2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election
The 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held between 7th November to 3rd December 2023 to elect all 90 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3][4] Bhupesh Baghel is the incumbent Chief Minister of the state.
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Background
The tenure of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 3 January 2024.[5] 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.[6]
Schedule
The Election Commission of India in a press conference announced that elections shall be held in two phases in the state.[7]
| 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 | 7 November 2023 | 17 November 2023 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 3 December 2023 | 3 December 2023 |
Parties and alliances
| Alliance/Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats Contested | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress |  |
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Bhupesh Baghel | 90 | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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Narayan Chandel | 90 | ||||
| Janta Congress Chhattisgarh | .jpg.webp){kind=small} |
Amit Jogi | 16 (declared) | |||||
| BSP + | Bahujan Samaj Party |  |
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Hemant Poyam | 53 | 90 | ||
| Gondwana Ganatantra Party |  |
Tuleshwar Singh Markam | 37 | |||||
| Aam Aadmi Party | .svg.png.webp){kind=logo} |
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Komal Hupendi | 45 (declared) | ||||
| Left Front [10] |
Communist Party of India |  |
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Manish Kunjam | 20 | 25 | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |
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Sanjay Parate | 5 | ||||
| Samajwadi Party |  |
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Om Prakash Sahu | TBD | ||||
| Shiv Sena |  |
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Ajay Sharma | TBD | ||||
| National People's Party |  |
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TBD | |||||
Candidates
| District | Constituency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC[11][12] | BJP[13][14] | |||||||
| 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 | Nakiram Kanwar | ||
| 21 | Korba | INC | Jai Singh Agrawal | BJP | Lakhanlal Dewangan | |||
| 22 | Katghora | INC | Purshottam Kanwar | BJP | Premchandra 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 Mohale | |||
| 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 Agarwal | |||
| 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 | Bahu Rani 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 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 | ||
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Date published | Margin
of error |
Sample Size | Majority | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | BJP | Others | |||||
| ABP News-Matrize[15] | 26 March 2023 | ±3% | 27,000 | 47-52 | 34-39 | 1-5 | INC |
| ABP News-C-Voter[16] | 20 August 2023 | ±3–5% | 7,696 | 48-54 | 35-41 | 0-3 | INC |
| ABP News-CVoter[17] | 9 October 2023 | ±3–5% | 11,928 | 45-51 | 39-45 | 0-2 | INC |
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Date published | Margin
of error |
Sample Size | Lead | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | BJP | Others | |||||
| ABP News-Matrize[15] | 26 March 2023 | ±3% | 27,000 | 44% | 43% | 13% | 1% |
| ABP News-CVoter[16] | 20 August 2023 | ±3–5% | 7,696 | 46% | 41% | 13% | 5% |
| ABP News-CVoter[18] | 9 October 2023 | ±3–5% | 11,928 | 45.3% | 43.5% | 11.2% | 1.8% |
Results
Results by party
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Indian National Congress | |||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||
| Others | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | ||||||||
| Valid votes | |||||||||
| Invalid votes | |||||||||
| Votes cast/ turnout | |||||||||
| Abstentions | |||||||||
| Registered voters | |||||||||
Results by division
| Division | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | BJP | Others | ||
| Surguja | 14 | |||
| Bilaspur | 24 | |||
| Durg | 20 | |||
| Raipur | 20 | |||
| Bastar | 12 | |||
| Total | 90 |
Results by district
| Division | District | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | BJP | Others | |||
| Surguja | Balrampur | 3 | |||
| Jashpur | 3 | ||||
| Koriya | 3 | ||||
| Surajpur | 2 | ||||
| Surguja | 3 | ||||
| Bilaspur | Bilaspur | 5 | |||
| Gaurella Pendra Marwahi | 2 | ||||
| Janjgir-Champa | 6 | ||||
| Korba | 4 | ||||
| Mungeli | 2 | ||||
| Raigarh | 5 | ||||
| Durg | Balod | 3 | |||
| Bemetara | 3 | ||||
| Durg | 6 | ||||
| Kabirdham | 2 | ||||
| Rajnandgaon | 6 | ||||
| Raipur | Baloda Bazar | 4 | |||
| Dhamtari | 3 | ||||
| Gariaband | 2 | ||||
| Mahasamund | 4 | ||||
| Raipur | 7 | ||||
| Bastar | Bastar | 3 | |||
| Bijapur | 1 | ||||
| Dantewada | 1 | ||||
| Kanker | 3 | ||||
| Kondagaon | 2 | ||||
| Narayanpur | 1 | ||||
| Sukma | 1 | ||||
| Total | 90 | ||||
Results by constituency
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