2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Chhattisgarh in December 2003, electing the 90 members of the first Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. 2003 elections were the first election in Chhattisgarh after its formation from Madhya Pradesh. The results of the election were announced in early December. Incumbent Chief Minister Ajit Jogi lost the election, while Bharatiya Janata Party won the elections. Raman Singh was sworn-in as chief minister.

2003 Chhattisgarh legislative assembly election

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All 90 seats to the Legislative Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.30%
First party Second party   Leader Raman Singh Ajit Jogi Party BJP INC Leader since 7 December 2003 24 July 1999 Leader's seat Rajnandgaon Marwahi Seats won 50 37 Seat change Percentage 39.26% 36.71% Swing   Third party Fourth party   Leader Mayawati Sharad Pawar Party BSP NCP Alliance - - Leader since 18 September 2003 10 June 1999 Leader's seat did not contest did not contest Seats won 2 1 Seat change Percentage 4.45% 7.02% Swing
CM before election Ajit Jogi INC Elected CM Raman Singh BJP

Interim Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly (2000-2003)

Party		Symbol	Leader(s)	Seats
	Indian National Congress		Ajit Jogi	54
	Bharatiya Janata Party		1)Tarachand Sahu 2)Raman Singh	36
Total				90

Results

Party-wise

Summary of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election result

Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Vote	%	+/-	Contested	Won	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party	37,89,914	39.26		90	50
	Indian National Congress	35,43,754	36.71		90	37
	Bahujan Samaj Party	4,29,334	4.45		54	2
	Nationalist Congress Party	6,77,983	7.02		89	1
	Independents	6,86,942	7.12		254	0
Total		96,53,571	100.00		90	100.00	±0

Region-wise

Division	Seats
		BJP	INC	Others
Surguja	14	10	4	-
Central Chhattisgarh	64	31	30	3
Bastar	12	9	3	-
Total	90	50	37	3

District-wise

District	Seats
		BJP	INC	Others
Koriya	2	-	2	-
Surguja	8	7	1	-
Jashpur	4	3	1	-
Raigarh	6	3	2	1
Korba	3	1	2	-
Bilaspur	10	3	7	-
Janjgir-Champa	6	1	3	2
Raipur	13	5	8	-
Mahasamund	4	4	-	-
Dhamtari	3	3	-	-
Kanker	2	2	-	-
Bastar	7	7	-	-
Dantewada	3	-	3	-
Durg	11	7	4	-
Rajnandgaon	6	4	2	-
Kabirdham	2	-	2	-
Total	90	50	37	3

