The 2009 Indian general election polls in Chhattisgarh were held for eleven seats in the state. The Result was a Landslide Victory for the BJP and the Congress won only one seat in first-past-the-post elections. Voting in the state took place on 16 April. The election was marred by Naxalite violence in several of the state's constituencies. Out of approximately 15.4 million eligible voters 55.29 percent exercised their right to vote.
The first phase of elections were marred by naxal violence in some pockets of the state.
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedBharatiya Janata PartyRaman Singh11
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National CongressAjit Jogi11
Result Result by Party Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− BJP 38,51,970 45.03 2.75 11 10 INC 31,92,007 37.31 2.85 11 1 BSP 3,86,872 4.52 11 0 Others 2,81,139 3.29 48 0 IND 8,42,855 9.85 5.99 97 0 Total 85,54,843 100% - 178 11 -
v=== Detailed Results === Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Sarguja (ST)Murarilal SinghBJP416,53251.73Bhanu Pratap SinghINC256,98431.92159,54819.812Raigarh (ST)Vishnu Deo SaiBJP443,94847.44Hridayaram RathiyaINC388,10041.4755,8485.973Janjgir-Champa (SC)Kamla Devi PatleBJP302,14240.96Shivkumar DahariyaINC214,93129.1487,21111.824KorbaCharan Das MahantINC314,61642.20Karuna ShuklaBJP293,87939.4120,7372.795BilaspurDilip Singh JudeoBJP347,93045.18Renu JogiINC327,79142.5720,1392.616RajnandgaonMadhusudan YadavBJP437,72152.70Devwrat SinghINC318,64738.36119,07414.347DurgSaroj PandeyBJP283,17031.27Pradeep ChoubeyINC273,21630.179,9541.108RaipurRamesh BaisBJP364,94349.19Bhupesh BaghelINC307,04241.3957,9017.809MahasamundChandu Lal SahuBJP371,20147.82Motilal SahuINC319,72641.1951,4756.6310Bastar (ST)Baliram KashyapBJP249,37344.16Shankar SodiINC149,11126.40100,26217.7611Kanker (ST)Sohan PotaiBJP341,13145.99Phulo NetamINC321,84343.3919,2882.60
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Chhattisgarh #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Charan Das MahantKorbaMoSAgriculture12 July201126 May2014Food Processing Industries
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2013 election) Bharatiya Janata Party 60 49 Indian National Congress 25 39 Bahujan Samaj Party 1 1 Communist Party of India 1 0 Others 3 1Total 90
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