2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

Chhattisgarh Legislative Polls, 2023

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| 76.75% ( 0.13 pp)
|   | Majority party  | Minority party

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Leader  | Vishnudeo Sai[a] | Bhupesh Baghel
Party  | BJP | INC
Leader since  | 2023  | 2014
Leader's seat  | Kunkuri | Patan
Last election  | 32.97% 15 seats  | 43.04%, 68 seats
Seats won  | 54 | 35
Seat change  |  39  |  33
Popular vote  | 72,34,968 | 66,02,586
Percentage  | 46.27% | 42.23%
Swing  |  13.30 pp |  0.81 pp

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Seats won partywise

Seats won voteshare wise

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Structure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the election

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| Chief Minister before election

Bhupesh Baghel
INC

| Chief Minister after election

Vishnu Deo Sai
BJP

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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.[1]

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

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The tenure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 3 January 2024.[2] 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.[3]

## Schedule

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The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 October 2023.[4][5]

Phases of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election Poll Event  | Phase I  | Phase II

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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 | 7 November 2023 | 17 November 2023
Date of Counting of Votes  | 3 December 2023  | 3 December 2023

## Parties and alliances

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Source:[6][7][8]

Alliance/Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats Contested

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| Indian National Congress |  |  | Bhupesh Baghel | 90
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | Arun Sao | 90
| BSP+[9] |  | Bahujan Samaj Party |  |  | Hemant Poyam[10] | 58+1  | 90
| Gondwana Ganatantra Party |  |  | Kuldeep Prajapati[10] | 32
| Janta Congress Chhattisgarh |  |  | Amit Jogi | 77
| Aam Aadmi Party |  |  | Komal Hupendi[11] | 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

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District  | Constituency  |  |

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INC[12][13][14] | BJP[12][13][15]
Koriya | 1  | Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST)  |  | INC | Gulab Singh Kamro  |  | BJP | Renuka Singh
2  | Manendragarh |  | INC | Ramesh Singh  |  | BJP | Shyam Bihari Jaiswal
3  | Baikunthpur |  | INC | Ambika 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 (ST)  |  | 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. Choudhary
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. Krishna Kumar Dhruw |  | 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 Thakur
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 Lahrey |  | BJP | Dineshlal Jagade
44  | Kasdol |  | INC | Sandeep Sahu  |  | BJP | Dhaniram Dhivar
45  | Baloda Bazar |  | INC | Shailesh Trivedi  |  | BJP | Tank Ram 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 | Indra Kumar 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 | Ranjana 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 | Devender Singh Yadav |  | BJP | Prem Prakash 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 | Bhawna 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

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### Indian National Congress

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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.[16]

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.[17]

Manifesto[18][19]

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### Bharatiya Janata Party

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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.[20]

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.[21][22] He also accused the Congress of promoting religious conversion and appeasement politics.[23] 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.[24]

Manifesto[25][26]

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## Security concerns

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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.[27] 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.[28]

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.[29]

## Surveys and polls

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### Opinion polls

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Seat share  Polling agency  | Date published  | Margin
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ABP News-Matrize[30] | 26 March 2023  | ±3%  | 27,000  | 47-52 | 34-39  | 1-5  | INC
ABP News-C-Voter[31] | 20 August 2023  | ±3–5%  | 7,696  | 48-54 | 35-41  | 0-3  | INC
ABP News-CVoter[32] | 9 October 2023  | ±3–5%  | 11,928  | 45-55 | 39-45  | 0-2  | Hung
ABP News-CVoter[33] | 4 November 2023  | ±3–5%  | 5,782  | 45-51 | 36-42  | 2-5  | Hung
Vote share  Polling agency  | Date published  | Margin
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ABP News-Matrize[30] | 26 March 2023  | ±3%  | 27,000  | 44% | 43%  | 13%  | 1%
ABP News-CVoter[31] | 20 August 2023  | ±3–5%  | 7,696  | 46% | 41%  | 13%  | 5%
ABP News-CVoter[32] | 9 October 2023  | ±3–5%  | 11,928  | 45.3% | 43.5%  | 11.2%  | 1.8%
ABP News-CVoter[33] | 4 November 2023  | ±3–5%  | 5,782  | 44.8% | 42.7%  | 12.5%  | 2.1%

