2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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All 90 seats in the Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.45% (Increase 6.79%)
  First party Second party
 
The former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Dr. Raman Singh.jpg
Ajit Jogi.png
Leader Raman Singh Ajit Jogi
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Rajnandgaon Marwahi
Seats before 50 38
Seats after 49 39
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Percentage 41.0% 40.3%
Swing Increase 0.7% Increase 1.7%

Seatwise map of the election results

Structure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the election

CM before election

Raman Singh
BJP

Elected CM

Raman Singh
BJP

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election 2013 was held in two phases on 11 and 19 November in Chhattisgarh state of India. The result was announced on 8 December.[1] Incumbent ruling party BJP and Chief Minister Raman Singh retained the majority in assembly and formed government consequently for the third time.[2][3][4]

Polls

Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used in 1 assembly seat in Chhattisgarh elections.[5][6] The first phase in the Naxal-affected areas of Bastar, consisting 18 constituencies, voted on 11 November and had a 75.53% voter turnout. The second phase in the other 72 constituencies was held on 19 November and had a 74.7% turnout.[7]

Security

The Hindu reported that 32 battalions of central paramilitaries were added to the 117,000 security force personnel in the area. Another almost 25,000 Chhattisgarh Police were stations in south Chhattisgarh. As a result, the Gond tribal region would consist of approximately 143,000 armed security personnel. The Hindu stated that after the mobilization of 600 companies of paramilitary forces in the tribal region, it was "one of the most militarized zones in the world."[8]

Results

Results were declared on 8 December 2013. Bharatiya Janata Party won 49 seats while the Indian National Congress won 39 seats. One Independent and one Bahujan Samaj Party candidate also won. BJP retained majority in state legislative assembly for consequently third time and Raman Singh sworn in as a Chief Minister.[2][9]

Party-wise

Summary of the 11–19 November 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ± pp Contested Won +/− %
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 5,365,272 41.0 Increase0.7 90 49 Decrease1 54.44
Indian National Congress (INC) 5,267,698 40.3 Increase1.7 90 39 Increase1 43.33
Independents (IND) 697,267 5.3 Decrease3.2 355 1 Increase1 1.11
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 558,424 4.3 Decrease1.8 90 1 Decrease1 1.11
Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch (CSM) 226,167 1.7 Increase1.7 54 0 Steady 0.00
Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGP) 205,325 1.6 Steady 44 0 Steady 0.00
Other parties and candidates 352,622 2.7 Decrease2.2 353 0 Steady 0.00
None of the Above (NOTA) 401,058 3.1 Increase3.1
Total 13,073,833 100.00 1076 90 ±0 100.0
Valid votes 12,672,775 99.90
Invalid votes 12,051 0.10
Votes cast / turnout 13,085,884 77.45
Abstentions 4,222,987 22.55
Registered voters 16,895,762
Source: Election Commission of India[10]

Region-wise

Division Seats
BJP INC BSP IND
Surguja 14 7 7 -
Central Chhattisgarh 64 38 24 1 1
Bastar 12 4 8 -
Total 90 49 39 3

District-wise

District Seats
BJP INC BSP IND
Koriya 3 3 - - -
Surajpur 2 - 2 - -
Balrampur 3 1 2 - -
Surguja 3 - 3 - -
Jashpur 3 3 - - -
Raigarh 5 3 2 - -
Korba 4 1 3 - -
Bilaspur 7 3 4 - -
Mungeli 2 2 - - -
Janjgir-Champa 6 3 2 1 -
Mahasamund 4 3 - - 1
Baloda Bazar 4 3 1 - -
Raipur 7 5 2 - -
Gariaband 2 2 - - -
Dhamtari 3 2 1 - -
Balod 3 - 3 - -
Durg 6 4 2 - -
Bemetara 3 3 - - -
Kawardha 2 2 - - -
Rajnandgaon 6 2 4 - -
Kanker 3 1 2 - -
Kondagaon 2 - 2 - -
Narayanpur 1 1 - - -
Bastar 3 1 2 - -
Dantewada 1 - 1 - -
Bijapur 1 1 - - -
Sukma 1 - 1 - -
Total 90 49 39 1 1

