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Raipur, Madhya Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Raipur (Madhya Pradesh) was won by Ramesh Bais (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 1999 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 80,060 votes over Jugal Kishore Sahu. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, from 1957 to 1999.

Full Election History, 1957–1999

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Raja Birendra Bahadur Singh (S. T. ) Indian National Congress 192,833 30.4% Rani Keshar Kumari Devi (S. T. ) (Indian National Congress) 4,168 (0.7 pts)
1962 Keshar Kumari Devi Indian National Congress 93,807 39.3% Prayag Singh (Jharkhand Party) 15,391 (6.5 pts)
1967 L. Gupta Indian National Congress 103,863 37.4% J. B. Kriplani (JAC) 24,415 (8.8 pts)
1971 Vidyacharan Shukla Indian National Congress 138,333 59.5% Baburao Patel (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 84,904 (36.5 pts)
1977 Purushottam Lal Kaushik Bharatiya Lok Dal 186,296 60.8% Vidyacharan Shukla (Indian National Congress) 83,612 (27.3 pts)
1980 Kayur Bhushan Mathura Prasad Congress (I) 140,566 46.6% Pawan Diwan Sukhramdhar (Independent) 66,309 (22.0 pts)
1984 Kaiyur Bhushan Indian National Congress 223,192 58.3% Ramesh Bais (Bharatiya Janata Party) 104,041 (27.2 pts)
1989 Ramesh Bais Bharatiya Janata Party 271,599 53.9% Kayer Bhushan (Indian National Congress) 84,479 (16.8 pts)
1991 Vidyacharan Shukla Indian National Congress 188,335 45.1% Ramesh Bais (Bharatiya Janata Party) 959 (0.2 pts)
1996 Ramesh Vaish Bharatiya Janata Party 252,990 45.6% Dhanender Sahu (Indian National Congress) 50,739 (9.1 pts)
1998 Ramesh Bais Bharatiya Janata Party 344,380 49.4% Vidyacharan Shukl (Indian National Congress) 83,379 (12.0 pts)
1999 Ramesh Bais Bharatiya Janata Party 354,736 53.7% Jugal Kishore Sahu (Indian National Congress) 80,060 (12.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raja Birendra Bahadur Singh (S. T. ) Indian National Congress 192,833 30.4%
Rani Keshar Kumari Devi (S. T. ) Indian National Congress 188,665 29.7%
Sinha Kashiprasad Praja Socialist Party 80,378 12.7%
Bajpai Sheokumar Bharatiya Jana Sangh 68,570 10.8%
Nakchhedu Bharatiya Jana Sangh 52,236 8.2%
Khare Radheshyam Independent 33,608 5.3%
Kanwalsingh Independent 18,390 2.9%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Keshar Kumari Devi Indian National Congress 93,807 39.3%
Prayag Singh Jharkhand Party 78,416 32.8%
Jhaduram Rawat Praja Socialist Party 38,936 16.3%
Diwan Singh Socialist Party 27,636 11.6%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
L. Gupta Indian National Congress 103,863 37.4%
J. B. Kriplani JAC 79,448 28.6%
J. Devi Bharatiya Jana Sangh 50,336 18.1%
N. Jhanglu Independent 24,711 8.9%
R. Tiwari Independent 19,013 6.9%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vidyacharan Shukla Indian National Congress 138,333 59.5%
Baburao Patel Bharatiya Jana Sangh 53,429 23.0%
Manoharlal Nandu Independent 11,719 5.0%
Ram Adhar Mannulal Independent 10,364 4.5%
Kamalnarain Independent 5,989 2.6%
Ramanand Narottam Independent 4,212 1.8%
Charanlal Sahu Independent 3,746 1.6%
Laxman Asaram Independent 2,772 1.2%
Ahmedullah Khan Mansabdarkhan Independent 1,960 0.8%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Purushottam Lal Kaushik Bharatiya Lok Dal 186,296 60.8%
Vidyacharan Shukla Indian National Congress 102,684 33.5%
Bhishmadeo Nakul Independent 17,260 5.6%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kayur Bhushan Mathura Prasad Congress (I) 140,566 46.6%
Pawan Diwan Sukhramdhar Independent 74,257 24.6%
Deorajsingh Surana Janata Party 42,866 14.2%
Tikachand Independent 6,661 2.2%
Vijai Kumar Jagdish Independent 6,160 2.0%
Karoonamata Agamdas Gurugosia Independent 4,404 1.5%
Jagdish Amboolal Independent 4,380 1.5%
Rameshwar Prasad Dehra Independent 4,264 1.4%
Asharam Kurre Independent 3,540 1.2%
