2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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All 90 seats in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	76.31% ( 0.57%) [1] [2]
Majority party Minority party   Leader Arun Sao Bhupesh Baghel Party BJP INC Leader since 2023 2014 Leader's seat Lormi Patan Last election 32.97% 15 seats 43.04%, 68 seats Seats won 54 35 Seat change 39 33 Popular vote 7,234,968 6,602,586 Percentage 46.27% 42.23% Swing 13.3% 0.81%
Structure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Bhupesh Baghel INC Chief Minister after election Vishnu Deo Sai BJP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Chhattisgarh in two phases on 7 November and 17 November 2023 to elect all 90 members of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results declared on 3 December 2023. ^[3]

Defying all pollsters and predictions, the BJP won an absolute majority with 54 seats, wresting power from the INC, which had won a landslide in 2018 but could win only 35 seats. This was also the BJP's biggest win in Chhattisgarh. On 13 December, BJP leader Vishnu Deo Sai took oath as the fourth chief minister of the state.

Background

The tenure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 3 January 2024. ^[4] The previous assembly elections were held in November 2018. After the election, Indian National Congress formed the state government, with Bhupesh Baghel becoming Chief Minister. ^[5]

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 October 2023. ^{[6] [7]}

Phases of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

Poll Event	Phase I	Phase II
Notification Date	13 October 2023	21 October 2023
Start of nomination	13 October 2023	21 October 2023
Last Date for filing nomination	20 October 2023	30 October 2023
Scrutiny of nomination	21 October 2023	31 October 2023
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	23 October 2023	2 November 2023
Date of Poll	7November 2023	17November 2023
Date of Counting of Votes	3 December 2023	3 December 2023

Parties and alliances

Source: ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Alliance/Party				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	Indian National Congress					Bhupesh Baghel	90
	Bharatiya Janata Party					Arun Sao	90
	BSP+ [11]		Bahujan Samaj Party			Hemant Poyam [12]	58+1	90
			Gondwana Ganatantra Party			Kuldeep Prajapati [12]	32
	Janta Congress Chhattisgarh					Amit Jogi	77
	Aam Aadmi Party					Komal Hupendi [13]	53
	Samajwadi Party						22
	Communist Party of India						12
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)						3
	Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)						3
	Lok Janshakti Party						1
	44 REGISTERED (UNRECOGNISED) PARTIES						308
	INDEPENDENT						430

