Chhattisgarh Election 2023: The five states that are going to vote in November are all BJP strongholds. The Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government is facing a fierce campaign from the BJP. In terms of seat share and voter turnout in the last assembly election and bypoll, Chhattisgarh is the only one of the five states where Congress has a comfortable lead.
The Congress and the BJP have been in power in Chhattisgarh for a long time. The AAP, on the other hand, is a new party that ran for office for the first time in 2018.
Chhattisgarh Election 2023: Full Schedule, Key Issues, Polling Dates, and Results
Polls for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be taken in two stages, on November 7 and 17. The votes will be counted on December 3.
| ELECTION NAME: | CHHATTISGARH ELECTION 2023 |
| Current Term Ending Date: | January 3, 2024 |
| Total Seats: | 90 |
| Current Ruling Government: | Congress |
| Current Chief Minister Chhattisgarh: | Bhupesh Baghel |
| Major Opposition Party: | BJP |
| Chhattisgarh Election Dates 2023: | November 7 and 17 |
| Majority seats: | 46 |
| Chhattisgarh Election Result Date 2023: | December 3 |
DATES FOR THE CHHATTISGARH ELECTION 2023 AND THE RESULTS
- The 2023 elections in Chhattisgarh will take place on November 7 and 17.
- Date of the Chhattisgarh election results 2023: December 3, 2023
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WHAT MATTER TO VOTERS IN THE CHHATTISGARH ELECTION 2023?
A lot of the Congress’s hopes are riding on how well-liked Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is. Baghel made a big announcement when he said that if Congress wins again, his party will forgive farmers’ loans. In 2018, the Baghel government said it would keep its word and forgive the loans of 18.82 lakh farmers in the state, totaling Rs 9,270 crore.
The BJP has many charges against the Congress government in Chhattisgarh, such as religion conversion, corruption, and violence. Several scams have come to light before the election, which the BJP says is their major issue in the state. Union Minister Amit Shah says that the Congress government in the state is involved in several scams and has taken money from the central government to help the Congress party in Delhi.
CHHATTISGARH 2018 VOTES
The 2018 elections were a landslide win for the Congress, which won 68 seats and easily formed the government. After the election, the BJP lost 15 seats and the JCC (J) gained 5 seats. The BSP won 2 seats. There are 71 people in the Congress in the state house right now.
- Congress is 68
- BJP- 15
- BSP+ – 7
- Others- 0
Political Parties and Alliances
The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress have always been in charge of politics in Chhattisgarh. In the 2018 elections, however, the state saw the rise of a third party when the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J), led by the late chief minister Ajit Jogi, and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ran together and won seven seats.
This time, the AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, has put forward candidates for 45 places, giving the ruling Congress a strong opponent.
Constituencies and Key Contests
The BJP has announced its candidates for 86 seats, while the Congress has named its candidates for all 90 seats.
These are some of the most important places up for election in the assembly:
Patan:
This rural constituency in Durg district, which is next to the city Raipur, is represented by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Since 1993, Baghel has won this seat five times. The only time he didn’t win was in 2008, when he lost to Vijay Baghel of the BJP.
Rajnandgaon:
Raman Singh, who used to be chief minister, is currently in office. In the 2018 elections, Karuna Shukla ran for Congress. He quit the BJP and joined the Congress party. Girish Dewangan, a leader in the Congress party and the chairman of the Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation, has also been put up against Raman Singh.
Ambikapur:
Deputy Chief Minister T S Singh Deo currently holds this seat, which is mostly made up of tribal people. He is also a foe of Bhupesh Baghel in the Congress party.
Konta:
The ST seat is in the south Chhattisgarh district of Sukma, which is in a Naxal-affected area.
Kondagaon:
Mohan Markam, who used to be the head of the state Congress party, currently holds this spot in the Kondagaon district in the south of Chhattisgarh.
Sakti:
Charan Das Mahant, who is currently the speaker of the Chhattisgarh assembly, has been re-elected from his Sakti seat.
Ahiwara:
Guru Rudra Kumar, a state minister, ran for office in 2018 from the Ahiwara seat in the Durg district. He is now running from the Navagarh-SC region in the nearby Bemetara district.