### Exit polls

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Exit polls were released on 30 November 2023.[34][35][36] 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.[37]

Polling agency  |  |  |  | Majority

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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
People's Insight  | 23  | 67  | 0  | BJP
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[34] | 49 | 38  | 3  | INC
Actual Results  | 35  | 54 | 1  | BJP

## Results

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### Results by party

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Vote share by party

1. Bharatiya Janata Party (46.27%)
2. Indian National Congress (42.23%)
3. Bahujan Samaj Party (2.05%)
4. NOTA (1.26%)
5. Others (8.19%)

Seat share by party

1. Bharatiya Janata Party (60%)
2. Indian National Congress (38.89%)
3. Gondwana Ganatantra Party (1.11%)

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Party  | Popular vote  | Seats
Votes  | %  | ±pp | Contested  | Won  | +/−
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 7,234,968  | 46.27  |  13.30  | 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  | 15,634,933  | 99.80  |
Invalid votes  | 31,611  | 0.20
Votes cast/ turnout | 15,666,544 | 76.75
Abstentions  | 4,746,263  | 23.25
Registered voters | 20,412,807 |

### Results by district

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Source:[38][39] District  | Seats  |  |  |

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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

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Source:[38][39] Constituency  | Winner  | Runner Up  | Margin

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#  | 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  | 4,919
2  | Manendragarh | Shyam Bihari Jaiswal |  | BJP | 48,503  | 48.19  | Ramesh Singh Vakil  |  | INC | 36,623  | 36.39  | 11,880
Koriya district
3  | Baikunthpur | Bhaiyalal Rajwade |  | BJP | 66,866  | 48.21  | Ambika Singh Deo  |  | INC | 41,453  | 29.89  | 25,413
Surajpur district
4  | Premnagar | Bhulan Singh Marabi |  | BJP | 99,957  | 51.87  | Khelsai Singh |  | INC | 66,667  | 34.59  | 33,290
5  | Bhatgaon | Laxmi Rajwade |  | BJP | 105,162  | 54.06  | Paras Nath Rajwade |  | INC | 61,200  | 31.46  | 43,962
Balrampur district
6  | Pratappur (ST)  | Shakuntala Singh Portey |  | BJP | 83,796  | 43.59  | Rajkumari Shivbhajan Marabi  |  | INC | 72,088  | 37.50  | 11,708
7  | Ramanujganj (ST)  | Ramvichar Netam |  | BJP | 99,574  | 54.58  | Ajay Kumar Tirkey  |  | INC | 69,911  | 38.32  | 29,663
8  | Samri (ST)  | Uddheshwari Paikra |  | BJP | 83,483  | 45.53  | Vijay Paikra  |  | INC | 69,540  | 37.93  | 13,943
Surguja district
9  | Lundra (ST)  | Prabodh Minz |  | BJP | 87,463  | 52.82  | Pritam Ram |  | INC | 63,335  | 38.25  | 24,128
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  | 17,160
Jashpur district
12  | Jashpur (ST)  | Raymuni Bhagat |  | BJP | 89,103  | 49.21  | Vinay Bhagat  |  | INC | 71,458  | 39.47  | 17,645
13  | Kunkuri (ST)  | Vishnu Deo Sai |  | BJP | 87,607  | 54.90  | U. D. Minj  |  | INC | 62,063  | 38.90  | 25,544
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  | 4,176