Constituency-wise

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
Koriya district
1 Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST) Champa Devi Pawle BJP 42968 Gulab Kamro INC 38360 4608
2 Manendragarh Shyam Bihari Jaiswal BJP 32613 Gulab Singh INC 28435 4178
3 Baikunthpur Bhaiyalal Rajwade BJP 45471 Bedanti Tiwari INC 44402 1069
Surajpur district
4 Premnagar Khelsai Singh INC 77318 Renuka Singh BJP 58991 18327
5 Bhatgaon Paras Nath Rajwade INC 67339 Rajni Tripathi BJP 59971 7368
Balrampur district
6 Pratappur (ST) Ram Sewak Paikra BJP 66550 Prem Sai Singh Tekam INC 58407 8143
7 Ramanujganj (ST) Brihaspat Singh INC 73174 Ramvichar Netam BJP 61582 11592
8 Samri (ST) Pritam Ram INC 82585 Siddhnath Paikra BJP 50762 31823
Surguja district
9 Lundra (ST) Chintamani Maharaj INC 64771 Vijay Baba BJP 54825 9946
10 Ambikapur T. S. Singh Deo INC 84668 Anurag Singh Deo BJP 65110 19558
11 Sitapur (ST) Amarjeet Bhagat INC 70217 Raja Ram Bhagat BJP 52362 17855
Jashpur district
12 Jashpur (ST) Rajsharan Bhagat BJP 79419 Sarhul Ram Bhagat INC 45070 34349
13 Kunkuri (ST) Rohit Kumar Sai BJP 76593 Abraham Tirkey INC 47727 28866
14 Pathalgaon (ST) Shivshankar Paikra BJP 71485 Rampukar Singh Thakur INC 67576 3909
Raigarh district
15 Lailunga (ST) Suniti Rathia BJP 75093 Hriday Ram Rathiya INC 60892 14201
16 Raigarh Roshanlal Agarwal BJP 91045 Shakrajeet Nayak INC 70453 20592
17 Sarangarh (SC) Kerabhai Manhar BJP 81971 Padma Mahnar INC 66127 15844
18 Kharsia Umesh Patel INC 95470 Jawaharlal Naik BJP 56582 38888
19 Dharamjaigarh (ST) Laljeet Singh Rathia INC 79276 Om Prakash Rathia BJP 59288 19988
Korba district
20 Rampur (ST) Shyamlal Kanwar INC 67868 Nanki Ram Kanwar BJP 57953 9915
21 Korba Jai Singh Agrawal INC 72386 Jogesh Lamba BJP 57937 14449
22 Katghora Lakhan Lal Dewangan BJP 61646 Bodhram Kanwar INC 48516 13130
23 Pali-Tanakhar (ST) Ram Dayal Uike INC 69450 Hira Singh Markam GGP 40637 28813
Bilaspur district
24 Marwahi (ST) Amit Jogi INC 82909 Samira Paikra BJP 36659 46250
25 Kota Renu Jogi INC 58390 Kashiram Sahu BJP 53301 5089
Mungeli district
26 Lormi Tokhan Sahu BJP 52302 Dharmjeet Singh Thakur INC 46061 6241
27 Mungeli (SC) Punnulal Mohle BJP 61026 Chandrabhan Barmate INC 58281 2745
Bilaspur district
28 Takhatpur Raju Singh BJP 44735 Ashish Singh Thakur INC 44127 608
29 Bilha Siyaram Kaushik INC 83598 Dharamlal Kaushik BJP 72630 10968
30 Bilaspur Amar Agrawal BJP 72255 Vani Rao INC 56656 15599
31 Beltara Badridhar Diwan BJP 50890 Bhuvneshwar Yadav INC 45162 5728
32 Masturi (SC) Dilip Lahariya INC 86509 Krishnamurti Bandi BJP 62363 24146
Janjgir–Champa district
33 Akaltara Chunnilal Sahu INC 69355 Dinesh Singh BJP 47662 21693
34 Janjgir-Champa Motilal Dewangan INC 54291 Narayan Chandel BJP 44080 10211
35 Sakti Khilawan Sahu BJP 51577 Saroja Manharan Rathore INC 42544 9033
36 Chandrapur Yudhvir Singh Judev BJP 51295 Ram Kumar Yadav BSP 45078 6217
37 Jaijaipur Keshav Prasad Chandra BSP 47188 Kailash Sahu BJP 44609 2579
38 Pamgarh (SC) Ambesh Jangde BJP 45342 Dujaram Bouddh BSP 37217 8125
Mahasamund district
39 Saraipali (SC) Ramlal Chouhan BJP 82064 Haridas Bharadwaj INC 53232 28832
40 Basna Rupkumari Choudhary BJP 77137 Devendra Bahadur Singh INC 70898 6239
41 Khallari Chunni Lal Sahu BJP 58652 Paresh Bagbahara INC 52653 5999
42 Mahasamund Vimal Chopra IND 47416 Agni Chandrakar INC 42694 4722
Baloda Bazar district
43 Bilaigarh (SC) Sangam Jangade BJP 71364 Shiv Kumar Dahria INC 58669 12695
44 Kasdol Gaurishankar Agrawal BJP 93629 Rajkamal Singhania INC 70701 22928
45 Baloda Bazar Janak Ram Verma INC 76549 Laxmi Baghel BJP 66572 9977
