Santosh Dhruw is the Independent candidate from Bhatapara (General) constituency in Balodabazar- Bhatapara district of Chhattisgarh in the 2023 Assembly elections. His profession according to the election affidavit filed with the Election Commission is: Agriculture. Santosh Dhruw's educational qualifications are: Literate and is of 45 years of age. His total declared assets are Rs 4.4 lakh which includes Rs 4.4 lakh in moveable assets and Rs 0 as immovable assets. The total declared income is Rs 0 of which Rs 0 is self income. Santosh Dhruw has total liabilities of Rs 0. This IND candidate, in the election affidavit mentioned 0 criminal cases registered against him.

Bhatapara Assembly election results

2023

Party	Party votes polled	Votes %	Candidate name
INC	94,066	--	Indra Kumar Sao Winner Margin: (%) Winner
BJP	82,750	--	Shivratan Sharma
BSP	2,411	--	Khemdas Tandan
JCCJ	2,280	--	Jitendra Banjare (Jittu)
IND	2,239	--	Rakesh Kumar
JCP	1,496	--	Chandrakant Yadu (Baba Bhai)
IND	1,130	--	Prakash Diwakar
IND	960	--	Rajendra Kumar Jangade
NOTA	657	--	None of the Above
BSCP	619	--	Dayashankar Nishad

Detailed results

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About Bhatapara constituency

Assembly constituency no.46 Bhatapara (भाटापारा in Hindi), is an Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) seat in the Central region and Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, of the state of Chhattisgarh, which is in the Central region of India (Bharat). Bhatapara is part of the 8. Raipur (General) Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituency. This constituency can be categorised as: General; Rural constituency.