16  | Raigarh | O. P. Choudhary |  | BJP | 129,134  | 63.21  | Prakash Shakrajeet Naik  |  | INC | 64,691  | 31.66  | 64,443
Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district
17  | Sarangarh (SC)  | Uttari Ganpat Jangde |  | INC | 109,484  | 52.15  | Shivkumari Saradhan Chouhan  |  | BJP | 79,789  | 38.01  | 29,695
18  | Kharsia | Umesh Patel |  | INC | 100,988  | 53.74  | Mahesh Sahu  |  | BJP | 79,332  | 42.22  | 21,656
Raigarh district
19  | Dharamjaigarh (ST)  | Laljeet Singh Rathia |  | INC | 90,493  | 49.18  | Harishchandra Rathia  |  | BJP | 80,856  | 43.94  | 9,637
Korba district
20  | Rampur (ST)  | Phool Singh Rathiya |  | INC | 93,647  | 53.11  | Nanki Ram Kanwar |  | BJP | 70,788  | 40.14  | 22,859
21  | Korba | Lakhan Lal Dewangan |  | BJP | 92,029  | 53.74  | Jai Singh Agrawal |  | INC | 66,400  | 38.77  | 25,629
22  | Katghora | Premchand Patel |  | BJP | 73,680  | 45.19  | Purushottam Kanwar  |  | INC | 56,780  | 34.83  | 16,900
23  | Pali-Tanakhar (ST)  | Tuleshwar 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  | 12,078
25  | Kota | Atal Shrivastava |  | INC | 73,479  | 44.95  | Prabal Pratap Singh Judev  |  | BJP | 65,522  | 40.08  | 7,957
Mungeli district
26  | Lormi | Arun Sao |  | BJP | 75,070  | 47.80  | Thaneshwar Sahu  |  | INC | 29,179  | 18.58  | 45,891
27  | Mungeli (SC)  | Punnulal Mohle |  | BJP | 85,429  | 49.72  | Sanjit Banerjee  |  | INC | 73,648  | 42.86  | 11,781
Bilaspur district
28  | Takhatpur | Dharmjeet Singh Thakur |  | BJP | 90,978  | 50.58  | Dr.Rashmi Ashish Singh  |  | INC | 76,086  | 42.30  | 14,892
29  | Bilha | Dharamlal Kaushik |  | BJP | 100,346  | 46.93  | Siyaram Kaushik  |  | INC | 91,389  | 42.74  | 8,957
30  | Bilaspur | Amar Agrawal |  | BJP | 83,022  | 57.94  | Shailesh Pandey  |  | INC | 54,063  | 37.73  | 28,959
31  | Beltara | Sushant Shukla |  | BJP | 79,528  | 48.28  | Vijay Kesarwani  |  | INC | 62,565  | 37.98  | 16,963
32  | Masturi (SC)  | Dilip Lahariya |  | INC | 95,497  | 46.79  | Dr. Krishnamurti Bandi  |  | BJP | 75,356  | 36.92  | 20,141
Janjgir–Champa district
33  | Akaltara | Raghavendra Kumar Singh |  | INC | 80,043  | 47.05  | Saurabh Singh |  | BJP | 57,285  | 33.67  | 22,758
34  | Janjgir-Champa | Vyas Kashyap |  | INC | 72,900  | 45.62  | Narayan Chandel |  | BJP | 65,929  | 41.26  | 6,971
Sakti district
35  | Sakti | Charan Das Mahant |  | INC | 81,519  | 50.56  | Dr. Khilawan Sahu  |  | BJP | 69,124  | 42.88  | 12,395
36  | Chandrapur | Ram Kumar Yadav |  | INC | 85,525  | 48.48  | Bahurani Judev  |  | BJP | 69,549  | 39.42  | 15,976
37  | Jaijaipur | Baleshwar Sahu |  | INC | 76,747  | 44.04  | Krishna Kant Chandra  |  | BJP | 50,825  | 29.16  | 25,922
Janjgir–Champa district
38  | Pamgarh (SC)  | Sheshraj Harvansh |  | INC | 63,963  | 42.80  | Santosh Lahre  |  | BJP | 47,789  | 31.98  | 16,174
Mahasamund district
39  | Saraipali (SC)  | Chaturi Nand |  | INC | 100,503  | 50.57  | Sarla Kosariya  |  | BJP | 58,615  | 34.74  | 41,888
40  | Basna | Sampat Agrawal |  | BJP | 108,871  | 57.80  | Devender Bahadur Singh  |  | INC | 72,078  | 38.27  | 36,793
41  | Khallari | Dwarikadhish Yadav |  | INC | 104,052  | 57.86  | Alka Chandrakar  |  | BJP | 66,933  | 37.22  | 37,119
