Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Winners: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to form government in Chhattisgarh after its landslide victory in the Assembly Election 2023. The counting of votes for the Assembly Elections in Chhattisgarh took place along with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. The party won 54 seats in the state with a vote share of 46.27 per cent. The ruling Congress party won just 35 seats with a vote share of 42.23 per cent. Election Coverage
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel won from the Patan constituency, while BJP candidate and former Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh won from the Rajnandgaon constituency. Meanwhile, Congress candidate Tamradhwaj Sahu lost to BJP's Lalit Chandrakar from Durg Rural. Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo (Congress) also lost his Ambikapur seat to BJP's Rajesh Agrawal. Other prominent winners are Arun Sao (BJP) from Lormi, Charan Das Mahant (Congress) from Sakti, Renuka Singh Saruta (BJP) from Bharatpur-Sonhat, Gomati Sai (BJP) from Pathalgaon, Brijmohan Agarwal (BJP) from Raipur City South and Vishnu Deo Sai (BJP) from Kunkuri.
Earlier, tyhe Election Commission announced that the counting of votes for Mizoram would take place on December 4 (Monday) instead of December 3 (Sunday). The Assembly Elections in these five states were held between November 7 and November 30. Chhattisgarh has 90 Assembly seats. In the state, 10 seats are set aside for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 29 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs). In Chhattisgarh, there are 2,03,60,240 general voters and 19,839 service voters. Thus, according to the electoral rolls, there are 2,03,80,079 electors overall.
The two major political parties in Chhattisgarh were Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The other two major parties in the fray were the Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which is led by Mayawati. With 68 seats won in the 2018 Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections, the Congress led by Bhupesh Baghel formed the government. The BJP won only 15 seats. Dr Raman Singh's BJP won three straight elections in 2003, 2008, and 2013 in the state.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel (Congress), former Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh (BJP), Tamradhwaj Sahu (Congress), Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo (Congress), Vijay Baghel (BJP), Dharamlal Kaushik (BJP), Deepak Baij (Congress), Arun Sao (BJP), Renuka Singh Saruta (BJP) and Charan Das Mahant (Congress) were some of the key candidates in Chhattisgarh.
Here is the complete list of constituency-wise winners in Chhattisgarh:
Constituency Number | Constituency Name | Winning Candidate and Party | Margin |
1. | Bharatpur-Sonhat | Renuka Singh Saruta (BJP) | 4,919 |
2. | Manendragarh | Shyam Bihari Jaiswal (BJP) | 11,880 |
3. | Baikunthpur | Bhaiya Lal Rajwade (BJP) | 25,413 |
4. | Premnagar | Bhulan Singh Marabi (BJP) | 33,290 |
5. | Bhatgaon | Laxmi Rajwade (BJP) | 43,962 |
6. | Pratappur | Shakuntala Singh Portey (BJP) | 11,708 |
7. | Ramanujganj | Ram Vichar Netam (BJP) | 29,663 |
8. | Samri | Udhheshwari Paikra (BJP) | 13,943 |
9. | Lundra | Prabodh Minz (BJP) | 24,128 |
10. | Ambikapur | Rajesh Agrawal (BJP) | 94 |
11. | Sitapur | Ramkumar Toppo (BJP) | 17,160 |
12. | Jashpur | Raimuni Bhagat (BJP) | 17,645 |
13. | Kunkuri | Vishnu Deo Sai (BJP) | 25,541 |
14. | Pathalgaon | Gomati Sai (BJP) | 255 |
15. | Lailunga | Vidyawati Sidar (Congress) | 4,176 |
16. | Raigarh | Om Prakash Choudhary (BJP) | 64,443 |
17. | Sarangarh | Uttari Ganpat Jangde (Congress) | 29,695 |
18. | Kharsia | Umesh Patel (Congress) | 21,656 |
