan Ashrafi	Independent	601	0.1%
Jagdish Bahadur Singh	Independent	600	0.1%
V.C. Pillai	Independent	571	0.1%
Rajesh Sharma	Independent	567	0.1%
Derha Ram	Independent	512	0.1%
Yashwant Kothari	Independent	491	0.1%
Mhander Singh Sanchati	Independent	487	0.1%
Khilavan Singh Devangan	Independent	461	0.1%
B. Srinivas	Independent	433	0.1%
Rajnesh Dubey	Independent	421	0.1%
Ramesh Kumar Sharma	Independent	397	0.1%
Vinod Kumar Gupta	Independent	332	0.1%
Premlal	Independent	329	0.1%
Phool Chand	Independent	304	0.0%
Mohammed Masood Khan	RMEP	285	0.0%
Uma Shankar Pandey	Independent	278	0.0%
Ashok Dongre	Independent	262	0.0%
Rmakant Dani	Independent	258	0.0%
Achchhe Singh (Karantikari)	Independent	252	0.0%
S.K. Chouhan	Independent	214	0.0%
Muktanand Sahu	Independent	209	0.0%
Ashok Kumar Gupta	Independent	186	0.0%

1998

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tarachand Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party	384,901	50.5%
Jageshwar Sahu	Indian National Congress	316,183	41.4%
Lakhan Sahu	Bahujan Samaj Party	32,544	4.3%
Girdhari Lal Nishad	Rashtriya Janata Dal	6,689	0.9%
Chhinnamast Bise Yadav	Samajwadi Party	5,744	0.8%
Vasudha Madavi	GGP	2,968	0.4%
B.L. Sharma	AJBP	2,339	0.3%
Bhau Saheb Bhim Rao Khobragade	RPI	2,318	0.3%
Shreeram Salone Sing	AD	2,314	0.3%
Jitendra Bhagwati Tiwari	RPI(KH)	2,167	0.3%
Hakim Khan	BKKGP	1,590	0.2%
Ram Prasad	Independent	1,231	0.2%
Jagdish Bahadur Singh	Independent	940	0.1%
Bhanu Ram Sahu	Independent	940	0.1%

1999

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Tara Chand Sahu	Bharatiya Janata Party	389,777	51.2%
Pradeep Choubey	Indian National Congress	345,259	45.4%
Bhojram Darsena	Bahujan Samaj Party	14,378	1.9%
Umed Das Banjare	AJBP	2,365	0.3%
Bhagwat Rao Dongre	Independent	1,789	0.2%
Bhausahab M. B. Besekar	Independent	1,654	0.2%
Dev Kumar Netam	GGP	1,457	0.2%
Charan Lal Sahu	Independent	1,409	0.2%
Rajesh Dubey	Independent	1,407	0.2%
Achchhe Singh Krantikari	Independent	782	0.1%
Lokesh Kumar Mishra	RMEP	437	0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

Trend

Durg has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Durg in the 1999 Lok Sabha election?

Tara Chand Sahu (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Durg, Madhya Pradesh, in 1999 with 389,777 votes (51.2%), a margin of 44,518 votes over Pradeep Choubey.

Which parties have won Durg since 1951?

Since 1951, Durg has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal.

What was the closest result in Durg?

The closest result on record for Durg was 1996, when Bharatiya Janata Party beat Indian National Congress by just 25,747 votes (4.0 percentage points).