Charanlala Sahu Jyotishi Independent 2,557 0.8%
Chhaganlal Sagar Independent 2,226 0.7%
Ram Sagarsingh Lalbahadur Singh Independent 1,912 0.6%
Ahmeddulla Khan Independent 1,608 0.5%
Kanhailal Sharma Daulatram Sharma Independent 1,497 0.5%
Nareshchand Sagarchand Independent 1,026 0.3%
Dashrath Ramsewak Independent 1,013 0.3%
Dayawantdas Independent 982 0.3%
Swami Hiralal Budhwani Independent 766 0.3%
Sheikh Hussain Independent 739 0.2%
Vishnu Prasad Ghuwalewala Independent 391 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kaiyur Bhushan Indian National Congress 223,192 58.3%
Ramesh Bais Bharatiya Janata Party 119,151 31.1%
Gurucharan Das Independent 6,892 1.8%
Deendayal Verma Independent 6,773 1.8%
Mahaveer Prasad LKD 3,545 0.9%
Roop Chand Independent 3,339 0.9%
Narayan Das Independent 3,203 0.8%
Sudarshan Independent 3,131 0.8%
Kuntibai Kurre Independent 2,659 0.7%
Suresh Chandra Independent 1,977 0.5%
Chaitanyakumar Dani Independent 1,967 0.5%
Manoharlal Bhatpahari Independent 1,575 0.4%
Bishramprasad Chaturvedi Independent 1,481 0.4%
Suryadeo Singh Independent 1,242 0.3%
Mangaldas Independent 991 0.3%
Raghuvans Tiwari ICS 862 0.2%
Hameed Beg Independent 751 0.2%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramesh Bais Bharatiya Janata Party 271,599 53.9%
Kayer Bhushan Indian National Congress 187,120 37.1%
Kunti Kurre Bahujan Samaj Party 17,201 3.4%
Surendra Rao Independent 5,542 1.1%
Dinesh Independent 4,136 0.8%
Krishna Bhagwan LKD (B) 3,023 0.6%
Gulam Mohammad Independent 2,606 0.5%
Rajesh Kumar Gonnade RPK 2,158 0.4%
Surajdeo Singh JNP (JP) 1,941 0.4%
Parasram Independent 1,791 0.4%
Vimal Golchha Independent 1,311 0.3%
Roop Chan Marurkar Independent 1,209 0.2%
Kaji Hariburrahman Independent 1,125 0.2%
Kamta Independent 968 0.2%
Kiralal Banjare RPI 922 0.2%
Ram Murat Shukla Independent 696 0.1%
Rajendra Sharma Independent 578 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vidyacharan Shukla Indian National Congress 188,335 45.1%
Ramesh Bais Bharatiya Janata Party 187,376 44.9%
Kunti Kurre (W) Bahujan Samaj Party 18,456 4.4%
Mahesh Tiwari Janata Dal 7,156 1.7%
Madhuker Rao Ganpat Rao Banjari Independent 2,525 0.6%
Mohan Rodhiwal LKD 1,995 0.5%
Dhajaram Patel Independent 1,776 0.4%
Fazloor Rehman Janata Party 1,353 0.3%
Baran Lal Sahu DDP 1,162 0.3%
Shriram Chandra Independent 1,051 0.3%
Anand Chopker Independent 669 0.2%
Prakash Golchha (Sattibazar) Independent 632 0.2%
Santosh Kumar Lunia (Santa Bhaiya) Independent 531 0.1%
Rajendra Jaggi Independent 473 0.1%
Molana Sirazuddin Rizvi Independent 453 0.1%
Sultan Singh Yadav Independent 427 0.1%
Rajendra Kumar Independent 418 0.1%
Rajmahant Naindal Kurre Independent 371 0.1%
Prakash Golchha (Budhapara) Independent 295 0.1%
Indu Lal Nishad Independent 293 0.1%
Navratan Golchha (Jetha Bhaiya) Independent 287 0.1%
Anand Kumar Independent 271 0.1%
Devendra Singhania Independent 252 0.1%
Rajendra Sharma Independent 227 0.1%
Anant Pandit Independent 213 0.1%
Swami Hira Lal Budhawani Independent 194 0.0%
Prakash Golchha (Chhotapara) Independent 176 0.0%
Kaji Habibur Rehman Independent 165 0.0%
Vijay Kumar Sharma Independent 140 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramesh Vaish Bharatiya Janata Party 252,990 45.6%
Dhanender Sahu Indian National Congress 202,251 36.4%
Vishnu Baghel Bahujan Samaj Party 45,654 8.2%
Pursottam Kaushik Janata Dal 7,460 1.3%
Vyas Narain Sahu Independent 4,292 0.8%
Rafik A. Bhai Independent 3,195 0.6%
Akash Sharma Shiv Sena 3,075 0.6%
Rudra Dev Independent 2,435 0.4%
Prem Chand Jain Independent 2,420 0.4%
Mohd. Arif Meman Independent 2,409 0.4%
Ajay Shukla Independent 2,045 0.4%
Mahesh Prakash Independent 1,939 0.3%
Santosh Alias Santa Bhai Independent 1,686 0.3%
Surender Kumar Dvedi Independent 1,527 0.3%
Prakash Dhanraj Golchha Independent 1,378 0.2%
Narotam Sharma CPI (ML) Liberation 1,235 0.2%
Deepak Motwani RPI 1,166 0.2%
Balla Independent 1,148 0.2%