19. | Dharamjaigarh | Laljeet Singh Rathia (Congress) | 9,637 |
20. | Rampur | Phool Singh Rathiya (Congress) | 22,859 |
21. | Korba | Lakhanlal Devangan (BJP) | 25,629 |
22. | Katghora | Premchand Patel (BJP) | 16,900 |
23. | Pali-Tanakhar | Tuleshwar Hira Singh Markam (GGP) | 714 |
24. | Marwahi | Pranav Kumar Marpachi (BJP) | 12,078 |
25. | Kota | Atal Shrivastava (Congress) | 7,957 |
26. | Lormi | Arun Sao (BJP) | 45,891 |
27. | Mungeli | Punnulal Mohle (BJP) | 11,781 |
28. | Takhatpur | Dharamjeet Singh (BJP) | 14,892 |
29. | Bilha | Dharamlal Kaushik (BJP) | 8,957 |
30. | Bilaspur | Amar Agarwal (BJP) | 28,959 |
31. | Beltara | Shushant Shukla (BJP) | 16,963 |
32. | Masturi | Dilip Lahariya (Congress) | 20,141 |
33. | Akaltara | Raghavendra Kumar Singh (Congress) | 22,758 |
34. | Janjgir-Champa | Byas Kashyap (Congress) | 6,971 |
35. | Sakti | Charan Das Mahant (Congress) | 12,395 |
36. | Chandrapur | Ramkumar Yadav (Congress) | 15,976 |
37. | Jaijaipur | Baleshwar Sahu (Congress) | 25,922 |
38. | Pamgarh | Sheshraj Harvansh (Congress) | 16,174 |
39. | Saraipali | Chaturi Nand (Congress) | 41,888 |
40. | Basna | Sampat Agrawal (BJP) | 36,793 |
41. | Khallari | Dwarikadhish Yadav (Congress) | 37,119 |
42. | Mahasamund | Yogeshwar Raju Sinha (BJP) | 16,152 |
43. | Bilaigarh | Kavita Pran Lahrey (Congress) | 17,939 |
44. | Kasdol | Sandeep Sahu (Congress) | 33,765 |
45. | Baloda Bazar | Tank Ram Verma (BJP) | 14,746 |
46. | Bhatapara | Indra Sao (Congress) | 11,316 |
47. | Dharsiwa | Anuj Sharma (BJP) | 44,343 |
48. | Raipur City Gramin | Motilal Sahu (BJP) | 35,750 |
49. | Raipur City West | Rajesh Munat (BJP) | 41,229 |
50. | Raipur City North | Purandar Mishra (BJP) | 23,054 |
51. | Raipur City South | Brijmohan Agrawal (BJP) | 67,719 |
52. | Arang | Guru Khushwant Saheb (BJP) | 16,538 |
53. | Abhanpur | Indra Kumar Sahu (BJP) | 15,553 |
54. | Rajim | Rohit Sahu (BJP) | 11,911 |
55. | Bindranawagarh | Janak Ram Dhruw (Congress) | 816 |
56. | Sihawa | Ambika Markam (Congress) | 13,166 |
57. | Kurud | Ajay Chandrakar (BJP) | 8,090 |
58. | Dhamtari | Onkar Sahu (Congress) | 2,606 |
59. | Sanjari Balod | Sangeeta Sinha (Congress) | 17,046 |
60. | Dondi Lohara | Anila Bhendia (Congress) | 35,579 |
61. | Gunderdehi | Kunwer Singh Nishad (Congress) | 14,863 |
62. | Patan | Bhupesh Baghel (Congress) | 19,723 |
63. | Durg Gramin | Lalit Chandrakar (BJP) | 16,642 |
64. | Durg City | Gajendra Yadav (BJP) | 48,697 |
65. | Bhilai Nagar | Devendra Yadav (Congress) | 1,264 |
66. | Vaishali Nagar | Rikesh Sen (BJP) | 40,074 |
67. | Ahiwara | Domanlal Korsewada (BJP) | 25,263 |
68. | Saja | Ishwar Sahu (BJP) | 5,196 |
69. | Bemetara | Dipesh Sahu (BJP) | 9,134 |
70. | Navagarh | Dayal Das Baghel (BJP) | 15,177 |
71. | Pandariya | Bhawna Bohra (BJP) | 26,398 |
72. | Kawardha | Vijay Sharma (BJP) | 39,592 |
73. | Khairagarh | Yashoda Nilamber Verma (Congress) | 5,634 |
74. | Dongargarh | Harshita Swami Baghel (Congress) | 14,367 |
75. | Rajnandgaon | Dr Raman Singh (BJP) | 45,084 |
76. | Dongargaon | Daleshwar Sahu (Congress) | 2,789 |
77. | Khujji | Bholaram Sahu (Congress) | 25,944 |
78. | Mohala-Manpur | Indrashah Mandavi (Congress) | 31,741 |
79. | Antagarh | Vikram Usendi (BJP) | 23,710 |
80. | Bhanupratappur | Savitri Manoj Mandavi (Congress) | 30,932 |
81. | Kanker | Asha Ram Netam (BJP) | 16 |
82. | Keshkal | Neelkanth Tekam (BJP) | 5,560 |
83. | Kondagaon | Lata Usendi (BJP) | 18,572 |
84. | Narayanpur | Kedar Kashyap (BJP) | 19,188 |
85. | Bastar | Baghel Lakeshwar (Congress) | 6,434 |
86. | Jagdalpur | Kiran Deo (BJP) | 29,834 |
87. | Chitrakot | Vinayak Goyal (BJP) | 8,370 |
88. | Dantewara | Chaitram Atami (BJP) | 16,803 |
89. | Bijapur | Vikram Mandavi (Congress) | 2,706 |
90 | Konta | Kawasi Lakhma (Congress) | 1,981 |