Kawardha
Part of the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat.
Vijay Sharma (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Kawardha in 2023, 39,592 votes ahead of Akbar Bhai S/o Mohammad Rashid.
Who stood in 2023
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
1,44,257 votes · 53.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ARIndian National Congress
1,04,665 votes · 38.5%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- KSAam Aadmi Party
6,334 votes · 2.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- PKGondwana Gantantra Party
2,200 votes · 0.8%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SKJanta Congress Chhattisgarh (J)
2,119 votes · 0.8%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SNIndependent
2,056 votes · 0.8%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- RLIndependent
1,772 votes · 0.7%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- LSIndependent
1,700 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- AKBahujan Samaj Party
1,556 votes · 0.6%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- LSIndependent
905 votes · 0.3%
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- RMIndependent
784 votes · 0.3%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- BDIndependent
598 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- BCIndependent
407 votes · 0.1%
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- APIndependent
319 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- PLIndependent
237 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- PJIndependent
213 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
72 · Kawardha
General3,31,671 registered voters · 16 candidates · 39,592 votes between the first two
Elected 2023
Vijay Sharma
BJP · Male · 1,44,257 votes (53.22%) · 39,592 ahead of Akbar Bhai S/o Mohammad Rashid
- 81.86%
- Turnout
- 2,71,510
- Votes cast
- 2,70,122
- Valid votes
- 925
- None of the above
- 1,66,845
- Women electors
1,34,022 men and 1,35,385 women voted in person, plus 2,101 postal ballots. 463 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 56.
- BJP1,44,257868 postal53.22%
INC1,04,665679 postal38.62%- Khadgraj SinghMale
AAP6,33447 postal2.34% 
GGP2,2009 postal0.81%- Sunil KesharwaniMaleJCCJFarmer ploughing within square2,11911 postal0.78%
- Shiwnath NishadMaleINDBoat with man and sail2,0560.76%
- Ram LochanMaleINDPan1,7722 postal0.65%
- Lakhan SinghMaleINDGrapes1,7001 postal0.63%
BSP1,5569 postal0.57%- None of the aboveNOTA9250.34%
- Laxmi SatyavanshiFemaleINDGas cylinder9051 postal0.33%
- Ramji MeraviMaleINDAir conditioner7840.29%
- Brijlal DewanganMaleINDStool5980.22%
- INDGlass tumbler4071 postal0.15%
- Ajay PaliMaleINDGanna kisan3194 postal0.12%
- Prakash LahreMaleINDScissors2370.09%
- Pushplata JoshiFemaleINDBlack board2130.08%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.