2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election
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All 90 seats in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Registered18,588,520[1]
Turnout76.88% (Decrease0.57%)[2]
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Bhupesh Baghel Raman Singh Ajit Jogi
Party INC BJP JCC
Alliance UPA NDA CPI + BSP + JCC
Leader since 2014 2003 2018
Leader's seat Patan Rajnandgaon Marwahi
Last election 39 49 Did not exist
Seats won 68 15 5
Seat change Increase 29 Decrease 34 Increase 5
Popular vote 6,136,429 4,701,530 1,081,760
Percentage 43.0% 33.0% 7.6%
Swing Increase2.71% Decrease8.04% Increase7.6%
Chief Minister before election

Raman Singh
BJP

CM After

Bhupesh Baghel
INC

The 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian State of Chhattisgarh. The election was held in two phases for a total of 90 seats; the first for 18 seats in South Chhattisgarh was held on 12 November 2018, and the second for the remaining 72 were held on 20 November.[3]

The INC got a landslide victory winning 68 seats against the ruling BJP's 15 seats, and consequently formed the government after 15 years as opposition party.[4] Incumbent Chief Minister Raman Singh resigned on 11 December, the day of counting and declaration of result, taking the responsibility for the defeat in the elections.[5] Elected to the Assembly from Patan, INC leader Bhupesh Baghel took office on 17 December as the third Chief Minister of the State.[6]

Election map (Constituencies)
Chhattisgarh

Background[edit]

The tenure of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly ends on 5 January 2019.[7]

Schedule[edit]

The Election Commission of India announced the election dates on 6 October 2018. It said the election would take place in two phases: phase one on 12 November in the left-wing extremism-affected areas that encompassed eighteen constituencies, and on 20 November in the remaining constituencies. The Commission also announced that the Model Code of Conduct came into effect with the said announcement and that the results would be declared on 11 December.[8]

Event dates[9] Phase I Phase II
Filing nominations 16–23 October 26 October–2 November
Scrutiny of nominations 24 October 3 November
Withdrawal of candidatures 26 October 5 November
Polling 12 November 20 November
Counting 11 December

Candidates[edit]

Opinion polls[edit]

Opinion polls showed a tough competition between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC), but the alliance between Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) also showed similar numbers to that of the former two.

Date Polling agency BJP INC Others Lead
9 November 2018 ABP News- CSDS 56 25 04 31
9 November 2018 Cvoter 43 41 07 2
2 November 2018 ABP News- C Voter 43 42 06 1
25 October 2018 IndiaTV - CNX 50 30 10 20
17 October 2018 ABP News- C Voter 40 47 3 7
10 October 2018 News Nation 46 39 5 7
9 October 2018 TimesNow- Warroom Strategies 47 33 10 14
14 August 2018 ABP News- C Voter 33 54 3 21
28 July 2018 Spick Media 36 53 1 17
3 April 2018 IBC24 48 34 8 14
Average as on 9 November 2018 44 40 6 4

Polling[edit]

According to the Election Commission of India, a total of 4,300 booths for the region's registered 1.62 million women and 1.55 million male voters were set up for the first phase of polls. The first phase of election, in 18 constituencies, saw a voter turnout of 76.42 per cent according to the Commission, an increase from 75.06 per cent in 2013.[10] This came despite calls from the Naxalites in the region to boycott the election.[3] A total of 125,000 police and paramilitary personnel were posted across the 18 constituencies, which were spread over the Naxalism-affected districts such as Bastar, Kanker, Sukma, Bijapur, Dantewada, Narayanpur, Kondagaon and Rajnandgaon.[11] However, the polls saw two major disruptions. An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Katekalyan, in Dantewada, before voting began. In Bijapur district, an encounter between Naxalites and the 204th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) COBRA unit left 10 Naxalites killed and five CRPF personnel injured.[3][12]

The campaigning ahead of the second phase concluded on 18 November.[13] In an incident of another IED blast, three security personnel were killed that day in the Bheji and Elarmadgu villages of Sukma district.[14] However, voting on 20 November went "peaceful and incident-free". A turnout of 76.34 per cent was reported by the Commission, while updating the figures of the first phase to 76.39 per cent.[15] The Commission set up 19,336 polling stations for this phase of polling.[2]