Ramesh Chander Shukla Independent 1,131 0.2%
Brijendra Kumar Bajpai Independent 969 0.2%
Din Dayal Varma Independent 928 0.2%
Salig Ram Varma Independent 863 0.2%
Sultan Singh Satnam Independent 784 0.1%
Rohit Vani Independent 668 0.1%
Sarad Chandr Yadav Independent 659 0.1%
Suneel Yadav Independent 647 0.1%
S.R. Barman Independent 642 0.1%
Monesh Sahu Independent 612 0.1%
Keyur Bhushan Independent 606 0.1%
Gauri Shankar Dube Independent 595 0.1%
Kunwar H.P.Singh ICS 575 0.1%
Komal Chand Azad Independent 503 0.1%
Ambubakar Independent 502 0.1%
Khagshwar Dewangan Independent 497 0.1%
Moti Patangwala Independent 481 0.1%
Ashok Sharma Independent 470 0.1%
Awadharam Sahu Independent 465 0.1%
Shyam Lal Chaurasya Independent 457 0.1%
Ram Nihal Independent 454 0.1%
Shobhnath Mishra LD 454 0.1%
Rajesh Upadhyaya Independent 445 0.1%
Kashi Nath ABHM 400 0.1%
Arun Kumar Independent 308 0.1%
Charan Lal Sahu Independent 286 0.1%
Mahesh Pande Independent 275 0.0%
Arvind Singh Independent 268 0.0%
Girja Shankar Sharma Independent 259 0.0%
Anand Mohan Pandey Independent 258 0.0%
Kamtha Prasad Independent 206 0.0%
Rajesh Bharti Independent 188 0.0%
Vimal Urf Gudda Independent 179 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramesh Bais Bharatiya Janata Party 344,380 49.4%
Vidyacharan Shukl Indian National Congress 261,001 37.5%
Narsingh Mandal Bahujan Samaj Party 62,173 8.9%
Tijram GGP 10,132 1.5%
Bhukhauram Nisad Independent 3,802 0.5%
Narottam Sharma CPI (ML) Liberation 2,564 0.4%
Anjay Shukla Independent 2,208 0.3%
Tilak Dewangan AD 2,183 0.3%
Devendra Mishra (Rakesh Gautam) SVSP 1,432 0.2%
Paras Singh Thakur Independent 1,426 0.2%
Akash Diwan AJBP 1,289 0.2%
Hanumant Bag SHSP 1,262 0.2%
Prakash Golchha Independent 865 0.1%
Reshamlal Jangde Independent 751 0.1%
Madhusudan Rambharosha ABHM 496 0.1%
Wamanrao Bagade RPI 462 0.1%
Madan Sahu Independent 393 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramesh Bais Bharatiya Janata Party 354,736 53.7%
Jugal Kishore Sahu Indian National Congress 274,676 41.6%
Dr. Pradeep Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 19,158 2.9%
Kunwar Singh Kurre CSP 2,782 0.4%
Rajkumar Mandavi GGP 2,081 0.3%
Narottam Sharma CPI (ML) Liberation 2,069 0.3%
Ramesh Kumar Independent 1,119 0.2%
Vishnu Sahu Independent 1,030 0.2%
Deepak Singh Thakur Independent 789 0.1%
Hanumant Bagh SHSP 725 0.1%
Prakash Golcha AJBP 492 0.1%
Madhusudan Mishraji ABHM 456 0.1%
Wamanrao Bagde Independent 447 0.1%
Shyamlal Chourasia Guruji Independent 370 0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

1957: Indian National Congress margin 0.7 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 6.5 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 8.8 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 36.5 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 27.3 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 22.0 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 27.2 pts 1989: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 16.8 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 0.2 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 9.1 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 12.0 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 12.1 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999

Trend

Raipur has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Raipur in the 1999 Lok Sabha election?

Ramesh Bais (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, in 1999 with 354,736 votes (53.7%), a margin of 80,060 votes over Jugal Kishore Sahu.

Which parties have won Raipur since 1957?

Since 1957, Raipur has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Raipur?

The closest result on record for Raipur was 1991, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 959 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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