2019 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh
Indian lower house election in Chhattisgarh
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The 2019 Indian general elections held in India between 11 April and 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.[1]
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11, 18 and 23 April 2019
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| Turnout | 71.64% ( 1.24%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parties and alliances
National Democratic Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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Vikram Usendi | 11 | |
United Progressive Alliance
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Indian National Congress |  |
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Bhupesh Baghel | 11 | |
Candidates
| Constituency | BJP | INC | |||||
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| # | Name | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | ||
| 1 | Sarguja (ST) | BJP | Renuka Singh | INC | Khelsai Singh | ||
| 2 | Raigarh (ST) | BJP | Gomati Sai | INC | Laljeet Rathia | ||
| 3 | Janjgir-Champa (SC) | BJP | Guharam Ajgalley | INC | Ravi Bhardwaj | ||
| 4 | Korba | BJP | Jyotinand Dubey | INC | Jyotsna Mahant | ||
| 5 | Bilaspur | BJP | Arun Sao | INC | Atal Shrivastava | ||
| 6 | Rajnandgaon | BJP | Santosh Pandey | INC | Bholaram Sahu | ||
| 7 | Durg | BJP | Vijay Baghel | INC | Pratima Chandrakar | ||
| 8 | Raipur | BJP | Sunil Kumar Soni | INC | Pramod Dubey | ||
| 9 | Mahasamund | BJP | Chunni Lal Sahu | INC | Dhanendra Sahu | ||
| 10 | Bastar (ST) | BJP | Baiduram Kashyap | INC | Deepak Baij | ||
| 11 | Kanker (ST) | BJP | Mohan Mandavi | INC | Biresh Thakur | ||
Results
Results was announced on 23 May 2019.
Party wise
| Parties and coalitions | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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| Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 11 | 9 |  1 |
69,02,477 | 51.44% | 1.79% | |
| Indian National Congress | 11 | 2 | 1 |
55,69,283 | 41.51% | 2.42% | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 11 | 0 |  |
3,13,261 | 2.33% | 0.31% | |
| Gondwana Ganatantra Party | 9 | 0 | |
86,097 | 0.64% | 0.19% | |
| Independents | 54 | 0 | |
2,59,902 | 1.93% | 2.36% | |
| Total | 11 | 1,34,18,288 | |||||
| Valid votes | 1,34,18,288 | 98.55 | |||||
| Votes cast / turnout | 1,36,14,553 | 73.79 | |||||
| Registered voters | 1,84,50,225 | 100.0 | |||||
Constituency wise
| Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | % | |||||||||
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| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||||
| 1 | Sarguja | Renuka Singh Saruta | BJP | 663,711 | 51.80 | Khel Sai Singh | INC | 505,838 | 39.48 | 157,873 | 12.32 | ||
| 2 | Raigarh | Gomati Sai | BJP | 658,335 | 48.74 | Laljeet Singh Rathia | INC | 592,308 | 43.85 | 66,027 | 4.89 | ||
| 3 | Janjgir-Champa | Guharam Ajgalley | BJP | 572,790 | 45.88 | Ravi Parasram Bhardwaj | INC | 489,535 | 39.21 | 83,255 | 6.67 | ||
| 4 | Korba | Jyotsna Mahant | INC | 523,310 | 46.01 | Jyoti Nand Dubey | BJP | 497,061 | 43.70 | 26,249 | 2.31 | ||
| 5 | Bilaspur | Arun Sao | BJP | 634,559 | 52.43 | Atal Shrivastav | INC | 492,796 | 40.72 | 141,763 | 11.71 | ||
| 6 | Rajnandgaon | Santosh Pandey | BJP | 662,387 | 50.65 | Bhola Ram Sahu | INC | 550,421 | 42.09 | 111,966 | 8.56 | ||
| 7 | Durg | Vijay Baghel | BJP | 849,374 | 60.99 | Pratima Chandrakar | INC | 457,396 | 32.84 | 391,978 | 28.15 | ||
| 8 | Raipur | Sunil Kumar Soni | BJP | 837,902 | 59.97 | Pramod Dubey | INC | 489,664 | 35.05 | 348,238 | 24.92 | ||
| 9 | Mahasamund | Chunni Lal Sahu | BJP | 616,580 | 50.42 | Dhanendra Sahu | INC | 526,069 | 43.02 | 90,511 | 7.40 | ||
| 10 | Bastar | Deepak Baij | INC | 402,527 | 44.05 | Baidu Ram Kashyap | BJP | 363,545 | 39.79 | 38,982 | 4.26 | ||
| 11 | Kanker | Mohan Mandavi | BJP | 546,233 | 47.08 | Biresh Thakur | INC | 539,319 | 46.48 | 6,914 | 0.60 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Chhattisgarh
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
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| 1 | Renuka Singh Saruta | Sarguja (ST) | MoS | Ministry of Tribal Affairs | 31 May 2019 |
7 December 2023 (Resigned) |
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Assembly segments wise lead of parties
| Party | Assembly segments | Position in Assembly (as of 2019 2023 election) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 66 | &54 | |
| Indian National Congress | 24 | &35 | |
| Others | 0 | &1 | |
| Total | 90 | ||
