2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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All 90 seats in the Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 77.45% ( 6.79%)
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Leader  | Raman Singh | Ajit Jogi | Mayawati
Party  | BJP | INC | BSP
Alliance  | NDA | UPA | -
Leader since  | 2003  | 2000  | 2003
Leader's seat  | Rajnandgaon | Marwahi | did not contest
Seats before  | 50  | 38  | 2
Seats after  | 49  | 39  | 1
Seat change  |  1  |  1  |  1
Percentage  | 41.0%  | 40.3%  | 4.3%
Swing  |  0.7%  |  1.7%  |  1.8%

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Seatwise map of the election results

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Structure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the election

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| CM before election

Raman Singh
BJP

| Elected CM

Raman Singh
BJP

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Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election 2013 was held in two phases on 11 and 19 November in Chhattisgarh state of India. The result was announced on 8 December.[1] Incumbent ruling party BJP and Chief Minister Raman Singh retained the majority in assembly and formed government consequently for the third time.[2][3][4]

## Polls

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Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used in 1 assembly seat in Chhattisgarh elections.[5][6] The first phase in the Naxal-affected areas of Bastar, consisting 18 constituencies, voted on 11 November and had a 75.53% voter turnout. The second phase in the other 72 constituencies was held on 19 November and had a 74.7% turnout.[7]

### Security

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The Hindu reported that 32 battalions of central paramilitaries were added to the 117,000 security force personnel in the area. Another almost 25,000 Chhattisgarh Police were stations in south Chhattisgarh. As a result, the Gond tribal region would consist of approximately 143,000 armed security personnel. The Hindu stated that after the mobilization of 600 companies of paramilitary forces in the tribal region, it was "one of the most militarized zones in the world."[8]

## Results

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Results were declared on 8 December 2013. Bharatiya Janata Party won 49 seats while the Indian National Congress won 39 seats. One Independent and one Bahujan Samaj Party candidate also won. BJP retained majority in state legislative assembly for consequently third time and Raman Singh sworn in as a Chief Minister.[2][9]

### Party-wise

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Summary of the 11–19 November 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election results

Parties and coalitions  | Popular vote  | Seats
Votes | % | ± pp | Contested | Won | +/−  | %
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 5,365,272 | 41.0 | 0.7  | 90 | 49 | 1 | 54.44
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 5,267,698 | 40.3 | 1.7  | 90 | 39 | 1 | 43.33
| Independents (IND)  | 697,267  | 5.3  | 3.2  | 355  | 1  | 1  | 1.11
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)  | 558,424  | 4.3  | 1.8  | 90  | 1  | 1  | 1.11
| Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch (CSM)  | 226,167  | 1.7  | 1.7  | 54  | 0  |  | 0.00
| Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGP)  | 205,325  | 1.6  |  | 44  | 0  |  | 0.00
| Other parties and candidates | 352,622 | 2.7  | 2.2  | 353 | 0  |  | 0.00
| None of the Above (NOTA)  | 401,058  | 3.1  | 3.1  |
Total  | 13,073,833  | 100.00 |  | 1076  | 90 | ±0 | 100.0
Valid votes  | 12,672,775  | 99.90  |  |
Invalid votes  | 12,051  | 0.10  |
Votes cast / turnout | 13,085,884 | 77.45 |
Abstentions  | 4,222,987  | 22.55  |
Registered voters | 16,895,762 |
Source: Election Commission of India[10]

### Region-wise

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Division  | Seats  |  |  |  |

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BJP | INC | BSP | IND
Surguja  | 14  | 7  | 7  | \-  |
Central Chhattisgarh  | 64  | 38  | 24  | 1  | 1
Bastar  | 12  | 4  | 8  | \-  |
Total  | 90  | 49  | 39  | 3  |

### District-wise

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District  | Seats  |  |  |  |