Candidates

District	Constituency
			INC [14] [15] [16]			BJP [14] [15] [17]
Koriya	1	Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST)		INC	Gulab Singh Kamro		BJP	Renuka Singh
	2	Manendragarh		INC	Ramesh Singh		BJP	Shyam Bihari Jaiswal
	3	Baikunthpur		INC	Ambica Singh Deo		BJP	Bhaiyalal Rajwade
Surajpur	4	Premnagar		INC	Khelsai Singh		BJP	Bhulan Singh Maravi
	5	Bhatgaon		INC	Paras Nath Rajwade		BJP	Laxmi Rajwade
Balrampur	6	Pratappur (ST)		INC	Rajkumari Marawi		BJP	Shakuntala Singh Porthe
	7	Ramanujganj (ST)		INC	Dr. Ajay Tirkey		BJP	Ramvichar Netam
	8	Samri		INC	Vijay Paikara		BJP	Udeshwari Paikra
Surguja	9	Lundra (ST)		INC	Dr. Pritam Ram		BJP	Praboj Bhinj
	10	Ambikapur		INC	T. S. Singh Deo		BJP	Rajesh Agarwal
	11	Sitapur (ST)		INC	Amarjeet Bhagat		BJP	Ram Kumar Toppo
Jashpur	12	Jashpur (ST)		INC	Vinay Kumar Bhagat		BJP	Raimuni Bhagat
	13	Kunkuri (ST)		INC	U D Minj		BJP	Vishnu Dev Sai
	14	Pathalgaon (ST)		INC	Rampukar Singh		BJP	Gomati Sai
Raigarh	15	Lailunga (ST)		INC	Vidyavati Sidar		BJP	Suniti Rathia
	16	Raigarh		INC	Prakash Shakrajeet Naik		BJP	O. P. Chaudhary
	17	Sarangarh (SC)		INC	Uttari Jangde		BJP	Shivkumari Chauhan
	18	Kharsia		INC	Umesh Patel		BJP	Mahesh Sahu
	19	Dharamjaigarh (ST)		INC	Laljeet Singh Rathiya		BJP	Harishchandra Rathia
Korba	20	Rampur (ST)		INC	Phool Singh Rathiya		BJP	Nankiram Kanwar
	21	Korba		INC	Jai Singh Agrawal		BJP	Lakhan Lal Dewangan
	22	Katghora		INC	Purshottam Kanwar		BJP	Premchand Patel
	23	Pali-Tanakhar (ST)		INC	Duleshwari Sidar		BJP	Ramdaya Uikey
Gaurela Pendra Marwahi	24	Marwahi (ST)		INC	Dr. K K Dhruv		BJP	Pranav Kumar Marpachhi
	25	Kota		INC	Atal Srivastav		BJP	Prabal Pratap Singh Judev
Mungeli	26	Lormi		INC	Thaneshwar Sahu		BJP	Arun Sao
	27	Mungeli (SC)		INC	Sanjit Banerjee		BJP	Punnulal Mohle
Bilaspur	28	Takhatpur		INC	Dr. Rashmi Ashish Singh		BJP	Dharamjeet Singh
	29	Bilha		INC	Siyaram Kaushik		BJP	Dharamlal Kaushik
	30	Bilaspur		INC	Shailesh Pandey		BJP	Amar Agrawal
	31	Beltara		INC	Vijay Kesarwani		BJP	Sushant Shukla
	32	Masturi (SC)		INC	Dilip Lahariya		BJP	Krishnamuti Bandi
Janjgir-Champa	33	Akaltara		INC	Raghvendra Singh		BJP	Saurabh Singh
	34	Janjgir-Champa		INC	Vyas Kashyap		BJP	Narayan Chandel
	35	Sakti		INC	Charan Das Mahant		BJP	Khilawan Sahu
	36	Chandrapur		INC	Ram Kumar Yadav		BJP	Sanyogita Singh Judev
	37	Jaijaipur		INC	Baleshwar Sahu		BJP	Krishnakant Chandra
	38	Pamgarh (SC)		INC	Sheshraj Harbans		BJP	Santosh Lahre
Mahasamund	39	Saraipali (SC)		INC	Chaturi Nand		BJP	Sarla Kosaria
	40	Basna		INC	Devender Bahadur Singh		BJP	Sampat Agarwal
	41	Khallari		INC	Dwarikadhish Yadav		BJP	Alka Chandrakar
	42	Mahasamund		INC	Dr. Rashmi Chandrakar		BJP	Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
Baloda Bazar	43	Bilaigarh (SC)		INC	Kavita Pran Lahare		BJP	Dineshlal Jagade