Overall, a total of 76.35 percent was reported across the State, a minor drop from 77.40 percent in 2013. 38 constituencies, most of which fell primarily in rural areas, reported a turnout of more than 80 percent. Kurud reported the highest turnout at 88.99 percent, followed by Kharsiya at 86.81 percent, while Bijapur reported the lowest at 44.68 percent.[15] Ahead of counting and the declaration of result on 11 December, 28 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces were posted to guard rooms were the EVMs were kept.[16]

Exit polls[edit]

Most of the exit polls predicted a "tight finish" between the BJP and the INC.[17]

Polling agency BJP INC Others Lead
CSDS – ABP News 52 35 03 17
CNX– Times Now 46 35 09 11
C Voter – Republic TV 39 45 05 06
News Nation 40 44 06 04
Jan Ki Baat– Republic TV 44 40 06 04
News 24-Pace Media 39 48 03 9
Axis My India – India Today 26 60 04 24
News X- NETA 42 41 07 01
Today's Chanakya 36 50 04 14
News 18- Surjit Bhalla 46 37 07 09
Poll of Polls 41 44 05 03

Results[edit]

Seats and vote-share[edit]

The results gave the Indian National Congress a clear majority and differed from the trend shown by the Opinion and Exit polls. The BJPs count fell drastically, while the INC formed a majority Government. The seat and vote share was as follows -

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/− %
Indian National Congress (INC) 6,143,880 43.0% Increase2.71% 68 Increase29 75.6
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 4,706,830 33.0% Decrease8.04% 15 Decrease34 16.7
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) 1,086,514 7.6% New 5 New 5.5
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 552,313 3.9% Decrease0.37% 2 Increase1 2.2
None of the Above (NOTA) 282,588 2.0%
Total 1,42,76,255 100.00 90 ±0 100.0
Valid votes 13,993,667 99.9
Invalid votes 14,242 0.1
Votes cast / turnout 14,290,497 76.88
Abstentions 4,298,023 23.12
Registered voters 18,588,520

Elected members[edit]