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BJP | INC | BSP | IND
Koriya | 3  | 3  | \-  | \-  | \-
Surajpur | 2  | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-
Balrampur | 3  | 1  | 2  | \-  | \-
Surguja | 3  | \-  | 3  | \-  | \-
Jashpur | 3  | 3  | \-  | \-  | \-
Raigarh | 5  | 3  | 2  | \-  | \-
Korba | 4  | 1  | 3  | \-  | \-
Bilaspur | 7  | 3  | 4  | \-  | \-
Mungeli | 2  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-
Janjgir-Champa | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | \-
Mahasamund | 4  | 3  | \-  | \-  | 1
Baloda Bazar | 4  | 3  | 1  | \-  | \-
Raipur | 7  | 5  | 2  | \-  | \-
Gariaband | 2  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-
Dhamtari | 3  | 2  | 1  | \-  | \-
Balod | 3  | \-  | 3  | \-  | \-
Durg | 6  | 4  | 2  | \-  | \-
Bemetara | 3  | 3  | \-  | \-  | \-
Kawardha | 2  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-
Rajnandgaon | 6  | 2  | 4  | \-  | \-
Kanker | 3  | 1  | 2  | \-  | \-
Kondagaon | 2  | \-  | 2  | \-  | \-
Narayanpur | 1  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-
Bastar | 3  | 1  | 2  | \-  | \-
Dantewada | 1  | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-
Bijapur | 1  | 1  | \-  | \-  | \-
Sukma | 1  | \-  | 1  | \-  | \-
Total  | 90  | 49  | 39  | 1  | 1

### Constituency-wise

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Constituency  | Winner  | Runner Up  | Margin