	44	Kasdol		INC	Sandeep Sahu		BJP	Dhaniram Dhivar
	45	Baloda Bazar		INC	Shailesh Trivedi		BJP	Tankram Verma
	46	Bhatapara		INC	Inder Kumar Sao		BJP	Shivratan Sharma
Raipur	47	Dharsiwa		INC	Chhaya Verma		BJP	Anuj Sharma
	48	Raipur City Gramin		INC	Pankaj Sharma		BJP	Motilal Sahu
	49	Raipur City West		INC	Vikas Upadhyay		BJP	Rajesh Munat
	50	Raipur City North		INC	Kuldeep Juneja		BJP	Purandar Mishra
	51	Raipur City South		INC	Mahant Ram Sundar Das		BJP	Brijmohan Agrawal
	52	Arang (SC)		INC	Shivkumar Dahariya		BJP	Guru Khushwant Saheb
	53	Abhanpur		INC	Dhanendra Sahu		BJP	Indrakumar Sahu
Gariaband	54	Rajim		INC	Amitesh Shukla		BJP	Rohit Sahu
	55	Bindrawagarh (ST)		INC	Janak Lal Dhruv		BJP	Govardhan Ram Manjhi
Dhamtari	56	Sihawa (ST)		INC	Ambika Markam		BJP	Shrawan Markam
	57	Kurud		INC	Tarini Chandrakar		BJP	Ajay Chandrakar
	58	Dhamtari		INC	Omkar Sahu		BJP	Ranajana Sahu
Balod	59	Sanjari-Balod		INC	Sangeeta Sinha		BJP	Rakesh Yadav
	60	Dondi Lohara (ST)		INC	Anila Bhediya		BJP	Devlal Halwa Thakur
	61	Gunderdehi		INC	Kunwar Singh Nishad		BJP	Virendra Sahu
Durg	62	Patan		INC	Bhupesh Baghel		BJP	Vijay Baghel
	63	Durg Gramin		INC	Tamradhwaj Sahu		BJP	Lalit Chandrakar
	64	Durg City		INC	Arun Vora		BJP	Gajendra Yadav
	65	Bhilai Nagar		INC	Devendra Yadav		BJP	Premprakash Pandey
	66	Vaishali Nagar		INC	Mukesh Chandrakar		BJP	Rikesh Sen
	67	Ahiwara (SC)		INC	Nirmal Kosare		BJP	Doman Korsevada
Bemetara	68	Saja		INC	Ravindra Choubey		BJP	Ishwar Sahu
	69	Bemetara		INC	Ashish Kumar Chhabra		BJP	Dipesh Sahu
	70	Navagarh (SC)		INC	Guru Rudra Kumar		BJP	Dayaldas Baghel
Kabirdham	71	Pandariya		INC	Neelkanth Chandravanshi		BJP	Bhavna Bohra
	72	Kawardha		INC	Mohammad Akbar		BJP	Vijay Sharma
Rajnandgaon	73	Khairagarh		INC	Yashoda Verma		BJP	Vikrant Singh
	74	Dongargarh (SC)		INC	Harshita Swami Baghel		BJP	Vinod Khandekar
	75	Rajnandgaon		INC	Girish Devangan		BJP	Raman Singh
	76	Dongargaon		INC	Daleshwar Sahu		BJP	Bharat Verma
	77	Khujji		INC	Bhola Ram Sahu		BJP	Geeta Ghasi Sahu
	78	Mohla-Manpur (ST)		INC	Indrashah Mandavi		BJP	Sanjeev Saha
Kanker	79	Antagarh (ST)		INC	Roop Singh Potai		BJP	Vikram Usendi
	80	Bhanupratappur (ST)		INC	Savitri Mandavi		BJP	Gautam Uikey
	81	Kanker (ST)		INC	Shankar Dhurve		BJP	Asharam Netam
Kondagaon	82	Keshkal (ST)		INC	Sant Ram Netam		BJP	Neelkanth Tekam
	83	Kondagaon (ST)		INC	Mohan Markam		BJP	Lata Usendi
Narayanpur	84	Narayanpur (ST)		INC	Chandan Kashyap		BJP	Kedar Nath Kashyap
Bastar	85	Bastar (ST)		INC	Lakheshwar Baghel		BJP	Maniram Kashyap
	86	Jagdalpur		INC	Jitin Jaiswal		BJP	Kiran Singh Deo
	87	Chitrakot (ST)		INC	Deepak Baij		BJP	Vinayak Goyal
Dantewada	88	Dantewada (ST)		INC	Chavindra Mahendra Karma		BJP	Chetaram Arami
Bijapur	89	Bijapur (ST)		INC	Vikram Mandavi		BJP	Mahesh Gagada
Sukma	90	Konta (ST)		INC	Kawasi Lakhma		BJP	Soyam Muka

