2009 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

Indian general election in Chhattisgarh, 2009

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11 seats
Turnout	55.29%
First party Second party   Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Seats won 10 1 Seat change Popular vote 3,851,970 3,192,007 Percentage 45.03% 37.31%
Map of the state's eleven parliamentary constituencies
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2009 Indian general election polls in Chhattisgarh were held for eleven seats in the state. The Result was a Landslide Victory for the BJP and the Congress won only one seat in first-past-the-post elections. Voting in the state took place on 16 April. The election was marred by Naxalite violence in several of the state's constituencies. Out of approximately 15.4 million eligible voters 55.29 percent exercised their right to vote.

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

Result

Result by Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	BJP			38,51,970	45.03	2.75	11	10
	INC			31,92,007	37.31	2.85	11	1
	BSP			3,86,872	4.52		11	0
	Others			2,81,139	3.29		48	0
	IND			8,42,855	9.85	5.99	97	0
Total				85,54,843	100%	-	178	11	-

Detailed Results

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Sarguja (ST)	Murarilal Singh		BJP	416,532	51.73	Bhanu Pratap Singh		INC	256,984	31.92	159,548	19.81
2	Raigarh (ST)	Vishnu Deo Sai		BJP	443,948	47.44	Hridayaram Rathiya		INC	388,100	41.47	55,848	5.97
3	Janjgir-Champa (SC)	Kamla Devi Patle		BJP	302,142	40.96	Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya		INC	214,931	29.14	87,211	11.82
4	Korba	Charan Das Mahant		INC	314,616	42.20	Karuna Shukla		BJP	293,879	39.41	20,737	2.79
5	Bilaspur	Dilip Singh Judev		BJP	347,930	45.18	Dr. Renu Jogi		INC	327,791	42.57	20,139	2.61
6	Rajnandgaon	Madhusudan Yadav		BJP	437,721	52.70	Devwrat Singh		INC	318,647	38.36	119,074	14.34
7	Durg	Saroj Pandey		BJP	283,170	31.27	Pradeep Choubey		INC	273,216	30.17	9,954	1.10
8	Raipur	Ramesh Bais		BJP	364,943	49.19	Bhupesh Baghel		INC	307,042	41.39	57,901	7.80
9	Mahasamund	Chandulal Sahu		BJP	371,201	47.82	Motilal Sahu		INC	319,726	41.19	51,475	6.63
10	Bastar (ST)	Baliram Kashyap		BJP	249,373	44.16	Shankar Sodi		INC	149,111	26.40	100,262	17.76
11	Kanker (ST)	Sohan Potai		BJP	341,131	45.99	Smt. Phoolo Devi Netam		INC	321,843	43.39	19,288	2.60

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Chhattisgarh

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Charan Das Mahant	Korba	MoS	Agriculture	12 July 2011	26 May 2014		INC
				Food Processing Industries

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2013 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	60	49
	Indian National Congress	25	39
	Bahujan Samaj Party	1	1
	Communist Party of India	1	0
	Others	3	1
Total		90