2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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]

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election
12 and 20 November 2018
90 seats in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Registered18,545,819[1]
Turnout76.88% (0.57 pp) [2]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Bhupesh Baghel Raman Singh
Party INC BJP
Leader since 2014 2003
Leader's seat Patan Rajnandgaon
Seats before 39 49
Seats won 68 15
Seat change 29 34
Popular vote 61,36,429 47,01,530
Percentage 43% 33%
Swing 2.71% 8.04%

CM

The INC got a landslide victory winning 72 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 this defeat".[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

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

Schedule

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 IPhase II
Filing nominations16–23 October26 October–2 November
Scrutiny of nominations24 October3 November
Withdrawal of candidatures26 October5 November
Polling12 November20 November
Counting
11 December

Opinion polls

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

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

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

Seats and vote-share

The seat and vote share was as follows -

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/− %
Indian National Congress (INC) 61,36,429 43.0% 2.71% 68 29 75.6
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 47,01,530 33.0% 8.04% 15 34 16.7
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) 10,81,760 7.6% New 5 New 5.5
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 5,51,687 3.9% 0.37% 2 1 2.2
None of the Above (NOTA) 2,82,588 2.0%
Total 1,42,76,255 100.00 90 ±0 100.0
Valid votes 1,39,93,667 99.9
Invalid votes 14,242 0.1
Votes cast / turnout 1,42,90,497 76.88
Abstentions 42,98,023 23.12
Registered voters 1,85,88,520

Elected members
# Constituency Member Party
1 Bharatpur-Sonhat Gulab Kamro Indian National Congress
2 Manendragarh Dr. Vinay Jaiswal Indian National Congress
3 Baikunthpur Ambik Singh Deo Indian National Congress
4 Premnagar Khel Sai Singh Indian National Congress
5 Bhatgaon Paras Nath Rajwade Indian National Congress
6 Pratappur Dr. Prem Sai Singh Tekam Indian National Congress
7 Ramanujganj Brihaspat Singh Indian National Congress
8 Samri Chintamani Maharaj Indian National Congress
9 Lundra Dr. Pritam Ram Indian National Congress
10 Ambikapur T. S. Baba Indian National Congress
11 Sitapur Amarjeet Bhagat Indian National Congress
12 Jashpur Vinay Kumar Bhagat Indian National Congress
13 Kunkuri U. D. Minj Indian National Congress
14 Pathalgaon Rampukar Singh Thakur Indian National Congress
15 Lailunga Chakradhar Singh Sidar Indian National Congress
16 Raigarh Prakash Naik Indian National Congress
17 Sarangarh Uttari Ganpat Jangde Indian National Congress
18 Kharsia Umesh Patel Indian National Congress
19 Dharamjaigarh Laljeet Singh Rathia Indian National Congress
20 Rampur Nanki Ram Kanwar Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Korba Jaisingh Agrawa Indian National Congress
22 Katghora Purushottam Kanwar Indian National Congress
23 Pali-Tanakhar Mohit Ram Indian National Congress
24 Marwahi Ajit Jogi Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
25 Kota Renu Jogi Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
26 Lormi Dharmjeet Singh Thakur Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
27 Mungeli Punnulal Mohle Bharatiya Janata Party
28 Takhatpur Rashmi Ashish Singh Indian National Congress
29 Bilha Dharam Lal Kaushik Bharatiya Janata Party
30 Bilaspur Sailesh Pandey Indian National Congress
31 Beltara Rajnish Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
32 Masturi Dr. Krishna Moorti Bandhi Bharatiya Janata Party
33 Akaltara Saurabh Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
34 Janjgir-Champa Narayan Chandel Bharatiya Janata Party
35 Sakti Charan Das Mahant Indian National Congress
36 Chandrapur Ram Kumar Yadav Indian National Congress
37 Jaijaipur Keshav Prasad Chandra Bahujan Samaj Party
38 Pamgarh Indu Banjare Bahujan Samaj Party
39 Saraipali Kismat Lal Nand Indian National Congress
40 Basna Devendra Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress
41 Khallari Dwarikadhish Yadav Indian National Congress
42 Mahasamund Vinod Sevan Lal Chandrakar Indian National Congress
43 Bilaigarh Chandradev Prasad Rai Indian National Congress
44 Kasdol Shakuntala Sahu Indian National Congress
45 Baloda Bazar Pramod Kumar Sharma Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
46 Bhatapara Shivratan Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
47 Dharsiwa Anita Yogendra Sharma Indian National Congress
48 Raipur City Gramin Satyanarayan Sharma Indian National Congress
49 Raipur City West Vikas Upadhyay Indian National Congress
50 Raipur City North Kuldeep Juneja Indian National Congress
51 Raipur City South Brijmohan Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party
52 Arang Dr. Shivkumar Dahariya Indian National Congress
53 Abhanpur Dhanendra Sahu Indian National Congress
54 Rajim Amitesh Shukla Indian National Congress
55 Bindranawagarh Damarudhar Pujari Bharatiya Janata Party
56 Sihawa Dr. Lakshmi Dhruw Indian National Congress
57 Kurud Ajay Chandrakar Bharatiya Janata Party
58 Dhamtari Ranjana Dipendra Sahu Bharatiya Janata Party
59 Sanjari-Balod Sangeeta Sinha Indian National Congress
60 Dondi Lohara Anila Bhendia Indian National Congress
61 Gunderdehi Kunwer Singh Nishad Indian National Congress
62 Patan Bhupesh Baghel Indian National Congress
63 Durg Gramin Tamradhwaj Sahu Indian National Congress
64 Durg City Arun Vora Indian National Congress
65 Bhilai Nagar Devendra Yadav Indian National Congress
66 Vaishali Nagar Vidya Ratan Bhasin Bharatiya Janata Party
67 Ahiwara Guru Rudra Kumar Indian National Congress
68 Saja Ravindra Chaube Indian National Congress
69 Bemetara Ashish Kumar Chhabra Indian National Congress
70 Navagarh Gurudayal Singh Banjare Indian National Congress
71 Pandariya Mamta Chandrakar Indian National Congress
72 Kawardha Akbar Bhai Indian National Congress
73 Khairagarh Devwrat Singh Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
74 Dongargarh Daleshwar Sahu Indian National Congress
75 Rajnandgaon Dr. Raman Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
76 Dongargaon Bhuneshwar Shobharam Baghel Indian National Congress
77 Khujji Chhanni Chandu Sahu Indian National Congress
78 Mohala-Manpur Indrashah Mandavi Indian National Congress
79 Antagarh Anoop Nag Indian National Congress
80 Bhanupratappur Manoj Singh Mandavi Indian National Congress
81 Kanker Shishupal Shori Indian National Congress
82 Keshkal Sant Ram Netam Indian National Congress
83 Kondagaon Mohan Markam Indian National Congress
84 Narayanpur Chandan Kashyap Indian National Congress
85 Bastar Lakheshwar Baghel Indian National Congress
86 Jagdalpur Rekhchand Jain Indian National Congress
87 Chitrakot Deepak Baij Indian National Congress
88 Dantewada Bhima Mandavi Bharatiya Janata Party
89 Bijapur Vikram Mandavi Indian National Congress
90 Konta Kawasi Lakhma Indian National Congress

See also

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