Campaigns

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC) campaigned slogan using "Fir se Congress layenge" (will bring congress again). The party's manifesto promised to continue and expand its existing welfare schemes, such as the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana (RGKNY), which provides financial assistance to farmers, and the Narva, Garva, Ghurva, Badi Yojana, which is a rural development program. ^[18]

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who addressed rallies and public meetings across the state. Baghel highlighted the party's achievements in government, such as the implementation of the RGKNY, the reduction in poverty, and the improvement in law and order. He also promised to continue working for the development of the state if the INC was re-electedThe INC also targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the main opposition party in the state. Baghel accused the BJP of being anti-farmer and anti-poor, and of failing to develop the state when it was in power. He also criticized the BJP's central government for its policies, such as demonetization and GST, which he said had hurt the state's economy. The INC also targeted the BJP by using Adani in their campaign. ^[19]

Manifesto ^{[20] [21]}

Bharatiya Janata Party

The party's manifesto, titled "Modi's Guarantee for Chhattisgarh 2023," promised to create one lakh new jobs, provide free electricity to farmers, and increase the minimum support price for paddy to ₹3,100 per quintal. The BJP also promised to improve infrastructure, healthcare, and education in the state. ^[22]

The BJP's campaign was led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who addressed rallies across the state. Shah attacked the incumbent Congress government over alleged corruption, lawlessness, and the neglect of farmers and tribals. ^{[23] [24]} He also accused the Congress of promoting religious conversion and appeasement politics. ^[25] Other senior BJP leaders who campaigned in Chhattisgarh included former Chief Minister Raman Singh, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, and party spokesperson Sambit Patra. They assured on the BJP's development record and the party's commitment to Hindutva.

The BJP also targeted the Congress government on the issue of Naxalism. The party alleged that the Congress was soft on Naxalites and that the state had witnessed an increase in Naxal violence in recent years. ^[26]

Manifesto ^{[27] [28]}

Security concerns

Chhattisgarh has historicaly been part of India's red corridor, a hotspot for Naxalite–Maoist insurgency. To ensure a secure polling process, over 60,000 security personnel, mostly from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) were deployed to 12 constituencies in the Bastar region. ^[29] In total 20 constituencies saw the deployment of security forces.

In mid-afternoon on 7 November, the date of polling for the first phase, security personnel were injured in a gunfight in the southern villages of Tadmetla and Duled. ^[30]

On 17 November, during the second phase of the elections, a Naxal IED blast occurred, resulting in the death of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Head Constable Joginder Singh when the Electronic Voting Machine was being returned to Gariaband from the polling stations of Bade and Gobra. The EVM was undamaged according to the Inspector-General of the Raipur Range, Arif Sheikh. ^[31]

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Seat share

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of error	Sample Size				Majority
				INC	BJP	Others
ABP News-Matrize [32]	26 March 2023	±3%	27,000	47-52	34-39	1-5	INC
ABP News-C-Voter [33]	20 August 2023	±3–5%	7,696	48-54	35-41	0-3	INC
ABP News-CVoter [34]	9 October 2023	±3–5%	11,928	45-55	39-45	0-2	Hung
ABP News-CVoter [35]	4 November 2023	±3–5%	5,782	45-51	36-42	2-5	Hung

Vote share

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of error	Sample Size				Lead
				INC	BJP	Others
ABP News-Matrize [32]	26 March 2023	±3%	27,000	44%	43%	13%	1%
ABP News-CVoter [33]	20 August 2023	±3–5%	7,696	46%	41%	13%	5%
ABP News-CVoter [34]	9 October 2023	±3–5%	11,928	45.3%	43.5%	11.2%	1.8%
ABP News-CVoter [35]	4 November 2023	±3–5%	5,782	44.8%	42.7%	12.5%	2.1%

Exit polls

Exit polls were released on 30 November 2023. ^{[36] [37] [38]} All exit polls incorrectly predicted the Congress to win, or at least become the single largest party in a hung assembly. Thus the exit polls turned out to be a failure, as BJP won the election with clear majority. ^[39]

Polling agency				Majority
	INC	BJP	Others
India Today-Axis My India	40-50	36-46	1-5	Hung
India TV-CNX	46-56	30-40	3-5	INC
TV9 Bharatvarsh-Polstrat	40-50	35-45	0-3	Hung
ABP News-CVoter	41-53	36-48	0-3	Hung
News18-Today's Chanakya	49-65	25-41	0-3	INC
Republic TV-Matrize	44-52	34-42	0-2	Hung
Dainik Bhaskar	46-55	35-45	0-10	INC
Times Now-ETG	48-56	32-40	2-4	INC
Jan Ki Baat	42-53	34-45	3	Hung
Poll of Polls [36]	49	38	3	INC
Actual Results	35	54	1	BJP

