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

No.	Loksabha Constituency	Turnout%	Elected candidate	Party		Margin
1	Sarguja (ST)	61.62	Murarilal Singh		BJP	1,59,548
2	Raigarh (ST)	65.31	Vishnudeo Sai		BJP	55,848
3	Janjgir-Champa (SC)	48.57	Kamla Devi Patle		BJP	87,211
4	Korba	58.41	Charan Das Mahant		INC	20,737
5	Bilaspur	52.28	Dilip Singh Judeo		BJP	20,139
6	Rajnandgaon	58.86	Madhusudan Yadav		BJP	1,19,074
7	Durg	55.93	Saroj Pandey		BJP	9,954
8	Raipur	46.99	Ramesh Bais		BJP	57,901
9	Mahasamund	56.69	Chandu Lal Sahu		BJP	51,475
10	Bastar (ST)	47.33	Baliram Kashyap		BJP	1,00,262
11	Kanker (ST)	57.20	Sohan Potai		BJP	19,288

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