Constituency-wise

Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
Koriya district
1	Manendragarh (ST)	Gulab Singh		INC	41515	Ram Lakhan Singh		BJP	33989	7526
2	Baikunthpur	Ram Chandra Singh Deo		INC	51107	Bhaiyalal Rajwade		BJP	43137	7970
Surguja district
3	Premnagar (ST)	Renuka Singh		BJP	48363	Tuleshwar Singh		INC	30611	17752
4	Surajpur (ST)	Shiv Pratap Singh		BJP	51228	Bhanu Pratap Singh		INC	23717	27511
5	Pal (ST)	Ramvichar Netam		BJP	36309	Brihaspat Singh		INC	26096	10213
6	Samri (ST)	Siddha Nath Paikra		BJP	31878	Maheswar Paikara		INC	18496	13382
7	Lundra (ST)	Vijaya Nath		BJP	34357	Ramdev Ram		INC	34315	42
8	Pilkha (ST)	Ram Sewak Paikra		BJP	59967	Prem Sai Singh Tekam		INC	39466	20501
9	Ambikapur (ST)	Kamalbhan Singh Marabi		BJP	65812	Madan Gopal Singh		INC	28590	37222
10	Sitapur (ST)	Amarjeet Bhagat		INC	35369	Raja Ram Bhagat		BJP	30267	5102
Jashpur district
11	Bagicha (ST)	Ganesh Ram Bhagat		BJP	43846	Anand Lal Kujur		INC	33274	10572
12	Jashpur (ST)	Raj Sharan Bhagat		BJP	45295	Vikaram Bhagat		INC	35732	9563
13	Tapkara (ST)	Bharat Sai		BJP	42213	Mohan Sai		INC	28622	13591
14	Pathalgaon (ST)	Rampukar Singh Thakur		INC	37205	Vishnudeo Sai		BJP	36888	317
Raigarh district
15	Dharamjaigarh (ST)	Om Prakash Rathia		BJP	50148	Chanesh Ram Rathiya		INC	34530	15618
16	Lailunga (ST)	Satyanand Rathia		BJP	41165	Prem Singh Sidar		INC	35275	5890
17	Raigarh	Vijay Agrawal		BJP	52310	Krishna Kumar		INC	43871	8439
18	Kharsia	Nand Kumar Patel		INC	70433	Laxmi Prasad Patel		BJP	37665	32768
19	Saria	Shakajeet Nayak		INC	39962	Virajeshwar Pradhan		Ind	21669	18293
20	Sarangarh (SC)	Kamda Jolhe		BSP	32577	Shyam Sunder		BJP	24419	8158
Korba district
21	Rampur (ST)	Nanki Ram Kanwar		BJP	35642	Pyarelal Kanwar		INC	35262	380
22	Katghora	Bodhram Kanwar		INC	79049	Banwari Lal Agrawal		BJP	75196	3853
23	Tanakhar (ST)	Ram Dayal Uike		INC	48844	Hira Singh Markam		GGP	28531	20313
Bilaspur district
24	Marwahi (ST)	Ajit Jogi		INC	76269	Nand Kumar Sai		BJP	22119	54150
25	Kota	Rajendra Prasad Shukla		INC	39545	Bhupendra Singh		BJP	37866	1679
26	Lormi	Dharmjeet Singh Thakur		INC	47998	Muniram Sahu		BJP	32332	15666
27	Mungeli (SC)	Chandrabhan		INC	41377	Vikram Mohile		BJP	34621	6756
28	Jarhagaon (SC)	Churawan Mangeshkar		INC	46744	Chouwadas Khandekar		BJP	34759	11985
29	Takhatpur	Balram Singh		INC	39362	Jagjeet Singh Makkad		BJP	32671	6691
30	Bilaspur	Amar Agrawal		BJP	61154	Anil Kumar Tah		INC	55311	5843
31	Bilha	Siyaram Kaushik		INC	48028	Dharamlal Kaushik		BJP	41477	6551
32	Masturi (SC)	Krishnamurti Bandhi		BJP	40485	Madan Singh Dharia		INC	38217	2268
33	Sipat	Badhridhar Diwan		BJP	22649	Ramesh Kaushik		INC	22350	299
Janjgir–Champa district
34	Akaltara	Ramadhar		INC	37368	Chhataram		BJP	35938	1430
35	Pamgarh	Mahant Ram Sundar Das		INC	42780	Dauram		BSP	36046	6734
36	Champa	Motilal Dewangan		INC	52075	Narayan Chandel		BJP	44365	7710
37	Sakti	Megharam Sahu		BJP	27680	Manharan Rathore		INC	24408	3272
38	Malkharoda (SC)	Lalsay Khunte		BSP	34360	Nirmal Sinha		BJP	33464	896
39	Chandrapur	Nobel Kumar Verma		NCP	31929	Krishnakant Chandra		BJP	19498	12431
Raipur district
40	Raipur Town	Brijmohan Agrawal		BJP	70164	Gajraj Pagariya		INC	44190	25974
41	Raipur Rural	Rajesh Munat		BJP	104448	Tarun Chatterji		INC	66449	37999
42	Abhanpur	Dhanendra Sahu		INC	51122	Chandra Shekhar Sahu		BJP	50895	227
43	Mandirhasod	Satyanarayan Sharma		INC	27009	Sobharam Yadav		BJP	25182	1827
44	Arang (SC)	Sanjay Dhidhi		BJP	48556	Ganguram Baghel		INC	30112	18444
45	Dharsiwa	Deoji Bhai		BJP	57637	Chhaya Verma		INC	41520	16117
