2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

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All 11 Chhattisgarh seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout	72.17% (0.53%)
First party Second party   Leader Vishnu Deo Sai Bhupesh Baghel Party BJP INC Alliance NDA INDIA Leader since 2023 2014 Leader's seat Did not contest Rajnandgaon (lost) Last election 50.70%, 9 seats 41.51%, 2 seats Seats won 10 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 79,09,797 61,68,408 Percentage 52.65% 41.06% Swing 1.25% 0.45%
Seatwise Result Map of the 2024 general election in Chhattisgarh

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Chhattisgarh from 19 April to 7 May 2024 to elect 11 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. ^[1]

Election schedule

On 16 March 2024, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule of the 2024 Indian general election, with Chhattisgarh scheduled to vote during the first 3 phases starting from 19 April and concluding on 7 May 2024.

Phase wise schedule of 2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh
  Phase 1   Phase 2  Phase 3

Poll event	Phase
	I	II	III
Notification Date	20 March	28 March	12 April
Last Date for filing nomination	27 March	4 April	19 April
Scrutiny of nomination	28 March	5 April	20 April
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	30 March	8 April	22 April
Date of poll	19 April	26 April	7 May
Date of counting of votes/Result	4 June 2024
No. of constituencies	1	3	7

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Vishnu Deo Sai	11

   Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Bhupesh Baghel	11

Others

Party		Symbol	Contesting Seats
	Bahujan Samaj Party		11
	Gondwana Ganatantra Party		9
	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party		9
	Hamar Raj Party		8
	Rashtriya Jansabha Party		7
	Shakti Sena (Bharat Desh)		6
	Ambedkarite Party of India		4
	Sarv Adi Dal		4
	Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)		3
	Chhattisgarh Vikas Ganga Rashtriya Party		3
	Azad Janata Party		2
	Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal		2
	Loktantra Congress Party		2
	Nyaydharmsabha		2
	Republican Party of India (Athawale)		2
	Right to Recall Party		2
	Sunder Samaj Party		2
	Aap Sabki Apni Party		1
	Akhil Bhartiya Parivar Party		1
	Asankhya Samaj Party		1
	Bharat Adivasi Party		1
	Bharatiya Bahujan Congress		1
	Bhartiya Janta Secular Party		1
	Bhrashtachar Mukti Morcha		1
	Communist Party of India		1
	Dhoom Sena		1
	Lokshahi Ekta Party		1
	Prabuddha Republican Party		1
	Rashtriya Gondvana Party		1
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)		1
	Total		91

Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			INDIA
1	Sarguja (ST)		BJP	Chintamani Maharaj		INC	Shashi Singh
2	Raigarh (ST)		BJP	Radheshyam Rathiya		INC	Menka Devi Singh
3	Janjgir–Champa (SC)		BJP	Kamlesh Jangde		INC	Shivkumar Dahariya
4	Korba		BJP	Saroj Pandey		INC	Jyotsna Mahant
5	Bilaspur		BJP	Tokhan Sahu		INC	Devender Singh Yadav
6	Rajnandgaon		BJP	Santosh Pandey		INC	Bhupesh Baghel
7	Durg		BJP	Vijay Baghel		INC	Rajendra Sahu
8	Raipur		BJP	Brijmohan Agrawal		INC	Vikas Upadhyay
9	Mahasamund		BJP	Rupkumari Choudhary		INC	Tamradhwaj Sahu
10	Bastar (ST)		BJP	Mahesh Kashyap		INC	Kawasi Lakhma
11	Kanker (ST)		BJP	Bhojraj Nag		INC	Biresh Thakur

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of Error				Lead
			NDA	INDIA	Others
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024 [2]	±3-5%	11	0	0	NDA
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024 [3]	±5%	11	0	0	NDA
India Today-CVoter	February 2024 [4]	±3-5%	10	1	0	NDA
ABP News-CVoter	December 2023 [5]	±3-5%	9-11	0-2	0	NDA
Times Now-ETG	December 2023 [6]	±3%	10-11	0-1	0	NDA
India TV-CNX	October 2023 [7]	±3%	7	4	0	NDA
Times Now-ETG	September 2023 [8]	±3%	7-9	2-4	0	NDA
	August 2023 [9]	±3%	6-8	3-5	0	NDA
India Today-CVoter	August 2023 [10]	±3-5%	10	1	0	NDA

