2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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]

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election
11 November 2013
19 November 2013
90 of all 90 seats in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.45% ( 6.79%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Raman Singh Ajit Jogi
Party BJP INC
Seats before 50 38
Seats after 49 39
Seat change 1 1
Chief Minister before election

Raman Singh
BJP

 Chief Minister

Raman Singh
BJP

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]

← Summary of the 11-19 November 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes%±pp ContestedWon+/− %
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)5,365,27241.00.7 9049154.44
Indian National Congress (INC)5,267,69840.31.7 9039143.33
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
Chattisgarh 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 candidates352,6222.7 2.2 3530 0.00
None of the Above (NOTA) 401,058 3.1 3.1
Total 13,073,833 100.00 1076 90±0100.0
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]

Chhattisgarh New Ministers list 2013
  • Dr Raman Singh(CM)
  • Mr. Ajay Chandrakar Panchayat and Rural Development, Culture, Tourism, and Parliamentary Affairs
  • Mr. Amar Agarwal Public Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, commercial tax and labor
  • Mr. Brij Mohan Agrawal Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Water Resources, Ayacut, religious trusts and charitable
  • Shri Kedarnath Kashyap Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development, Backward Classes and Minorities Development, School of Education
  • Mr. Prem Prakash Pandey Revenue and Disaster Management, Rehabilitation, Higher Education, Technical Education, and Manpower Planning, Science & Technology
  • Mr. Rajesh Munat Public Works Department, Transport, Housing & Environment.
  • Ramshila Sahu Women & Child Development

See also

References
  1. "EC announces election dates for Delhi, MP, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Ch'garh". One India. 4 October 2013.
  2. "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013.
  3. Bagchi, Suvojit (19 November 2013). "A record 74.65% polling in Chhattisgarh phase-II" – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. "Raman Singh claims a hat-trick for BJP". 8 December 2013.
  5. "Hindustan Times - Archive News". hindustantimes.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Ritesh K Srivastava (20 November 2013). "Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Record 75% turnout in second phase". Zee News. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  8. Suvojit Bagchi (10 October 2013). "Chhattisgarh polls: 1 jawan for 31 civilians in Bastar". The Hindu.
  9. https://realtimes.in |date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/CGAE_2013_stat_report.pdf
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