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Oct 13, 2003 03:16 PM IST

Durg is a vibrant population in Chhattisgarh and is known as the home constituency of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Motilal Vohra.

The Durg district is a populous district of Chhattisgarh. It occupies the south-western part of the Chhattisgarh plain and possesses belts of hilly country in the south, southwest and north-west, bestowed with mineral resources and forests.

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Durg is a vibrant population in Chhattisgarh and is known as the home constituency of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Motilal Vohra. Mr Vohra had won for a record five consecutive times from Durg in the 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985 and 1990 assembly elections.

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After his election to the Lok Sabha from Rajnandgaon seat, the party fielded his son Arun Vohra in 1993. Arun defeated Hemchand Yadav but the latter avenged the defeat in 1998 elections.

Durg has always voted for the Congress ever since 1967 and it was the first time that a non-Congress candidate was elected from here in 1998.

 Year  Winner Party  Runner-up  Party  Victory margin 
1998  Hemchand Yadav  BJP  Arun Vohra  INC   3,279
1993  Arun Vohra  INC  Hemchand Yadav  BJP  17,120
1990  Motilal Vohra  INC  Pradeep Choubey  JD  15,789
1985  Motilal Vohra  INC  Bishe Yadav  BJP  38,464
1980  Motilal Vohra  INC  Mukhtiyar Singh  BJP  20,582
1977  Motilal Vohra  INC  Mohanlal Bakliwal  JNP    8,565
1972  Motilal Vohra  INC  Vinshu Prasad Shukla  BJS  21,535
1967   R Jha  INC  M Lal  BJS  10,993

Detailed result: 1998

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