Results

Results by party

Vote share by party

  Bharatiya Janata Party (46.27%)

  Indian National Congress (42.23%)

  Bahujan Samaj Party (2.05%)

  NOTA (1.26%)

  Others (8.19%)

Seat share by party

   Bharatiya Janata Party (60%)

   Indian National Congress (38.89%)

   Gondwana Ganatantra Party (1.11%)

Source: ^{[40] [41]}

Party		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,234,968	46.27%	13.3%	90	54	39
	Indian National Congress	6,602,586	42.23%	0.81%	90	35	33
	Other parties	1,178,471	7.54%	8.59	571	1	6
	Independents	421,430	2.70%	3.18	430	0
	NOTA	197,678	1.26%	0.72
Total		15,634,933	100%	-	1181	90	-
Vote statistics
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast/ turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

Results by district

Source: ^{[40] [41]}

District	Seats
		BJP	INC	Others
Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur	2	2	0	0
Koriya	1	1	0	0
Surajpur	2	2	0	0
Balrampur	3	3	0	0
Surguja	3	3	0	0
Jashpur	3	3	0	0
Raigarh	3	1	2	0
Sarangarh-Bilaigarh	3	0	3	0
Korba	4	2	1	1
Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi	2	1	1	0
Mungeli	2	2	0	0
Janjgir-Champa	3	0	3	0
Sakti	3	0	3	0
Bilaspur	5	4	1	0
Mahasamund	4	2	2	0
Baloda Bazar	3	1	2	0
Raipur	7	7	0	0
Gariaband	2	1	1	0
Dhamtari	3	1	2	0
Balod	3	0	3	0
Durg	6	4	2	0
Bemetara	3	3	0	0
Kabirdham	2	2	0	0
Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai	1	0	1	0
Rajnandgaon	4	1	3	0
Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki	1	0	1	0
Kanker	3	2	1	0
Kondagaon	2	2	0	0
Narayanpur	1	1	0	0
Bastar	3	2	1	0
Dantewada	1	1	0	0
Bijapur	1	0	1	0
Sukma	1	0	1	0
Total	90	54	35	1