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of Error				Lead
			NDA	INDIA	Others
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024 [2]	±3-5%	54.8%	40.8%	4.4%	14
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024 [3]	±5%	55%	41%	4%	14
India Today-CVoter	February 2024 [11]	±3-5%	54%	38%	8%	16
India Today-CVoter	August 2023 [12]	±3-5%	51%	41%	8%	10

Exit polls

Polling agency				Lead
	NDA	INDIA	Others
Actual Results	10	1	0	NDA

Voter turnout

Phase wise

Phase	Poll Date	Constituencies	Voter Turnout (%)
I	19 April 2024	Bastar (ST)	68.29%
II	26 April 2024	Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker (ST)	76.24%
III	7 May 2024	Sarguja (ST), Raigarh (ST), Janjgir–Champa (SC), Korba, Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur	71.98%
Total			72.17%

Constituency wise

Constituency		Poll Date	Turnout	Swing
1	Sarguja (ST)	7 May 2024	79.89%	2.49%
2	Raigarh (ST)		78.85%	0.94%
3	Janjgir–Champa (SC)		67.56%	1.75%
4	Korba		75.63%	0.25%
5	Bilaspur		64.77%	0.29%
6	Rajnandgaon	26 April 2024	77.42%	1.22%
7	Durg	7 May 2024	73.68%	1.90%
8	Raipur		66.82%	0.66%
9	Mahasamund	26 April 2024	75.02%	0.37%
10	Bastar (ST)	19 April 2024	68.29%	2.03%
11	Kanker (ST)	26 April 2024	76.23%	1.81%
			72.17%	0.53%

Results

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	79,09,797	52.65%	1.25	11	10	1
	INDIA		INC	61,68,408	41.06%	0.45	11	01	1
	Others			2,10,750	1.40%	0.97	91	00
	IND			5,99,244	3.99%	1.42	107	00
	NOTA			1,35,430	0.90%
Total					100%	-	220	11	-

Results by constituency

Constituency		Turnout	Winner							Runner Up							Margin
			Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Sarguja (ST)	79.89%		BJP		NDA	Chintamani Maharaj	7,13,200	49.01%		INC		INDIA	Shashi Singh	6,48,328	44.55%	64,822	4.46%
2	Raigarh (ST)	78.85%		BJP		NDA	Radheshyam Rathiya	8,08,275	55.63%		INC		INDIA	Menka Devi Singh	5,67,884	39.08%	2,40,391	16.55%
3	Janjgir–Champa (SC)	67.56%		BJP		NDA	Kamlesh Jangre	6,78,199	48.71%		INC		INDIA	Shivkumar Dahariya	6,18,199	44.40%	60,000	4.31%
4	Korba	75.63%		INC		INDIA	Jyotsna Mahant	5,70,182	46.53%		BJP		NDA	Saroj Pandey	5,26,899	43.00%	43,283	3.53%
5	Bilaspur	64.77%		BJP		NDA	Tokhan Sahu	7,24,937	53.25%		INC		INDIA	Devender Yadav	5,60,379	41.16%	1,64,558	12.09%
6	Rajnandgaon	77.42%		BJP		NDA	Santosh Pandey	7,12,057	49.25%		INC		INDIA	Bhupesh Baghel	6,67,646	46.18%	44,411	3.07%
7	Durg	73.68%		BJP		NDA	Vijay Baghel	9,56,497	62.00%		INC		INDIA	Rajendra Sahu	5,18,271	33.59%	4,38,226	28.41%
8	Raipur	66.82%		BJP		NDA	Brijmohan Agrawal	10,50,351	66.19%		INC		INDIA	Vikas Upadhyay	4,75,066	29.94%	5,75,285	36.25%
9	Mahasamund	75.02%		BJP		NDA	Rupkumari Choudhary	7,03,659	53.06%		INC		INDIA	Tamradhwaj Sahu	5,58,203	42.09%	1,45,456	10.97%
10	Bastar (ST)	68.29%		BJP		NDA	Mahesh Kashyap	4,58,398	45.50%		INC		INDIA	Kawasi Lakhma	4,03,153	40.02%	55,245	5.48%
11	Kanker (ST)	76.23%		BJP		NDA	Bhojraj Nag	5,97,624	47.23%		INC		INDIA	Biresh Thakur	5,95,740	47.08%	1,884	0.15%

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

2024 Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Map

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2023 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	68	54
	Indian National Congress	22	35
	Gondwana Ganatantra Party	0	1
Total		90

See also

• 2024 Indian general election in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
• 2024 Indian general election in Delhi
• 2024 Indian general election in Goa

References

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