The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are the two main parties in Chhattisgarh. Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) are the other two important parties in the state. There are 90 Assembly seats in Chhattisgarh. 29 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs) and 10 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the state. There are 2,03,60,240 general voters in Chhattisgarh and 19,839 are service voters. So, the total number of electors as per electoral rolls is 2,03,80,079. In the 2018 Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, the Congress won 68 seats and formed the government under Bhupesh Baghel. The BJP led by Dr Raman Singh won only 15 seats after three consecutive victories in 2003, 2008 and 2013 in the state. The main candidates in the fray for the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly Election are Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel (Congress) from Patan, former Chief Minister Raman Singh (BJP) from Rajnandgaon, Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo (Congress) from Ambikapur, Durg MP Vijay Baghel (BJP) from Patan, Union Minister Renuka Singh Saruta (BJP) from Bharatpur-Sonhat, former Union Minister Vishnu Deo Sai (BJP) from Kunkuri, Raigarh MP Gomti Sai (BJP) from Pathalgaon, BJP state chief Arun Sao from Lormi, former MP Punnulal Mohale (BJP) from Mungeli, Dharamlal Kaushik (BJP) from Bilha, former Union Minister and Speaker of the outgoing Chhattisgarh Assembly Charan Das Mahant (Congress) from Sakti, former Chhattisgarh Home Minister Brijmohan Agrawal (BJP) from Raipur City South, state Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu (Congress) from Durg Gramin, Bastar Lok Sabha MP Deepak Baij (Congress) from Chitrakot and state Cabinet Minister Kawasi Lakhma (Congress) from Konta.
Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: The trend of vote counting showed that the BJP was set to sweep Chhattisgarh with winning 10 seats out of 11.
Amit Shah's statement on the reservation comes amid Congress leaders' allegations that if the BJP returns to power for the third time, it will change the Constitution to end the reservation. Meanwhile, the voting for the Korba Lok Sabha seat will be held in the third phase on May 7.
Chhattisgarh oath-taking ceremony: As per constitutional norms, Chhattisgarh, which has a 90-member assembly, can have a maximum of 13 ministers, including the CM. The BJP won 54 out of the total 90 assembly seats in the recently held Assembly elections.
The Bharatiya Janata Party won 54 seats in the 90-member Assembly in Chattisgarh while the Congress managed to win 35 seats and the remaining one seat was won by other parties.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel managed to secure his Patan seat for the sixth time, defeating his nephew Vijay Baghel. Other ministers, Umesh Patel and Kawasi Lakma, retained the Kharsia and Konta seats, respectively.
Chhattisgarh Election Results: The lowest margin of the victory in Chhattisgarh Assembly elections was on Kanker seat where BJP candidate Asha Ram Netam sailed through with just 16 votes.
Assembly Election results 2023: In a post in Hindi on X, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hailed the Congress' victory in Telangana. She said the people of Telangana have created history and given the mandate in favour of the Congress party.
Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023: BJP has won 54 seats, while the Congress lagged at 42.23 percent of votes. Chhattisgarh has a total of 90 assembly seats.
Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023: The early trend showed that Raman Singh-led Bharatiya Janata Party is set to wrest power from the Congress. The trend is totally opposite to the predictions by exit polls. The exit polls predicted Congress' victory in Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023 BJP, Congress Winner List: CM Bhupesh Baghel, former CM Dr Raman Singh, BJP state chief Arun Sao, Charan Das Mahant (Congress), Renuka Singh Saruta (BJP), Gomati Sai (BJP), Vishnu Deo Sai (BJP) and Kawasi Lakhma (Congress) are some of the key winners.
Chhattisgarh Elections Result 2023: The ruling Congress eyes retaining power in the state, while BJP hopes to wrest the power. As it is an early trend, the saffron party is hoping for changes in the tally.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023 will be declared along with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana today. The Chhattisgarh Assembly has 90 seats and the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are the two major players in the state.
Assembly Election Results 2023: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram went to polls between November 7 and November 30. Madhya Pradesh has 230 seats while Rajasthan has 200 Assembly seats. Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram are having 119, 90 and 40 seats respectively.
Dantewada Assembly Seat Result 2023: The prominent candidates in this electoral battle include Chhavindra Mahendra Karma from the Congress party and Chaitram Atami from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Patan Assembly Assembly Seat Result 2023: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel won the Patan Vidhan Sabha Seat. This is the constituency number 62. Meanwhile, Congress candidate Vijay Baghel could muster 75,715 votes.
Bharatpur-Sonhat Assembly Elections Result 2023: The prominent candidates in Bharatpur-Sonhat include Union Minister Renuka Singh Saruta from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Gulab Singh Kamro from the Congress party.
Kunkuri Assembly Seat Result 2023: The significant candidates in Kunkuri include Chhattisgarh BJP's former state chief Vishnu Deo Sai and sitting MLA UD Minj from the Congress party.
Janjgir-Champa Vidhan Sabha Seat Results 2023: Congress' Byas Kashyap won the seat by a margin of 6,971 votes while BJP's Narayan Chandel managed to grab 65,929 votes.
Lormi Assembly Seat Elections Result 2023: Key candidates include Arun Sao from the BJP and Thaneshwar Sahu from the Congress. Other contenders are AAP's Manbhajan Saheb Tandan, JCC's Sagar Singh Bais, and several independents.
Durg Gramin Assembly Elections Result 2023: BJP's Lalit Chandrashekhar won by 16,6642 votes defeating Congress candidate Tamradhwaj Sahu. This falls under the Durg Lok Sabha constituency. The voting took place in the second phase on November 17, 2023, in Durg Gramin.
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