2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election
All 90 seats in the Legislative Assembly; 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.45% (6.79pp)
	Seatwise map of the election results
	Structure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the election
CM before election; Raman Singh; BJP	Elected CM ; Raman Singh; BJP

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

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

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

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

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

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and coalitions		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

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

District-wise

District	Seats	BJP	INC	BSP	IND
District	Seats
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

Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes	Margin
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

References

^ "EC announces election dates for Delhi, MP, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Ch'garh". One India. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013.
^ Bagchi, Suvojit (19 November 2013). "A record 74.65% polling in Chhattisgarh phase-II". Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
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^ "Hindustan Times – Archive News". hindustantimes. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013.
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External links

[1] "EC announces election dates for Delhi, MP, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Ch'garh". One India. 4 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

[eci-2] "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013.

[3] Bagchi, Suvojit (19 November 2013). "A record 74.65% polling in Chhattisgarh phase-II". Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.

[4] "Raman Singh claims a hat-trick for BJP". 8 December 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013.

[5] "Hindustan Times – Archive News". hindustantimes. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013.

[6] "Eight Countries Witness Assembly Elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi" (PDF). rissadiary.com. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015 – via www.undp.org.

[z-7] Ritesh K Srivastava (20 November 2013). "Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Record 75% turnout in second phase". Zee News. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

[8] Suvojit Bagchi (10 October 2013). "Chhattisgarh polls: 1 jawan for 31 civilians in Bastar". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.

[9] "Home - realtimes.in". Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[10] "Statistical Report On General Election, 2013 To The Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. New Delhi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

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