Results by constituency

Source: ^{[40] [41]}

Constituency		Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district
1	Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST)	Renuka Singh		BJP	55,809	37.54	Gulab Kamro		INC	50,890	34.23	4919
2	Manendragarh	Shyam Bihari Jaiswal		BJP	48,503	48.19	Ramesh Singh Vakil		INC	36,623	36.39	11880
Koriya district
3	Baikunthpur	Bhaiyalal Rajwade		BJP	66,866	48.21	Ambika Singh Deo		INC	41,453	29.89	25413
Surajpur district
4	Premnagar	Bhulan Singh Marabi		BJP	99,957	51.87	Khelsai Singh		INC	66,667	34.59	33290
5	Bhatgaon	Laxmi Rajwade		BJP	105,162	54.06	Paras Nath Rajwade		INC	61,200	31.46	43962
Balrampur district
6	Pratappur (ST)	Shakuntala Singh Portey		BJP	83,796	43.59	Rajkumari Shivbhajan Marabi		INC	72,088	37.50	11708
7	Ramanujganj (ST)	Ramvichar Netam		BJP	99,574	54.58	Ajay Kumar Tirkey		INC	69,911	38.32	29663
8	Samri	Uddheshwari Paikra		BJP	83,483	45.53	Vijay Paikra		INC	69,540	37.93	13943
Surguja district
9	Lundra (ST)	Prabodh Minz		BJP	87,463	52.82	Pritam Ram		INC	63,335	38.25	24128
10	Ambikapur	Rajesh Agrawal		BJP	90,780	46.34	T. S. Singh Deo		INC	90,686	46.29	94
11	Sitapur (ST)	Ramkumar Toppo		BJP	83,088	50.36	Amarjeet Bhagat		INC	65,928	39.96	17160
Jashpur district
12	Jashpur (ST)	Raymuni Bhagat		BJP	89,103	49.21	Vinay Bhagat		INC	71,458	39.47	17645
13	Kunkuri (ST)	Vishnu Deo Sai		BJP	87,607	54.90	U. D. Minj		INC	62,063	38.90	25544
14	Pathalgaon (ST)	Gomati Sai		BJP	82,320	45.87	Rampukar Singh Thakur		INC	82,065	45.75	255
Raigarh district
15	Lailunga (ST)	Vidyawati Sidar		INC	84,666	48.20	Suniti Satyanand Rathiya		BJP	80,490	45.82	4176
16	Raigarh	Omprakash Choudhary		BJP	129,134	63.21	Prakash Shakrajeet Naik		INC	64,691	31.66	64443
Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district
17	Sarangarh (SC)	Uttari Ganpat Jangde		INC	109,484	52.15	Shivkumari Saradhan Chouhan		BJP	79,789	38.01	29695
18	Kharsia	Umesh Patel		INC	100,988	53.74	Mahesh Sahu		BJP	79,332	42.22	21656
Raigarh district
19	Dharamjaigarh (ST)	Laljeet Singh Rathia		INC	90,493	49.18	Harishchandra Rathia		BJP	80,856	43.94	9637
Korba district
20	Rampur (ST)	Phool Singh Rathiya		INC	93,647	53.11	Nanki Ram Kanwar		BJP	70,788	40.14	22859
21	Korba	Lakhan Lal Dewangan		BJP	92,029	53.74	Jai Singh Agrawal		INC	66,400	38.77	25629
22	Katghora	Premchand Patel		BJP	73,680	45.19	Purushottam Kanwar		INC	56,780	34.83	16900
23	Pali-Tanakhar (ST)	Tuleshwar Hira Singh Markam		GGP	60,862	32.87	Duleshwari Sidar		INC	60,148	32.48	714
Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district
24	Marwahi (ST)	Pranav Kumar Marpachi		BJP	51,960	33.35	Gulab Raj		JCC	39,882	25.6	12078
25	Kota	Atal Shrivastava		INC	73,479	44.95	Prabal Pratap Singh Judev		BJP	65,522	40.08	7957
Mungeli district
26	Lormi	Arun Sao		BJP	75,070	48.00	Thaneshwar Sahu		INC	29,179	19.00	45891
27	Mungeli (SC)	Punnulal Mohle		BJP	85,429	50.00	Sanjit Banerjee		INC	73,648	43.00	11781
Bilaspur district
28	Takhatpur	Dharamjeet Singh		BJP	90,978	51.00	Dr.Rashmi Ashish Singh		INC	76,086	42.00	14892
29	Bilha	Dharamlal Kaushik		BJP	100,346	47.00	Siyaram Kaushik		INC	91,389	43.00	8957
30	Bilaspur	Amar Agrawal		BJP	83,022	58.00	Shailesh Pandey		INC	54,063	38.00	28959
31	Beltara	Sushant Shukla		BJP	79,528	48.00	Vijay Kesarwani		INC	62,565	38.00	16963
32	Masturi (SC)	Dilip Lahariya		INC	95,497	47.00	Dr.Krishnamurti Bandi		BJP	75,356	37.00	20141