42  | Mahasamund | Yogeshwar Raju Sinha |  | BJP | 84,594  | 51.41  | Dr. Rashmi Chandrakar  |  | INC | 68,442  | 41.60  | 16,152
Sarangarh-Bilaigarh district
43  | Bilaigarh (SC)  | Kavita Pran Lahrey |  | INC | 81,647  | 37.92  | Dr. Dineshlal Jagade  |  | BJP | 63,708  | 29.59  | 17,939
Baloda Bazar district
44  | Kasdol | Sandeep Sahu |  | INC | 136,362  | 50.71  | Dhaniram Dhivar  |  | BJP | 102,597  | 37.78  | 33,765
45  | Baloda Bazar | Tank Ram Verma |  | BJP | 108,381  | 49.34  | Shailesh Trivedi  |  | INC | 93,635  | 42.63  | 14,746
46  | Bhatapara | Inder Kumar Sao |  | INC | 94,066  | 49.01  | Shivratan Sharma  |  | BJP | 82,750  | 43.11  | 11,316
Raipur district
47  | Dharsiwa | Anuj Sharma |  | BJP | 107,283  | 58.65  | Chhaya Verma |  | INC | 62,940  | 34.41  | 44,343
48  | Raipur City Gramin | Motilal Sahu |  | BJP | 113,032  | 54.98  | Pankaj Sharma  |  | INC | 77,282  | 37.59  | 35,750
49  | Raipur City West | Rajesh Munat |  | BJP | 98,938  | 60.35  | Vikas Upadhyay |  | INC | 57,709  | 35.20  | 41,229
50  | Raipur City North | Purandar Mishra |  | BJP | 54,279  | 48.26  | Kuldeep Singh Juneja  |  | INC | 31,225  | 27.76  | 23,054
51  | Raipur City South | Brijmohan Agrawal |  | BJP | 109,263  | 69.48  | Mahant Ramsundar Das  |  | INC | 41,544  | 26.42  | 67,719
52  | Arang | Guru Khushwant Saheb |  | BJP | 94,039  | 52.59  | Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya  |  | INC | 77,501  | 43.34  | 16,538
53  | Abhanpur | Indra Kumar Sahu |  | BJP | 93,295  | 52.00  | Dhanendra Sahu |  | INC | 77,742  | 43.33  | 15,553
Gariaband district
54  | Rajim | Rohit Sahu |  | BJP | 96,423  | 50.16  | Amitesh Shukla |  | INC | 84,512  | 43.96  | 11,911
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  | 13,166
57  | Kurud | Ajay Chandrakar |  | BJP | 94,712  | 50.07  | Tarni Neelam Chandrakar  |  | INC | 86,622  | 45.79  | 8,090
58  | Dhamtari | Onkar Sahu |  | INC | 88,544  | 48.44  | Rajana Dipendra Sahu  |  | BJP | 85,938  | 47.02  | 2,606
Balod district
59  | Sanjari-Balod | Sangeeta Sinha |  | INC | 84,649  | 44.20  | Rakesh Kumar Yadav  |  | BJP | 67,603  | 35.30  | 17,046
60  | Dondi Lohara (ST)  | Anila Bhendiya |  | INC | 102,762  | 56.43  | Devlal Thakur  |  | BJP | 67,183  | 36.89  | 35,579
61  | Gunderdehi | Kunwer Singh Nishad |  | INC | 103,191  | 50.35  | Virendra Sahu  |  | BJP | 88,328  | 43.10  | 14,863
Durg district
62  | Patan | Bhupesh Baghel |  | INC | 95,438  | 51.91  | Vijay Baghel |  | BJP | 75,715  | 41.18  | 19,723
63  | Durg Gramin | Lalit Chandrakar |  | BJP | 87,175  | 52.52  | Tamradhwaj Sahu |  | INC | 70,533  | 42.50  | 16,642
64  | Durg City | Gajendra Yadav |  | BJP | 97,906  | 63.89  | Arun Vora |  | INC | 49,209  | 32.11  | 48,697
65  | Bhilai Nagar | Devendra Yadav |  | INC | 54,405  | 48.47  | Prem Prakash Pandey |  | BJP | 53,141  | 47.34  | 1,264
66  | Vaishali Nagar | Rikesh Sen |  | BJP | 98,272  | 59.45  | Mukesh Chandrakar  |  | INC | 58,198  | 35.21  | 40,074
67  | Ahiwara (SC)  | Domanlal Korsewada |  | BJP | 96,717  | 54.65  | Nirmal Korse  |  | INC | 71,454  | 40.38  | 25,263
Bemetara district
68  | Saja | Ishwar Sahu |  | BJP | 101,789  | 48.55  | Ravindra Choubey |  | INC | 96,593  | 46.07  | 5,196