46 Bhatapara Shivratan Sharma BJP 76137 Chaitram Sahu INC 63797 12340
Raipur district
47 Dharsiwa Devjibhai Patel BJP 69419 Anita Yogendra Sharma INC 67029 2390
48 Raipur Rural Satyanarayan Sharma INC 70774 Nand Kumar Sahu BJP 68913 1861
49 Raipur City West Rajesh Munat BJP 64611 Vikas Upadhyay INC 58451 6160
50 Raipur City North Shrichand Sundrani BJP 52164 Kuldeep Juneja INC 48688 3476
51 Raipur City South Brijmohan Agrawal BJP 81429 Kiranmayee Nayak INC 46630 34799
52 Arang (SC) Naveen Markaandey BJP 59067 Guru Rudra Kumar INC 45293 13774
53 Abhanpur Dhanendra Sahu INC 67926 Chandra Shekhar Sahu BJP 59572 8354
Gariaband district
54 Rajim Santosh Upadhyay BJP 69625 Amitesh Shukla INC 67184 2441
55 Bindrawagarh (ST) Govardhan Singh Manhi BJP 85843 Janak Dhruw INC 55307 30536
Dhamtari district
56 Sihawa (ST) Shravan Markam BJP 53894 Ambika Markam INC 46407 7487
57 Kurud Ajay Chandrakar BJP 83190 Lekhram Sahu INC 56013 27177
58 Dhamtari Gurumukh Singh Hora INC 70960 Inder Chopra BJP 60460 10500
Balod district
59 Sanjari-Balod Bhaiyaram Sinha INC 88874 Pritam Sahu BJP 58441 30433
60 Dondi Lohara (ST) Anila Bhediya INC 66026 Horilal Rawate BJP 46291 19735
61 Gunderdehi Rajendra Rai INC 72770 Virendra Sahu BJP 51490 21280
Durg district
62 Patan Bhupesh Baghel INC 68185 Vijay Baghel BJP 58842 9343
63 Durg Gramin Ramshila Sahu BJP 50327 Pratima Chandrakar INC 47348 2979
64 Durg City Arun Vora INC 58645 Hemchand Yadav BJP 53024 5621
65 Bhilai Nagar Premprakash Pandey BJP 55654 Badruddin Quraishi INC 38548 17106
66 Vaishali Nagar Vidyaratan Bhasin BJP 72594 Bhajan Singh Nirankari INC 48146 24448
67 Ahiwara (SC) Rajmahant Sanwla Ram Dahre BJP 75337 Ashok Dongre INC 43661 31676
Bemetara district
68 Saja Labhchand Bafna BJP 81707 Ravindra Choubey INC 72087 9620
69 Bemetara Awadhesh Singh Chandel BJP 74162 Tamradhwaj Sahu INC 59048 15114
70 Navagarh (SC) Dayaldas Baghel BJP 69447 Dheeru Prasad Ghritlahare CSM 42254 27193
Kawardha district
71 Pandariya Motiram Chandravanshi BJP 81685 Lalji Chandravanshi INC 74412 7273
72 Kawardha Ashok Sahu BJP 93645 Mohammad Akbar INC 91087 2558
Rajnandgaon district
73 Khairagarh Girwar Janghel INC 70133 Komal Janghel BJP 67943 2190
74 Dongargarh (SC) Sarojini Banjare BJP 67158 Thaneshwar Patila INC 62474 4684
75 Rajnandgaon Raman Singh BJP 86797 Alka Mudliyar INC 50931 35866
76 Dongargaon Daleshwar Sahu INC 67755 Dinesh Gandhi BJP 66057 1698
77 Khujji Bholaram Sahu INC 51873 Rajinder Bhatia IND 43179 8694
78 Mohla-Manpur (ST) Tej Kunwar Netam INC 42648 Bhojesh Singh Mandavi BJP 41692 956
Kanker district
79 Antagarh (ST) Vikram Usendi BJP 53477 Manturam Pawar INC 48306 5171
80 Bhanupratappur (ST) Manoj Singh Mandavi INC 64837 Satish Latiya BJP 49941 14896
81 Kanker (ST) Shankar Dhruw INC 50586 Sanjay Kodopi BJP 45961 4625
Kondagaon district
82 Keshkal (ST) Santram Netam INC 53867 Sewakram Netam BJP 45178 8689
83 Kondagaon (ST) Mohan Markam INC 54290 Lata Usendi BJP 49155 5135
Narayanpur district
84 Narayanpur (ST) Kedar Nath Kashyap BJP 54874 Chandan Kashyap INC 42074 12800
Bastar district
85 Bastar (ST) Lakheshwar Baghel INC 57942 Subhau Kashyap BJP 38774 19168
86 Jagdalpur Santosh Bafna BJP 64803 Shamu Kashyap INC 48145 16658
87 Chitrakot (ST) Deepak Baij INC 50303 Baiduram Kashyap BJP 37974 12329
Dantewada district
88 Dantewada (ST) Devati Karma INC 41417 Bhima Mandavi BJP 35430 5987
Bijapur district
89 Bijapur (ST) Mahesh Gagda BJP 29578 Rajendra Pambhoi INC 20091 9487
Sukma district
90 Konta (ST) Kawasi Lakhma INC 27610 Dhaniram Barse BJP 21824 5786

See also

References

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