Janjgir–Champa district
33	Akaltara	Raghvendra Singh		INC	80,043	47.00	Saurabh Singh		BJP	57,285	34.00	22758
34	Janjgir-Champa	Vyas Kashyap		INC	72,900	46.00	Narayan Chandel		BJP	65,929	41.00	6971
Sakti district
35	Sakti	Charan Das Mahant		INC	81,519	51.00	Dr.Khilawan Sahu		BJP	69,124	43.00	12395
36	Chandrapur	Ram Kumar Yadav		INC	85,525	48.00	Bahu Rani Sanyogita Singh Judev		BJP	69,549	39.00	15976
37	Jaijaipur	Baleshwar Sahu		INC	76,747	44.04	Krishna Kant Chandra		BJP	50,825	29.16	25922
Janjgir–Champa district
38	Pamgarh (SC)	Sheshraj Harbans		INC	63,963	43.00	Santosh Lahre		BJP	47,789	32.00	16174
Mahasamund district
39	Saraipali (SC)	Chaturi Nand		INC	100,503	50.57	Sarla Kosariya		BJP	58,615	34.74	41888
40	Basna	Sampat Agrawal		BJP	108,871	57.80	Devender Bahadur Singh		INC	72,078	38.27	36793
41	Khallari	Dwarikadhish Yadav		INC	104,052	57.86	Alka Chandrakar		BJP	66,933	37.22	37119
42	Mahasamund	Yogeshwar Raju Sinha		BJP	84,594	51.00	Dr.Rashmi Chandrakar		BJP	68,442	42.00	16152
Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district
43	Bilaigarh (SC)	Kavita Pran Lahare		INC	81,647	38.00	Dr.Dineshlal Jagade		BJP	63,708	30.00	17939
Baloda Bazar district
44	Kasdol	Sandeep Sahu		INC	136,362	50.21	Dhaniram Dhivar		BJP	102,597	37.78	33765
45	Baloda Bazar	Tankram Verma		BJP	108,381	49.00	Shailesh Trivedi		INC	93,635	43.00	14746
46	Bhatapara	Inder Kumar Sao		INC	94,066	49.00	Shivratan Sharma		BJP	82,750	43.00	11316
Raipur district
47	Dharsiwa	Anuj Sharma		BJP	107,283	58.65	Chhaya Verma		INC	62,940	34.41	44343
48	Raipur City Gramin	Motilal Sahu		BJP	113,032	54.98	Pankaj Sharma		INC	77,282	37.59	35750
49	Raipur City West	Rajesh Munat		BJP	98,938	60.35	Vikas Upadhyay		INC	57,709	35.2	41229
50	Raipur City North	Purandar Mishra		BJP	54,279	48.26	Kuldeep Singh Juneja		INC	31,225	27.76	23054
51	Raipur City South	Brijmohan Agrawal		BJP	109,263	69.48	Mahant Ramsundar Das		INC	41,544	26.42	67719
52	Arang	Guru Khushwant Saheb		BJP	94,039	52.59	Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya		INC	77,501	43.34	16538
53	Abhanpur	Indra Kumar Sahu		BJP	93,295	52	Dhanendra Sahu		INC	77,742	43.33	15553
Gariaband district
54	Rajim	Rohit Sahu		BJP	96,423	50.16	Amitesh Shukla		INC	84,512	43.96	11911
55	Bindrawagarh (ST)	Janak Dhruw		INC	92,639	47.48	Gowardhan Singh Manjhi		BJP	91,823	47.06	816
Dhamtari district
56	Sihawa (ST)	Ambika Markam		INC	84,891	49.81	Shrawan Markam		BJP	71,725	42.08	13166
57	Kurud	Ajay Chandrakar		BJP	94,712	50.07	Tarni Neelam Chandrakar		INC	86,622	45.79	8090
58	Dhamtari	Onkar Sahu		INC	88,544	48.44	Rajana Dipendra Sahu		BJP	85,938	47.02	2606
Balod district
59	Sanjari-Balod	Sangeeta Sinha		INC	84,649	44.2	Rakesh Kumar Yadav		BJP	67,603	35.3	17046
60	Dondi Lohara (ST)	Anila Bhendiya		INC	102,762	56.43	Devlal Thakur		BJP	67,183	36.89	35579
61	Gunderdehi	Kunwer Singh Nishad		INC	103,191	50.35	Virendra Sahu		BJP	88,328	43.1	14863
Durg district
62	Patan	Bhupesh Baghel		INC	95,438	51.91	Vijay Baghel		BJP	75,715	41.18	19723
63	Durg Gramin	Lalit Chandrakar		BJP	87,175	52.52	Tamradhwaj Sahu		INC	70,533	42.5	16642
64	Durg City	Gajendra Yadav		BJP	97,906	63.89	Arun Vora		INC	49,209	32.11	48697
65	Bhilai Nagar	Devendra Yadav		INC	54,405	48.47	Prem Prakash Pandey		BJP	53,141	47.34	1264
