| Chintamani Maharaj | |
| Birth Date: | 1962 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Village Srikot, Balrampur district |
| Residence: | Bhatupara, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh |
| Office2: | Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 2013 |
| Term End2: | 2018 |
| Constituency2: | Lundra |
| Predecessor2: | Ramdev Ram |
| Successor2: | Pritam Ram |
| Predecessor3: | Pritam Ram |
| Successor3: | Udheshwari Paikra |
| Term Start3: | 11 December 2018 |
| Term End3: | 3 December 2023 |
| Constituency3: | Samri |
| Occupation: | Politician, farmer |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Education: | 11th Pass |
| Date: | 13 June |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Source: | Web site: Biography:Maharaj, Chintamani. Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. |
| Constituency1: | Sarguja |
| Term Start1: | 4 June 2024 |
| Predecessor1: | Renuka Singh |
| Office1: | Member of 18th Lok Sabha |
| Otherparty: | Indian National Congress (till 2024) |
Chintamani Maharaj (born 19 August 1962) is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh. He won Shashi Singhas an MP from Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes community in Surguja District. He represented the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh.[1] [2]
Maharaj is from Srikot village, Surguja District, Chhattisgarh. He is the son of late Rameshwar Singh. He passed Class 12 in 2014 from a college affiliated with Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Vidyamandal, Rampuram.[3]
Maharaj became an MLA for the first time winning the 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election from Lundra Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress[4] [5] In 2013, he polled 64,771 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Vijay Baba of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 9,946 votes. Later, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and became a Member of Parliament winning from Sarguja Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh.[6] [7] He polled 7,13,200 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Shashi Singh of Indian National Congress, by a margin of 64,822 votes.[8] [9]