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#  | Name  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes
Koriya district
1  | Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST)  | Champa Devi Pawle  |  | BJP | 42968  | Gulab Kamro  |  | INC | 38360  | 4608
2  | Manendragarh | Shyam Bihari Jaiswal |  | BJP | 32613  | Gulab Singh  |  | INC | 28435  | 4178
3  | Baikunthpur | Bhaiyalal Rajwade |  | BJP | 45471  | Bedanti Tiwari  |  | INC | 44402  | 1069
Surajpur district
4  | Premnagar | Khelsai Singh |  | INC | 77318  | Renuka Singh |  | BJP | 58991  | 18327
5  | Bhatgaon | Paras Nath Rajwade |  | INC | 67339  | Rajni Tripathi  |  | BJP | 59971  | 7368
Balrampur district
6  | Pratappur (ST)  | Ram Sewak Paikra |  | BJP | 66550  | Prem Sai Singh Tekam |  | INC | 58407  | 8143
7  | Ramanujganj (ST)  | Brihaspat Singh |  | INC | 73174  | Ramvichar Netam |  | BJP | 61582  | 11592
8  | Samri (ST)  | Pritam Ram |  | INC | 82585  | Siddhnath Paikra  |  | BJP | 50762  | 31823
Surguja district
9  | Lundra (ST)  | Chintamani Maharaj |  | INC | 64771  | Vijay Baba  |  | BJP | 54825  | 9946
10  | Ambikapur | T. S. Singh Deo |  | INC | 84668  | Anurag Singh Deo  |  | BJP | 65110  | 19558
11  | Sitapur (ST)  | Amarjeet Bhagat |  | INC | 70217  | Raja Ram Bhagat  |  | BJP | 52362  | 17855
Jashpur district
12  | Jashpur (ST)  | Rajsharan Bhagat  |  | BJP | 79419  | Sarhul Ram Bhagat  |  | INC | 45070  | 34349
13  | Kunkuri (ST)  | Rohit Kumar Sai  |  | BJP | 76593  | Abraham Tirkey  |  | INC | 47727  | 28866
14  | Pathalgaon (ST)  | Shivshankar Paikra  |  | BJP | 71485  | Rampukar Singh Thakur  |  | INC | 67576  | 3909
Raigarh district
15  | Lailunga (ST)  | Suniti Rathia  |  | BJP | 75093  | Hriday Ram Rathiya  |  | INC | 60892  | 14201
16  | Raigarh | Roshanlal Agarwal  |  | BJP | 91045  | Shakrajeet Nayak  |  | INC | 70453  | 20592
17  | Sarangarh (SC)  | Kerabhai Manhar  |  | BJP | 81971  | Padma Mahnar  |  | INC | 66127  | 15844
18  | Kharsia | Umesh Patel |  | INC | 95470  | Jawaharlal Naik  |  | BJP | 56582  | 38888
19  | Dharamjaigarh (ST)  | Laljeet Singh Rathia |  | INC | 79276  | Om Prakash Rathia  |  | BJP | 59288  | 19988
Korba district
20  | Rampur (ST)  | Shyamlal Kanwar  |  | INC | 67868  | Nanki Ram Kanwar |  | BJP | 57953  | 9915
21  | Korba | Jai Singh Agrawal |  | INC | 72386  | Jogesh Lamba  |  | BJP | 57937  | 14449
22  | Katghora | Lakhan Lal Dewangan |  | BJP | 61646  | Bodhram Kanwar  |  | INC | 48516  | 13130
23  | Pali-Tanakhar (ST)  | Ram Dayal Uike  |  | INC | 69450  | Hira Singh Markam |  | GGP | 40637  | 28813
Bilaspur district
24  | Marwahi (ST)  | Amit Jogi |  | INC | 82909  | Samira Paikra  |  | BJP | 36659  | 46250
25  | Kota | Renu Jogi |  | INC | 58390  | Kashiram Sahu  |  | BJP | 53301  | 5089
Mungeli district
26  | Lormi | Tokhan Sahu |  | BJP | 52302  | Dharmjeet Singh Thakur |  | INC | 46061  | 6241
27  | Mungeli (SC)  | Punnulal Mohle |  | BJP | 61026  | Chandrabhan Barmate  |  | INC | 58281  | 2745
Bilaspur district
28  | Takhatpur | Raju Singh  |  | BJP | 44735  | Ashish Singh Thakur  |  | INC | 44127  | 608
29  | Bilha | Siyaram Kaushik  |  | INC | 83598  | Dharamlal Kaushik |  | BJP | 72630  | 10968
30  | Bilaspur | Amar Agrawal |  | BJP | 72255  | Vani Rao  |  | INC | 56656  | 15599