66	Vaishali Nagar	Rikesh Sen		BJP	98,272	59.45	Mukesh Chandrakar		INC	58,198	35.21	40074
67	Ahiwara (SC)	Domanlal Korsewada		BJP	96,717	54.65	Nirmal Korse		INC	71,454	40.38	25263
Bemetara district
68	Saja	Ishwar Sahu		BJP	101,789	48.55	Ravindra Choubey		INC	96,593	46.07	5196
69	Bemetara	Dipesh Sahu		BJP	97,731	49.6	Ashish Chhabda		INC	88,597	44.97	9134
70	Navagarh (SC)	Dayaldas Baghel		BJP	101,631	50.01	Guru Rudra Kumar		INC	86,454	42.54	15177
Kabirdham district
71	Pandariya	Bhawna Bohra		BJP	120,847	50.66	Neelu Chandravanshi		INC	94,449	39.59	26398
72	Kawardha	Vijay Sharma		BJP	144,257	53.22	Mohammad Akbar		INC	104,665	38.62	39592
Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district
73	Khairagarh	Yashoda Verma		INC	89,704	49.26	Vikrant Singh		BJP	84,070	46.16	5,634
Rajnandgaon district
74	Dongargarh (SC)	Harshita Swami Baghel		INC	89,145	51.59	Vinod Khandekar		BJP	74,778	43.27	14367
75	Rajnandgaon	Raman Singh		BJP	102,499	61.21	Girish Dewangan		INC	57,415	34.29	45084
76	Dongargaon	Daleshwar Sahu		INC	81,479	47.49	Bharatlal Verma		BJP	78,690	45.86	2789
77	Khujji	Bholaram Sahu		INC	80,465	50.64	Geeta Ghasi Sahu		BJP	54,521	34.31	25944
Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district
78	Mohla-Manpur	Indrashah Mandavi		INC	77,454	57.79	Sanjeev Shah		BJP	45,713	34.11	31741
Kanker district
79	Antagarh (ST)	Vikram Usendi		BJP	59,547	42.21	Roop Singh Potai		INC	35,837	25.40	23710
80	Bhanupratappur (ST)	Savitri Manoj Mandavi		INC	83,931	50.63	Gautam Uikey		BJP	52,999	31.97	30932
81	Kanker (ST)	Asharam Netam		BJP	67,980	46.00	Shankar Dhruv		INC	67,964	46.00	16
Kondagaon district
82	Keshkal (ST)	Neelkanth Tekam		BJP	77,438	45.00	Sant Ram Netam		INC	71,878	42.00	5560
83	Kondagaon (ST)	Lata Usendi		BJP	80,465	51.32	Mohan Lal Markam		INC	61,893	39.47	18572
Narayanpur district
84	Narayanpur (ST)	Kedar Nath Kashyap		BJP	69,110	48.22	Chandan Kashyap		INC	49,580	34.76	19188
Bastar district
85	Bastar (ST)	Lakheshwar Baghel		INC	68,401	48.00	Maniram Kashyap		BJP	61,967	43.00	6434
86	Jagdalpur	Kiran Singh Deo		BJP	90,336	55.00	Jitin Jaiswal		INC	60,502	37.00	29834
87	Chitrakot (ST)	Vinayak Goyal		BJP	63,954	44.00	Deepak Bajj		INC	55,584	38.00	8370
Dantewada district
88	Dantewada (ST)	Chaitram Atami		BJP	57,739	43.00	K.Chavindra Mahendra Karma		INC	40,936	30.00	16803
Bijapur district
89	Bijapur (ST)	Vikram Mandavi		INC	35,739	44.00	Mahesh Gagda		BJP	33,033	41.00	2706
Sukma district
90	Konta (ST)	Kawasi Lakhma		INC	32,776	31.00	Soyam Muka		BJP	30,795	29.00	1981

Aftermath

After the incumbent Congress government was defeated, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel tendered his resignation to governor Biswabhusan Harichandan.

On 10 December 2023, the BJP legislature party meeting was held in Raipur headed by its central observers Arjun Munda, Sarbananda Sonowal and Dushyant Kumar Gautam where Kunkuri MLA Vishnu Deo Sai was elected as the next chief minister and Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma were elected as deputy chief ministers. Later, they met governor Biswabhusan Harichandan and staked claim to form the government.

On 13 December, Vishnu Deo Sai, Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma took oath as chief minister an deputy chief ministers of Chhattisgarh at the Science College ground in Raipur.

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