Patan Constituency Election Result 2023: Congress leader and Chhattisgarh’s incumbent CM Bhupesh Baghel has once again restored victory from Patan constituency. Baghel won the seat with a margin of 19723 votes. He defeated his nephew and BJP leader Vijay Baghel by gathering over 95000 votes. Vijay Baghel did give a close contest to his uncle as he gathered over 75000 votes. Bhupesh Baghel had successfully secured victory five times from this seat since 1993. Vijay, who was associated with the Congress until 2000, had later switched to the BJP. The uncle and nephew duo had earlier faced each other twice in electoral battles, in 2008 and 2013, each winning once.
In 2018, Bhupesh Baghel got 84352 votes while Motilal Sahu of the BJP secured 56875 votes. The margin of victory was 27477 votes. In the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections of 2013, Bhupesh Baghel had emerged victorious in the Patan constituency, garnering 68,185 votes. In contrast, Vijay Baghel of the Bharatiya Janata Party received 58,842 votes. The margin of victory for Bhupesh Baghel was 9,343 votes. Going back further, Vijay Baghel from the BJP emerged victorious in the Patan constituency in 2008, securing 59,000 votes. Bhupesh Baghel, on the other hand, received 51,158 votes. The margin of victory for Vijay Baghel was 7,842 votes.
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Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel has once again won the Patan constituency with a margin of 19723 votes. He defeated his nephew and BJP leader Vijay Baghel by gathering over 95000 votes. Vijay Baghel did give a close contest to his uncle as he gathered over 75000 votes.
BJP national president JP Nadda says "Whenever BJP contests any election, be it a state election or a national election, PM Narendra Modi has always taken the leadership and accepted the challenge. He has always led the campaign from the front..."
According to the ECI website, counting of votes has been completed in Patan, but the results are yet to be announced.
Bhupesh Baghel has taken the lead for Congress in Patan with 71077 votes, as per official website of ECI.
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Bhupesh Baghel is currently leading in Patan with a margin of over 10,000 votes than BJP's Vijay Baghel.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday attributed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) lead in the Assembly election trends to the people’s faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s works and guarantees. “The people of the state have shown faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s works and guarantees. The PM, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda gave sufficient time (for electioneering) in Chhattisgarh,” Singh was quoted as saying by PTI.
“The people have shown faith in Modi’s guarantees and not Baghel’s promises, which is evident in the trends,” he added.
Incumbent CM Bhupesh Baghel is slowly maintaining a tight grip in this constituency. BJP's Vijay Baghel, Bhupesh's nephew was actually ahead in initial rounds, but as the latest numbers by ECI's official site reveal, it's Congress that is leading this seat.
Six out of 18 rounds of vote counting shows Bhupesh Baghel in the lead in Patan, according to ECI's latest update.
"We are in a good position as per the trends. When the final results are in, we will be getting a thumping majority in all the three states," says BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi as BJP leads in Chhattisgarh.
Three rounds of counting are over in Chhattisgarh's Patan and BJP's Vijay Baghel is still in the lead. This is a surprising change of events for the incumbent CM Bhupesh Baghel.
BJP is currently forging ahead in Patan, as per the official website of ECI.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Bhupesh Baghel, is the Congress candidate from this constituency for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2023. Baghel has successfully secured victory five times from this seat since 1993. On the other hand, the BJP has once again chosen Vijay Baghel, the current Lok Sabha MP from Durg, as its candidate for this rural constituency in Durg district, situated on the outskirts of the capital city Raipur.
According to initial trends, AAP's Amit Jogi is trailing behind in Chhattisgarh's Patan constituency.
Congress is already showing to be in the lead in Chhattisgarh in postal ballot counting.
The counting of votes has begun! Stay with us as we bring to you constant updates from Chhattisgarh’s Patan constituency.
Vote counting in Chhattisgarh is poised to commence shortly, scheduled to start at 8 am in counting centers throughout the state. The polling occurred on November 7 and 17, witnessing a turnout of over 76%, reflecting active participation in the democratic process.
In 2018, Bhupesh Baghel got 84352 votes while Motilal Sahu of the BJP secured 56875 votes. The margin of victory was 27477 votes. In the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections of 2013, Bhupesh Baghel had emerged victorious in the Patan constituency, garnering 68,185 votes. In contrast, Vijay Baghel of the Bharatiya Janata Party received 58,842 votes.
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Patan assembly constituency is among the 90 assembly seats in the state of Chhattisgarh. This assembly seat belongs to the General category and is positioned in Durg district, serving as one of the nine assembly segments within the Durg Parliament Seat.
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the electoral pulse in Chhattisgarh's Patan constituency. This is one of the most important constituencies in the state as incumbent CM Bhupesh Baghel is contesting from this region. Stay with us as we bring to you insightful analyses and key highlights!