2004 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

2004 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

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11 seats
First party Second party   NDA INC Party NDA INC+ (post poll UPA) Seats won 10 1
Chhattisgarh
Prime Minister before election A. B. Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2004 Indian general election polls in Chhattisgarh were held for 11 seats in the state. This is the first time, that an election took place in this state after it achieved statehood from Madhya Pradesh in 2000. The Result was a Landslide Victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party winning 10 out of 11 Seats and the Indian National Congress could win only one seat. ^[1]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Raman Singh	11

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Ajit Jogi	11

Results by Alliance

Coalition/Alliance	Parties contesting		Seats won	Swing
National Democratic Alliance		Bharatiya Janata Party	10	n/a
United Progressive Alliance		Indian National Congress	1	n/a
Left Front [a]		Communist Party of India	0	0
		Communist Party of India
Other parties		Independent	0	0

1. Left front, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support

Results by Constituency

Keys:   BJP (10)    INC (1)

Parliamentary Constituency			Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
No.	Name	Type		Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Candidate	Party		Votes	Vote%	Votes	%
1	Surguja	ST	48.78	Nand Kumar Sai		BJP	3,57,108		Khelsai Singh		INC	2,53,656		1,03,452	15.29
2	Raigarh	ST	62.43	Vishnudeo Sai		BJP	3,29,057		Rampukar Singh		INC	2,54,814		74,243	11.45
3	Janjgir	GEN	52.23	Karuna Shukla		BJP	3,03,655		Charandas Mahant		INC	2,92,326		11,329	1.58
4	Bilaspur	SC	44.02	Punnulal Mohle		BJP	3,24,729		Basant Pahre		INC	2,43,176		81,533	13.12
5	Sarangarh	SC	49.35	Guharam Ajgalle		BJP	2,42,575		Parasram Bhardwaj		INC	1,83,457		59,118	10.06
6	Raipur	GEN	50.33	Ramesh Bais		BJP	3,57,108		Shyama Charan Shukla		INC	2,46,510		1,29,519	18.78
7	Mahasamund	GEN	65.99	Ajit Jogi		INC	4,14,647		Vidhya Charan Shukla		BJP	2,96,142		1,18,505	15.63
8	Kanker	ST	48.09	Sohan Potai		BJP	2,74,294		Ganga Potai		INC	2,00,668		73,626	13.29
9	Bastar	ST	43.33	Baliram Kashyap		BJP	2,12,893		Mahendra Karma		INC	1,58,520		54,373	12.07
10	Durg	GEN	52.08	Tarachand Sahu		BJP	3,82,757		Bhupesh Baghel		INC	3,21,289		61,468	8.07
11	Rajnandgaon	GEN	59.38	Pradeep Gandhi		BJP	3,14,520		Devvrat Singh		INC	3,00,197		14,323	2.15

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2008 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	73	50
	Indian National Congress	17	38
Total		90

References

1. "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.