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She won the seat in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election with 84,891 votes. Check her verified record below and rate her performance on NetaSampark.\n\n## Who is Ambika Markam?\n\nAmbika Markam represents the Sihawa Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ECI), in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly as a member of the Indian National Congress (INC). She was elected in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election (results declared 2023-12-03).\n\n## Rate Ambika Markam: Neta Trust Score\n\n Ambika Markam has not been rated yet. Be the first citizen to rate this MLA.\n\nThe Neta Trust Score is a score out of 100 built from citizen ratings on NetaSampark across 10 factors: leadership, transparency, accessibility, communication, responsiveness, development work, integrity & ethics, public engagement, citizen confidence and problem resolution. It reflects the opinions of NetaSampark users and is not an official government rating.\n\n## Sihawa election result (2023)\n\n- Winner: Ambika Markam (INC) – 84,891 votes (50.87% of valid votes)\n- Runner-up: Shrawan Markam (BJP) – 71,725 votes\n- Margin: 13,166 votes\n- Total electors: 1,93,736\n- Source: Election Commission of India, General Election to the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly 2023 – Detailed Results.\n\n## Political career\n\n- 2023: Elected MLA from Sihawa (ST), Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly general election – INC, 84,891 votes (50.87%), margin 13,166 over Shrawan Markam (BJP) [ECI]\n- Note: career events beyond official records (ECI results, official ministers list) are not included.\n- This section uses official records only (ECI results, official council of ministers lists); other career events are not included.\n\n## Ambika Markam's education and profession\n\nEducation: Post Graduate (M.A. History from Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur in 1987), as declared in her 2023 election affidavit.\nProfession: Social Worker & Agriculture (self-declared in affidavit).\n\n## Ambika Markam's assets and affidavit\n\nAs declared in her 2023 election affidavit (compiled by ADR\u002FMyNeta):\n\n- Total assets: Rs 1,04,65,834 (about Rs 1.0 crore)\n- Total liabilities: Rs 13,46,446 (about Rs 13.5 lakh)\n- Criminal cases declared: 0\n\nThese figures are self-declared and reflect the position at the time of filing.\n\n## Neta Updates from Ambika Markam\n\nAmbika Markam has not yet started posting updates on NetaSampark. When her office joins NetaSampark Leader, citizens following this profile will see her announcements, work and event updates here.\n\n · Are you Ambika Markam or her office?\n\n## Sources\n\nElection Commission of India statistical reports (2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election), ADR\u002FMyNeta affidavit data (2023). 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