69  | Bemetara | Dipesh Sahu |  | BJP | 97,731  | 49.60  | Ashish Chhabda  |  | INC | 88,597  | 44.97  | 9,134
70  | Navagarh (SC)  | Dayaldas Baghel |  | BJP | 101,631  | 50.01  | Guru Rudra Kumar |  | INC | 86,454  | 42.54  | 15,177
Kabirdham district
71  | Pandariya | Bhawna Bohra |  | BJP | 120,847  | 50.66  | Neelu Chandravanshi  |  | INC | 94,449  | 39.59  | 26,398
72  | Kawardha | Vijay Sharma |  | BJP | 144,257  | 53.22  | Mohammad Akbar |  | INC | 104,665  | 38.62  | 39,592
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  | 14,367
75  | Rajnandgaon | Raman Singh |  | BJP | 102,499  | 61.21  | Girish Dewangan  |  | INC | 57,415  | 34.29  | 45,084
76  | Dongargaon | Daleshwar Sahu |  | INC | 81,479  | 47.49  | Bharatlal Verma  |  | BJP | 78,690  | 45.86  | 2,789
77  | Khujji | Bholaram Sahu |  | INC | 80,465  | 50.64  | Geeta Ghasi Sahu  |  | BJP | 54,521  | 34.31  | 25,944
Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district
78  | Mohla-Manpur | Indrashah Mandavi |  | INC | 77,454  | 57.79  | Sanjeev Shah  |  | BJP | 45,713  | 34.11  | 31,741
Kanker district
79  | Antagarh (ST)  | Vikram Usendi |  | BJP | 59,547  | 42.21  | Roop Singh Potai  |  | INC | 35,837  | 25.40  | 23,710
80  | Bhanupratappur (ST)  | Savitri Manoj Mandavi |  | INC | 83,931  | 50.63  | Gautam Uikey  |  | BJP | 52,999  | 31.97  | 30,932
81  | Kanker (ST)  | Asharam Netam |  | BJP | 67,980  | 45.57  | Shankar Dhruv  |  | INC | 67,964  | 45.56  | 16
Kondagaon district
82  | Keshkal (ST)  | Neelkanth Tekam |  | BJP | 77,438  | 45.39  | Sant Ram Netam  |  | INC | 71,878  | 42.13  | 5,560
83  | Kondagaon (ST)  | Lata Usendi |  | BJP | 80,465  | 51.32  | Mohan Lal Markam  |  | INC | 61,893  | 39.47  | 18,572
Narayanpur district
84  | Narayanpur (ST)  | Kedar Nath Kashyap |  | BJP | 69,110  | 48.22  | Chandan Kashyap  |  | INC | 49,580  | 34.76  | 19,188
Bastar district
85  | Bastar (ST)  | Lakheshwar Baghel |  | INC | 68,401  | 47.92  | Maniram Kashyap  |  | BJP | 61,967  | 43.41  | 6,434
86  | Jagdalpur | Kiran Singh Deo |  | BJP | 90,336  | 55.46  | Jitin Jaiswal  |  | INC | 60,502  | 37.14  | 29,834
87  | Chitrakot (ST)  | Vinayak Goyal |  | BJP | 63,954  | 43.73  | Deepak Bajj |  | INC | 55,584  | 38.01  | 8,370
Dantewada district
88  | Dantewada (ST)  | Chaitram Atami |  | BJP | 57,739  | 42.92  | K. Chavindra Mahendra Karma  |  | INC | 40,936  | 30.43  | 16,803
Bijapur district
89  | Bijapur (ST)  | Vikram Mandavi |  | INC | 35,739  | 43.84  | Mahesh Gagda  |  | BJP | 33,033  | 40.52  | 2,706
Sukma district
90  | Konta (ST)  | Kawasi Lakhma |  | INC | 32,776  | 31.24  | Soyam Muka  |  | BJP | 30,795  | 29.35  | 1,981

## Aftermath

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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 a deputy chief ministers of Chhattisgarh at the Science College ground in Raipur.

## References

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### Notes

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1. ^ BJP did not name any chief ministerial candidate for the election. Sai's name was announced as chief minister after the elections.

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