46	Bhatapara	Chaitram Sahu		INC	45398	Shivratan Sharma		BJP	43453	1945
47	Baloda Bazar	Ganesh Shankar Bajpai		INC	23642	Vipin Bihari Verma		BJP	23333	309
48	Pallari (SC)	Shiv Kumar Dahria		INC	40814	Durga Prasad Maheshwar		BJP	38112	2702
49	Kasdol	Rajkamal Singhania		INC	48024	Gaurishankar Agrawal		BJP	43002	5022
50	Bhatgaon (SC)	Hari Das Bhardwaj		INC	34741	Bhushan Lal Jangde		BJP	26519	8222
51	Rajim	Chandu Lal Sahu		BJP	57798	Amitesh Shukla		INC	45922	11876
52	Bindrawagarh (ST)	Omkar Shah		INC	53209	Goverdhan Manjhi		BJP	44413	8796
Mahasamund district
53	Saraipali	Trilochan Patel		BJP	49674	Devendra Bahdur Singh		INC	40942	8732
54	Basna	Trivikram Bhoi		BJP	29385	Mahendra Bahdur Singh		INC	26982	2403
55	Khallari	Preetam Singh Diwan		BJP	33701	Bhekhram Sahu		INC	28076	5625
56	Mahasamund	Poonam Chandrakar		BJP	41812	Agni Chandrakar		INC	40201	1611
Dhamtari district
57	Sihawa (ST)	Pinky Dhruw		BJP	47624	Madhav Singh Dhruw		INC	31559	16065
58	Kurud	Ajay Chandrakar		BJP	56247	Deepa Sahu		INC	53538	2709
59	Dhamtari	Inder Chopra		BJP	70494	Gurumukh Singh Hora		INC	56914	13580
Kanker district
60	Bhanupratappur (ST)	Deolal Dugga		BJP	40803	Manoj Singh Mandavi		INC	39424	1379
61	Kanker (ST)	Aghan Singh Thakur		BJP	50198	Shyama Dhruwa		INC	24387	25811
Bastar district
62	Narayanpur (ST)	Vikram Usendi		BJP	40504	Manturam Pawar		INC	31690	8814
63	Keshkal (ST)	Mahesh Baghel		BJP	44477	Phulo Devi Netam		INC	33195	11282
64	Kondagaon (ST)	Lata Usendi		BJP	42821	Shankar Sodhi		INC	28700	14121
65	Bhanpuri (ST)	Kedar Nath Kashyap		BJP	41023	Anturam Kashyap		INC	29631	11392
66	Jagdalpur (ST)	Subhau Kashyap		BJP	60327	Jhituram Baghel		INC	30038	30289
67	Keslur (ST)	Baiduram Kashyap		BJP	39222	Mannuram Kachcha		INC	15164	24058
68	Chitrakot (ST)	Lachhuram Kashyap		BJP	18763	Pratibha Shah		INC	15304	3459
Dantewada district
69	Dantewada (ST)	Mahendra Karma		INC	24572	Nand Ram Sori		CPI	19637	4935
70	Konta (ST)	Kawasi Lakhma		INC	32067	Manish Kunjam		CPI	14669	17398
71	Bijapur (ST)	Rajendra Pambhoi		INC	15917	Rajaram Todam		BJP	13196	2721
Durg district
72	Maro (SC)	Dayaldas Baghel		BJP	45279	Dheeru Prasad Ghritlahare		INC	33620	11659
73	Bemetara	Chetan Verma		INC	39830	Sharda Mahesh Tiwari		BJP	27588	12242
74	Saja	Ravindra Choubey		INC	58573	Deepak Sahu		BJP	40831	17742
75	Dhamdha	Tamradhwaj Sahu		INC	48661	Jageshwar Sahu		BJP	39334	9327
76	Durg	Hemchand Yadav		BJP	107484	Arun Vora		INC	84911	22573
77	Bhilai	Prem Prakash Pandey		BJP	75749	Badruddin Quraishi		INC	60745	15004
78	Patan	Bhupesh Baghel		INC	44217	Vijay Baghel		NCP	37308	6909
79	Gunderdehi	Ramshila Sahu		BJP	40813	Ghanaram Sahu		INC	31523	9290
80	Khertha	Balmukund Dewagan		BJP	52734	Pratima Chandrakar		INC	40182	12552
81	Balod	Pritam Sahu		BJP	47204	Lokendra Yadav		INC	34130	13074
82	Dondi Lohara (ST)	Lal Mahendra Singh Tekam		BJP	46147	Domendra Bhendiya		INC	35404	10743
Rajnandgaon district
83	Chowki (ST)	Sanjeev Shah		BJP	37802	Shivraj Singh Usare		INC	36267	1535
84	Khujji	Rajinder Pal Singh Bhatia		BJP	45409	Bholaram		INC	44296	1113
85	Dongargaon	Pradeep Gandhi		BJP	42784	Geeta Devi Singh		INC	36649	6135
86	Rajnandgaon	Uday Mudliyar		INC	43081	Lilaram Bhojwani		BJP	43041	40
87	Dongargarh (SC)	Vinod Khandekar		BJP	55188	Dhanesh Patila		INC	40711	14477
88	Khairagarh	Devwrat Singh		INC	46339	Siddharth Singh		BJP	28432	17907
Kawardha district
89	Birendranagar	Mohammad Akbar		INC	54828	Santosh Pandey		BJP	42846	11982
90	Kawardha	Yogeshwar Raj Singh		INC	51092	Siyaram Sahu		BJP	46904	4188

External links

• Chhattisgarh legislative assembly election, 2003 results on Indian Elections