Lok Sabha Elections 2024: While Lok Sabha Election 2024 has grabbed the attention of political parties, several states are preparing for the upcoming Assembly Elections. Chhattisgarh is one the states that is up for Assembly elections. Voting in Chhattisgarh is scheduled to take place in two phases on November 7 and November 17, 2023. Back in 2018, the Congress had won the polls and formed the government in the state.
Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha consists of 11 parliamentary seats. While BJP holds 9 seats, Congress has 2. Here’s a look at the parliamentary seats in Chhattisgarh.
Sarguja (ST)
Janjgir-Champa (SC)
Bilaspur
Raigarh (ST)
Rajnandgaon
Durg
Raipur
Korba
Bastar (ST)
Kanker (ST)
Mahasamund
Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023
The assembly elections in Chhattisgarh are are scheduled to be held on November 7 and November 17, 2023 in two phases. The term of the current government will conclude in January 2024. The Election Commission of India has announced the date for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh and it will be held in two phases.
It was in 2018 that the assembly elections were held in phases in the month of November and the results were announced a month later in December. Congress currently has 71 MLAs in the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly. While BJP has 15 MLAs only.
Congress and BJP are two major contenders for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. However, AAP has also released the list of candidates for Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections. Congress has also unveiled the names of the candidates from their party.
After the opinion poll was conducted between September 1 and September 13 with the sample size of 3,672, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel received strong approval ratings. Almost 60 per cent of the respondents supported him. It is being anticipated that Bhupesh Baghel will make a return as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.