31  | Beltara | Badridhar Diwan  |  | BJP | 50890  | Bhuvneshwar Yadav  |  | INC | 45162  | 5728
32  | Masturi (SC)  | Dilip Lahariya |  | INC | 86509  | Krishnamurti Bandi |  | BJP | 62363  | 24146
Janjgir–Champa district
33  | Akaltara | Chunnilal Sahu  |  | INC | 69355  | Dinesh Singh  |  | BJP | 47662  | 21693
34  | Janjgir-Champa | Motilal Dewangan  |  | INC | 54291  | Narayan Chandel |  | BJP | 44080  | 10211
35  | Sakti | Khilawan Sahu  |  | BJP | 51577  | Saroja Manharan Rathore  |  | INC | 42544  | 9033
36  | Chandrapur | Yudhvir Singh Judev |  | BJP | 51295  | Ram Kumar Yadav  |  | BSP | 45078  | 6217
37  | Jaijaipur | Keshav Prasad Chandra |  | BSP | 47188  | Kailash Sahu  |  | BJP | 44609  | 2579
38  | Pamgarh (SC)  | Ambesh Jangde  |  | BJP | 45342  | Dujaram Bouddh  |  | BSP | 37217  | 8125
Mahasamund district
39  | Saraipali (SC)  | Ramlal Chouhan  |  | BJP | 82064  | Haridas Bharadwaj  |  | INC | 53232  | 28832
40  | Basna | Rupkumari Choudhary |  | BJP | 77137  | Devendra Bahadur Singh  |  | INC | 70898  | 6239
41  | Khallari | Chunni Lal Sahu |  | BJP | 58652  | Paresh Bagbahara  |  | INC | 52653  | 5999
42  | Mahasamund | Vimal Chopra  |  | IND | 47416  | Agni Chandrakar  |  | INC | 42694  | 4722
Baloda Bazar district
43  | Bilaigarh (SC)  | Sangam Jangade  |  | BJP | 71364  | Shiv Kumar Dahria  |  | INC | 58669  | 12695
44  | Kasdol | Gaurishankar Agrawal |  | BJP | 93629  | Rajkamal Singhania  |  | INC | 70701  | 22928
45  | Baloda Bazar | Janak Ram Verma  |  | INC | 76549  | Laxmi Baghel  |  | BJP | 66572  | 9977
46  | Bhatapara | Shivratan Sharma  |  | BJP | 76137  | Chaitram Sahu  |  | INC | 63797  | 12340
Raipur district
47  | Dharsiwa | Devjibhai Patel  |  | BJP | 69419  | Anita Yogendra Sharma  |  | INC | 67029  | 2390
48  | Raipur Rural | Satyanarayan Sharma |  | INC | 70774  | Nand Kumar Sahu  |  | BJP | 68913  | 1861
49  | Raipur City West | Rajesh Munat |  | BJP | 64611  | Vikas Upadhyay |  | INC | 58451  | 6160
50  | Raipur City North | Shrichand Sundrani  |  | BJP | 52164  | Kuldeep Juneja  |  | INC | 48688  | 3476
51  | Raipur City South | Brijmohan Agrawal |  | BJP | 81429  | Kiranmayee Nayak  |  | INC | 46630  | 34799
52  | Arang (SC)  | Naveen Markaandey  |  | BJP | 59067  | Guru Rudra Kumar  |  | INC | 45293  | 13774
53  | Abhanpur | Dhanendra Sahu |  | INC | 67926  | Chandra Shekhar Sahu |  | BJP | 59572  | 8354
Gariaband district
54  | Rajim | Santosh Upadhyay  |  | BJP | 69625  | Amitesh Shukla |  | INC | 67184  | 2441
55  | Bindrawagarh (ST)  | Govardhan Singh Manhi  |  | BJP | 85843  | Janak Dhruw  |  | INC | 55307  | 30536
Dhamtari district
56  | Sihawa (ST)  | Shravan Markam  |  | BJP | 53894  | Ambika Markam  |  | INC | 46407  | 7487
57  | Kurud | Ajay Chandrakar |  | BJP | 83190  | Lekhram Sahu  |  | INC | 56013  | 27177
58  | Dhamtari | Gurumukh Singh Hora  |  | INC | 70960  | Inder Chopra  |  | BJP | 60460  | 10500
Balod district
59  | Sanjari-Balod | Bhaiyaram Sinha  |  | INC | 88874  | Pritam Sahu  |  | BJP | 58441  | 30433
60  | Dondi Lohara (ST)  | Anila Bhediya |  | INC | 66026  | Horilal Rawate  |  | BJP | 46291  | 19735
61  | Gunderdehi | Rajendra Rai  |  | INC | 72770  | Virendra Sahu  |  | BJP | 51490  | 21280
Durg district
