Neelkanth Tekam is the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Keshkal (Scheduled Tribe) constituency in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh in the 2023 Assembly elections. His profession according to the election affidavit filed with the Election Commission is: Retd. Officer. Neelkanth Tekam's educational qualifications are: Post Graduate and is of 55 years of age. His total declared assets are Rs 1.7 crore which includes Rs 48.5 lakh in moveable assets and Rs 1.2 crore as immovable assets. The total declared income is Rs 44 lakh of which Rs 28.8 lakh is self income. Neelkanth Tekam has total liabilities of Rs 17 lakh. This BJP candidate, in the election affidavit mentioned 0 criminal cases registered against him.

Keshkal Assembly election results

2023

Party	Party votes polled	Votes %	Candidate name
BJP	77,438	--	Neelkanth Tekam Winner Margin: (%) Winner
INC	71,878	--	Sant Ram Netam
NOTA	4,335	--	None of the Above
AAP	4,216	--	Jugal Kishor Bodh
API	3,048	--	Sonsingh Marapi
HRP	2,509	--	Shiv Kumar Gangwal
RJSP	1,829	--	Akshay Kumar Nag
IND	1,686	--	Santosh Kumar Mandavi
SAD	1,392	--	Jivan Lal Matlam
CPI	1,231	--	Dinesh Kumar Markam S/O Sopsingh Markam

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About Keshkal constituency

Assembly constituency no.82 Keshkal (Keskal) (केशकल in Hindi), is an Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) seat in the South region and Kondagaon district, of the state of Chhattisgarh, which is in the Central region of India (Bharat). Keshkal is part of the 11. Kanker (Scheduled Tribe) Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituency. This constituency can be categorised as: Scheduled Tribe; Rural constituency.

Previous candidate

Dinesh Kumar Markam S/O Darbari Ram Markam

Next candidate

Sant Ram Netam