Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Election Leading Candidate List 2024: The Election Commission of India has announced the final Lok Sabha elections results 2024. A total of 220 candidates contested the Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha elections 2024. Raipur had the maximum number of 38 candidates, followed by 37 in Bilaspur, 27 in Korba, 25 in Durg, 18 in Janjgir-Champa, 17 in Mahasamund, 15 in Rajnandgaon, 13 in Raigarh, 11 in Bastar, 10 in Surguja and 9 in Kanker. Polling in the 11 Lok Sabha seats of the state was held in three phases - on April 19, April 26 and May 7.
Key candidates and seats to watch out for:
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had swept Chhattisgarh in the last four Lok Sabha elections. The saffron party won 10 out of the 11 seats in three general elections from 2004 to 2014. In the 2019 polls, the BJP bagged nine seats, while the Congress got two seats.
In the high-profile Raipur seat, the contest was between BJP's incumbent minister Brijmohan Agrawal and Congress' Vikas Upadhyay, a former MLA. In another key seat Rajnandgaon, BJP's sitting MP Santosh Pandey was pitted against Congress MLA and former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel. In Korba seat, BJP fielded former MP Saroj Pandey against Congress' sitting parliamentarian Jyotsana Mahant, wife of incumbent leader of opposition Charandas Mahant. In Durg, the Congress chose Rajendra Sahu, a fresh face, against sitting BJP MP Vijay Baghel. In Bastar, Congress' firebrand leader Kawasi Lakhma was pitted against BJP's Mahesh Kashyap, a fresh face. The ruling BJP this time dropped its sitting MPs in Mahasamund and Kanker seats and fielded former MLAs Rupkumari Chaudhary and Bhojraj Nag there, respectively. The Congress fielded former state home minister Tamradhwaj Sahu in Mahasamund and Biresh Thakur in Kanker.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Complete list of constituencies and its leading candidates from Chhattisgarh:
| Serial Number | Constituency | State | Key Candidates/Parties | Leading/Winning Candidate/Party |
| 1 | Sarguja | Chhattisgarh | Chintamani Maharaj (BJP) Shashi Singh (Congress) | Chintamani Maharaj (BJP) |
| 2 | Raigarh | Chhattisgarh | Radheshyam Rathia (BJP) Menka Devi Singh (Congress) | Radheshyam Rathia (BJP) |
| 3 | Janjgir–Champa | Chhattisgarh | Kamlesh Jangde (BJP) Shivkumar Dahariya (Congress) | Kamlesh Jangde (BJP) |
| 4 | Korba | Chhattisgarh | Saroj Pandey (BJP) Jyotsna Mahant (Congress) | Jyotsna Mahant (Congress) |
| 5 | Bilaspur | Chhattisgarh | Tokhan Sahu (BJP) Devender Singh Yadav (Congress) | Tokhan Sahu (BJP) |
| 6 | Rajnandgaon | Chhattisgarh | Santosh Pandey (BJP) Bhupesh Baghel (Congress) | Santosh Pandey (BJP) |
| 7 | Durg | Chhattisgarh | Vijay Baghel (BJP) Rajendra Sahu (Congress) | Vijay Baghel (BJP) |
| 8 | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | Brijmohan Agrawal (BJP) Vikas Upadhyay (Congress) | Brijmohan Agrawal (BJP) |
| 9 | Mahasamund | Chhattisgarh | Roop Kumari Choudhary (BJP) Tamradhwaj Sahu (Congress) | Roop Kumari Choudhary (BJP) |
| 10 | Bastar | Chhattisgarh | Mahesh Kashyap (BJP) Kawasi Lakhma (Congress) | Mahesh Kashyap (BJP) |
| 11 | Kanker | Chhattisgarh |
Bhojraj Nag (BJP) Biresh Thakur (Congress)
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Bhojraj Nag (BJP) |