# Constituency Winner[18][19] Runner-up Margin
Member Party Votes Candidate Party Votes
Koriya District
1 Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST) Gulab Kamro INC 51,732 Champadevi Pawle BJP 35,199 16,533
2 Manendragarh Dr. Vinay Jaiswal INC 34,803 Shyam Bihari Jaiswal BJP 30,792 4,011
3 Baikunthpur Ambika Singh Deo INC 48,885 Bhaiyalal Rajwade BJP 43,546 5,339
Surajpur District
4 Premnagar Khelsai Singh INC 66,475 Vijay Pratap Singh BJP 51,135 15,340
5 Bhatgaon Paras Nath Rajwade INC 74,623 Rajni Ravishankar Tripathi BJP 58,889 15,734
Balrampur District
6 Pratappur (ST) Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam INC 90,148 Ramsewak Paikra BJP 46,043 44,105
7 Ramanujganj (ST) Brihaspat Singh INC 64,580 Ramkishun Singh BJP 31,664 32,916
8 Samri (ST) Chintamani Maharaj INC 80,620 Sidhnath Paikra BJP 58,697 21,923
Surguja District
9 Lundra (ST) Dr. Pritam Ram INC 77,773 Vijaynath Singh BJP 55,594 22,179
10 Ambikapur T. S. Singh Deo INC 100,439 Anurag Singh Deo BJP 60,815 39,624
11 Sitapur (ST) Amarjeet Bhagat INC 86,670 Prof. Gopal Ram BJP 50,533 36,137
Jashpur District
12 Jashpur (ST) Vinay Kumar Bhagat INC 71,963 Govind Ram Bhagat BJP 63,937 8,026
13 Kunkuri (ST) U. D. Minj INC 69,896 Bharat Sai BJP 65,603 4,293
14 Pathalgaon (ST) Rampukar Singh Thakur INC 96,599 Shivshankar Painkara BJP 59,913 36,686
Raigarh District
15 Lailunga (ST) Chakradhar Singh Sidar INC 81,770 Satyanand Rathiya BJP 57,287 24,483
16 Raigarh Prakash Naik INC 69,062 Roshan Lal BJP 54,482 14,580
17 Sarangarh (SC) Uttari Ganpat Jangde INC 101,834 Kera Bai Manahar BJP 49,445 52,389
18 Kharsia Umesh Patel INC 94,201 O.P. Choudhary BJP 77,234 16,967
19 Dharamjaigarh (ST) Laljeet Singh Rathia INC 95,173 Leenav Birju Rathia BJP 54,838 40,335
Korba District
20 Rampur (ST) Nanki Ram Kanwar BJP 65,048 Phool Singh Rathiya JCC 46,873 18,175
21 Korba Jaisingh Agrawa INC 70,119 Vikas Mahto BJP 58,313 11,806
22 Katghora Purushottam Kanwar INC 59,227 Lakhanlal Dewangan BJP 47,716 11,511
23 Pali-Tanakhar (ST) Mohit Ram INC 66,971 Hira Singh Markam GGP 57,315 9,656
Gaurela Pendra Marwahi District
24 Marwahi (ST) Ajit Jogi JCC 74,041 Archana Porte BJP 27,579 46,462
25 Kota Renu Jogi JCC 48,800 Kashi Ram Sahu BJP 45,774 3,026
Mungeli District
26 Lormi Dharmjeet Singh Thakur JCC 67,742 Tokhan Sahu BJP 42,189 25,553
27 Mungeli (SC) Punnulal Mohle BJP 60,469 Rakesh Patre INC 51,982 8,487
Bilaspur District
28 Takhatpur Rashmi Ashish Singh INC 52,616 Santosh Kaushik JCC 49,625 2,991
29 Bilha Dharamlal Kaushik BJP 84,431 Rajendra Shukla INC 57,907 26,524
30 Bilaspur Sailesh Pandey INC 67,896 Amar Agrawal BJP 56,675 11,221
31 Beltara Rajnish Kumar Singh BJP 49,601 Rajendra Sahu INC 43,342 6,259
32 Masturi (SC) Dr. Krishna Moorti Bandhi BJP 67,950 Jayendra Singh Patle BSP 53,843 14,107
Janjgir-Champa District
33 Akaltara Saurabh Singh BJP 60,502 Richa Jogi BSP 58,648 1,854
34 Janjgir-Champa Narayan Chandel BJP 54,040 Motilal Dewangan INC 49,852 4,188
35 Sakti Charan Das Mahant INC 78,058 Medha Ram Sahu BJP 48,012 30,046
36 Chandrapur Ram Kumar Yadav INC 51,717 Gitanjali Patel BSP 47,299 4,418
37 Jaijaipur Keshav Prasad Chandra BSP 64,774 Kailash Sahu BJP 43,087 21,687
38 Pamgarh (SC) Indu Banjare BSP 50,129 Gorelal Barman INC 47,068 3,061
Mahasamund District
39 Saraipali (SC) Kismat Lal Nand INC 100,302 Shyam Tandi BJP 48,014 52,288
40 Basna Devendra Bahadur Singh INC 67,535 Sampat Agrawal Independent 50,027 17,508
41 Khallari Dwarikadhish Yadav INC 96,108 Monika Dilip Sahu BJP 39,130 56,978
42 Mahasamund Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar INC 49,356 Poonam Chandrakar BJP 26,290 23,066
Baloda Bazar District
43 Bilaigarh (SC) Chandradev Prasad Rai INC 71,936 Shyam Kumar Tandan BSP 62,089 9,847
44 Kasdol Shakuntala Sahu INC 121,422 Gaurishankar Agrawal BJP 73,004 48,418
45 Baloda Bazar Pramod Kumar Sharma JCC 65,251 Janak Ram Verma INC 63,122 2,129