62  | Patan | Bhupesh Baghel |  | INC | 68185  | Vijay Baghel |  | BJP | 58842  | 9343
63  | Durg Gramin | Ramshila Sahu  |  | BJP | 50327  | Pratima Chandrakar |  | INC | 47348  | 2979
64  | Durg City | Arun Vora |  | INC | 58645  | Hemchand Yadav |  | BJP | 53024  | 5621
65  | Bhilai Nagar | Premprakash Pandey |  | BJP | 55654  | Badruddin Quraishi  |  | INC | 38548  | 17106
66  | Vaishali Nagar | Vidyaratan Bhasin  |  | BJP | 72594  | Bhajan Singh Nirankari  |  | INC | 48146  | 24448
67  | Ahiwara (SC)  | Rajmahant Sanwla Ram Dahre  |  | BJP | 75337  | Ashok Dongre  |  | INC | 43661  | 31676
Bemetara district
68  | Saja | Labhchand Bafna  |  | BJP | 81707  | Ravindra Choubey |  | INC | 72087  | 9620
69  | Bemetara | Awadhesh Singh Chandel  |  | BJP | 74162  | Tamradhwaj Sahu |  | INC | 59048  | 15114
70  | Navagarh (SC)  | Dayaldas Baghel |  | BJP | 69447  | Dheeru Prasad Ghritlahare  |  | CSM  | 42254  | 27193
Kawardha district
71  | Pandariya | Motiram Chandravanshi  |  | BJP | 81685  | Lalji Chandravanshi  |  | INC | 74412  | 7273
72  | Kawardha | Ashok Sahu  |  | BJP | 93645  | Mohammad Akbar |  | INC | 91087  | 2558
Rajnandgaon district
73  | Khairagarh | Girwar Janghel  |  | INC | 70133  | Komal Janghel  |  | BJP | 67943  | 2190
74  | Dongargarh (SC)  | Sarojini Banjare  |  | BJP | 67158  | Thaneshwar Patila  |  | INC | 62474  | 4684
75  | Rajnandgaon | Raman Singh |  | BJP | 86797  | Alka Mudliyar  |  | INC | 50931  | 35866
76  | Dongargaon | Daleshwar Sahu |  | INC | 67755  | Dinesh Gandhi  |  | BJP | 66057  | 1698
77  | Khujji | Bholaram Sahu  |  | INC | 51873  | Rajinder Bhatia  |  | IND | 43179  | 8694
78  | Mohla-Manpur (ST)  | Tej Kunwar Netam  |  | INC | 42648  | Bhojesh Singh Mandavi  |  | BJP | 41692  | 956
Kanker district
79  | Antagarh (ST)  | Vikram Usendi |  | BJP | 53477  | Manturam Pawar  |  | INC | 48306  | 5171
80  | Bhanupratappur (ST)  | Manoj Singh Mandavi |  | INC | 64837  | Satish Latiya  |  | BJP | 49941  | 14896
81  | Kanker (ST)  | Shankar Dhruw  |  | INC | 50586  | Sanjay Kodopi  |  | BJP | 45961  | 4625
Kondagaon district
82  | Keshkal (ST)  | Santram Netam  |  | INC | 53867  | Sewakram Netam  |  | BJP | 45178  | 8689
83  | Kondagaon (ST)  | Mohan Markam |  | INC | 54290  | Lata Usendi |  | BJP | 49155  | 5135
Narayanpur district
84  | Narayanpur (ST)  | Kedar Nath Kashyap |  | BJP | 54874  | Chandan Kashyap  |  | INC | 42074  | 12800
Bastar district
85  | Bastar (ST)  | Lakheshwar Baghel |  | INC | 57942  | Subhau Kashyap  |  | BJP | 38774  | 19168
86  | Jagdalpur | Santosh Bafna  |  | BJP | 64803  | Shamu Kashyap  |  | INC | 48145  | 16658
87  | Chitrakot (ST)  | Deepak Baij |  | INC | 50303  | Baiduram Kashyap  |  | BJP | 37974  | 12329
Dantewada district
88  | Dantewada (ST)  | Devati Karma |  | INC | 41417  | Bhima Mandavi |  | BJP | 35430  | 5987
Bijapur district
89  | Bijapur (ST)  | Mahesh Gagda  |  | BJP | 29578  | Rajendra Pambhoi |  | INC | 20091  | 9487
Sukma district
90  | Konta (ST)  | Kawasi Lakhma |  | INC | 27610  | Dhaniram Barse  |  | BJP | 21824  | 5786

## See also

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* 2013 elections in India
* 2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

## References

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