46 Bhatapara Shivratan Sharma BJP 63,399 Sunil Maheshwari INC 51,490 11,909
Raipur District
47 Dharsiwa Anita Yogendra Sharma INC 78,989 Devji Bhai Patel BJP 59,589 19,400
48 Raipur City Gramin Satyanarayan Sharma INC 78,468 Nand Kumar Sahu BJP 68,015 10,453
49 Raipur City West Vikas Upadhyay INC 76,359 Rajesh Munat BJP 64,147 12,212
50 Raipur City North Kuldeep Juneja INC 59,843 Shri Chand Sundrani BJP 43,502 16,341
51 Raipur City South Brijmohan Agrawal BJP 77,589 Kanhaiya Agrawal INC 60,093 17,496
52 Arang (SC) Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya INC 69,900 Sanjay Dhidhi BJP 44,823 25,077
53 Abhanpur Dhanendra Sahu INC 76,761 Chandrashekhar Sahu BJP 53,290 23,471
Gariaband District
54 Rajim Amitesh Shukla INC 99,041 Santosh Upadhyay BJP 40,909 58,132
55 Bindrawagarh (ST) Damarudhar Pujari BJP 79,619 Sanjay Netam INC 69,189 10,430
Dhamtari District
56 Sihawa (ST) Dr. Lakshmi Dhruw INC 88,451 Pinky Shivraj Shah BJP 43,015 45,436
57 Kurud Ajay Chandrakar BJP 72,922 Neelam Chandrakar Independent 60,605 12,317
58 Dhamtari Ranjana Dipendra Sahu BJP 63,198 Gurumukh Singh Hora INC 62,734 464
Balod District
59 Sanjari-Balod Sangeeta Sinha INC 90,428 Pawan Sahu BJP 62,940 27,488
60 Dondi Lohara (ST) Anila Bhendia INC 67,448 Lal Mahendra Singh Tekam BJP 34,345 33,103
61 Gunderdehi Kunwer Singh Nishad INC 110,369 Deepak Tarachand Sahu BJP 54,975 55,394
Durg District
62 Patan Bhupesh Baghel INC 84,352 Motilal Sahu BJP 56,875 27,477
63 Durg Gramin Tamradhwaj Sahu INC 76,208 Jageshwar Sahu BJP 49,096 27,112
64 Durg City Arun Vora INC 64,981 Chandrika Chandrakar BJP 43,900 21,081
65 Bhilai Nagar Devendra Yadav INC 51,044 Prem Prakash Pandey BJP 48,195 2,849
66 Vaishali Nagar Vidya Ratan Bhasin BJP 72,920 Badruddin Qureshi INC 54,840 18,080
67 Ahiwara (SC) Guru Rudra Kumar INC 88,735 Rajmahant Sanwla Ram Dahre BJP 57,048 31,687
Bemetara District
68 Saja Ravindra Chaubey INC 95,658 Labhchand Bafna BJP 64,123 31,535
69 Bemetara Ashish Kumar Chhabra INC 74,914 Awadhesh Singh Chandel BJP 49,783 25,131
70 Navagarh (SC) Gurudayal Singh Banjare INC 86,779 Dayaldas Baghel BJP 53,579 33,200
Kabirdham District
71 Pandariya Mamta Chandrakar INC 100,907 Motiram Chandravanshi BJP 64,420 36,487
72 Kawardha Akbar Bhai INC 136,320 Ashok Sahu BJP 77,036 59,284
Rajnandgaon District
73 Khairagarh Devwrat Singh JCC 61,516 Komal Janghel BJP 60,646 870
74 Dongargarh (SC) Daleshwar Sahu INC 86,949 Sarojani Banjare BJP 51,531 35,418
75 Rajnandgaon Dr. Raman Singh BJP 80,589 Karuna Shukla INC 63,656 16,933
76 Dongargaon Bhuneshwar Shobharam Baghel INC 84,581 Madhusudan Yadav BJP 65,498 19,083
77 Khujji Chhanni Chandu Sahu INC 71,733 Hirendra Kumar Sahu BJP 44,236 27,497
78 Mohla-Manpur (ST) Indrashah Mandavi INC 50,576 Kanchan Mala Bhuarya BJP 29,528 21,048
Kanker District
79 Antagarh (ST) Anoop Nag INC 57,061 Vikram Usendi BJP 43,647 13,414
80 Bhanupratappur (ST) Manoj Singh Mandavi INC 72,520 Deo Lal Dugga BJP 45,827 26,693
81 Kanker (ST) Shishupal Shori INC 69,053 Hira Markam BJP 49,249 19,804
Kondagaon District
82 Keshkal (ST) Sant Ram Netam INC 73,470 Harishankar Netam BJP 56,498 16,972
83 Kondagaon (ST) Mohan Markam INC 61,582 Lata Usendi BJP 59,786 1,796
Narayanpur District
84 Narayanpur (ST) Chandan Kashyap INC 58,652 Kedar Kashyap BJP 56,005 2,647
Bastar District
85 Bastar (ST) Lakheshwar Baghel INC 74,378 Dr. Subhau Kashyap BJP 40,907 33,471
86 Jagdalpur Rekhchand Jain INC 76,556 Santosh Bafna BJP 49,116 27,440
87 Chitrakot (ST) Deepak Baij INC 62,616 Lachhuram Kashyap BJP 44,846 17,770
Dantewada District
88 Dantewada (ST) Bhima Mandavi BJP 37,990 Devati Karma INC 35,818 2,172
Bijapur District
89 Bijapur (ST) Vikram Mandavi INC 44,011 Mahesh Gagda BJP 22,427 21,584
Sukma District
90 Konta (ST) Kawasi Lakhma INC 31,933 Dhaniram Barse BJP 25,224 6,709

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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