2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Chhattisgarh from 19 April to 7 May 2024 to elect 11 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.^[1]

2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

← 2019 19, 26 April and 7 May 2024 2029 →
← outgoing members
All 11 Chhattisgarh seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout	72.94% (1.30%)
First party Second party   Leader Vishnu Deo Sai Bhupesh Baghel Party BJP INC Alliance NDA INDIA Leader since 2023 2014 Leader's seat Did not contest Rajnandgaon (lost) Last election 50.70%, 9 seats 41.51%, 2 seats Seats won 10 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 79,09,797 61,68,408 Percentage 52.65% 41.06% Swing 1.25% 0.45%
Seatwise Result Map of the 2024 general election in Chhattisgarh
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

Election schedule

On 16 March 2024, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule of the 2024 Indian general election, with Chhattisgarh scheduled to vote during the first 3 phases starting from 19 April and concluding on 7 May 2024.

Phase wise schedule of 2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh
  Phase 1   Phase 2  Phase 3

Poll event	Phase
	I	II	III
Notification Date	20 March	28 March	12 April
Last Date for filing nomination	27 March	4 April	19 April
Scrutiny of nomination	28 March	5 April	20 April
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	30 March	8 April	22 April
Date of poll	19 April	26 April	7 May
Date of counting of votes/Result	4 June 2024
No. of constituencies	1	3	7

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Vishnu Deo Sai	11

  Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			Bhupesh Baghel	11

Others

Party		Symbol	Contesting Seats
	Bahujan Samaj Party		11
	Gondwana Ganatantra Party		9
	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party		9
	Hamar Raj Party		8
	Rashtriya Jansabha Party		7
	Shakti Sena (Bharat Desh)		6
	Ambedkarite Party of India		4
	Sarv Adi Dal		4
	Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)		3
	Chhattisgarh Vikas Ganga Rashtriya Party		3
	Azad Janata Party		2
	Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal		2
	Loktantra Congress Party		2
	Nyaydharmsabha		2
	Republican Party of India (Athawale)		2
	Right to Recall Party		2
	Sunder Samaj Party		2
	Aap Sabki Apni Party		1
	Akhil Bhartiya Parivar Party		1
	Asankhya Samaj Party		1
	Bharat Adivasi Party		1
	Bharatiya Bahujan Congress		1
	Bhartiya Janta Secular Party		1
	Bhrashtachar Mukti Morcha		1
	Communist Party of India		1
	Dhoom Sena		1
	Lokshahi Ekta Party		1
	Prabuddha Republican Party		1
	Rashtriya Gondvana Party		1
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)		1
	Total		91

Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			INDIA
1	Sarguja (ST)		BJP	Chintamani Maharaj		INC	Shashi Singh
2	Raigarh (ST)		BJP	Radheshyam Rathiya		INC	Menka Devi Singh
3	Janjgir–Champa (SC)		BJP	Kamlesh Jangde		INC	Shivkumar Dahariya
4	Korba		BJP	Saroj Pandey		INC	Jyotsna Mahant
5	Bilaspur		BJP	Tokhan Sahu		INC	Devender Singh Yadav
6	Rajnandgaon		BJP	Santosh Pandey		INC	Bhupesh Baghel
7	Durg		BJP	Vijay Baghel		INC	Rajendra Sahu
8	Raipur		BJP	Brijmohan Agrawal		INC	Vikas Upadhyay
9	Mahasamund		BJP	Rupkumari Choudhary		INC	Tamradhwaj Sahu
10	Bastar (ST)		BJP	Mahesh Kashyap		INC	Kawasi Lakhma
11	Kanker (ST)		BJP	Bhojraj Nag		INC	Biresh Thakur

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of error				Lead
			NDA	INDIA	Others
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024[2]	±3-5%	11	0	0	NDA
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024[3]	±5%	11	0	0	NDA
India Today-CVoter	February 2024[4]	±3-5%	10	1	0	NDA
ABP News-CVoter	December 2023[5]	±3-5%	9-11	0-2	0	NDA
Times Now-ETG	December 2023[6]	±3%	10-11	0-1	0	NDA
India TV-CNX	October 2023[7]	±3%	7	4	0	NDA
Times Now-ETG	September 2023[8]	±3%	7-9	2-4	0	NDA
	August 2023[9]	±3%	6-8	3-5	0	NDA
India Today-CVoter	August 2023[10]	±3-5%	10	1	0	NDA

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of error				Lead
			NDA	INDIA	Others
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024[2]	±3-5%	54.8%	40.8%	4.4%	14
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024[3]	±5%	55%	41%	4%	14
India Today-CVoter	February 2024[11]	±3-5%	54%	38%	8%	16
India Today-CVoter	August 2023[12]	±3-5%	51%	41%	8%	10

Exit polls

Polling agency				Lead
	NDA	INDIA	Others
TV9 Bharatvarsh- People's Insight - Polstrat	11	0	0	NDA
Actual results	10	1	0	NDA

Voter turnout

Phase wise

Phase	Poll Date	Constituencies	Voter Turnout (%)
I	19 April 2024	Bastar (ST)	68.29%
II	26 April 2024	Rajnandgaon, Mahasamund, Kanker (ST)	76.24%
III	7 May 2024	Sarguja (ST), Raigarh (ST), Janjgir–Champa (SC), Korba, Bilaspur, Durg, Raipur	71.98%
Total			72.17%

Constituency wise

Constituency		Poll Date	Turnout	Swing
1	Sarguja (ST)	7 May 2024	79.89%	2.49%
2	Raigarh (ST)		78.85%	0.94%
3	Janjgir–Champa (SC)		67.56%	1.75%
4	Korba		75.63%	0.25%
5	Bilaspur		64.77%	0.29%
6	Rajnandgaon	26 April 2024	77.42%	1.22%
7	Durg	7 May 2024	73.68%	1.90%
8	Raipur		66.82%	0.66%
9	Mahasamund	26 April 2024	75.02%	0.37%
10	Bastar (ST)	19 April 2024	68.29%	2.03%
11	Kanker (ST)	26 April 2024	76.23%	1.81%
			72.17%	0.53%

Results

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	79,09,797	52.65%	1.25	11	10	1
	INDIA		INC	61,68,408	41.06%	0.45	11	1	1
	Others			2,10,750	1.40%	0.97	91	0
	IND			5,99,244	3.99%	1.42	107	0
	NOTA			1,35,430	0.90%
Total					100%	-	220	11	-

Results by constituency

Constituency		Turnout %	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
			Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Sarguja (ST)	79.97	Chintamani Maharaj		BJP	7,13,200	49.01%	Shashi Singh		INC	6,48,328	44.55%	64,822	4.46%
2	Raigarh (ST)	78.96	Radheshyam Rathiya		BJP	8,08,275	55.63%	Menka Devi Singh		INC	5,67,884	39.08%	2,40,391	16.55%
3	Janjgir–Champa (SC)	67.77	Kamlesh Jangre		BJP	6,78,199	48.71%	Shivkumar Dahariya		INC	6,18,199	44.40%	60,000	4.31%
4	Korba	75.73	Jyotsna Mahant		INC	5,70,182	46.53%	Saroj Pandey		BJP	5,26,899	43.00%	43,283	3.53%
5	Bilaspur	64.88	Tokhan Sahu		BJP	7,24,937	53.25%	Devender Yadav		INC	5,60,379	41.16%	1,64,558	12.09%
6	Rajnandgaon	77.46	Santosh Pandey		BJP	7,12,057	49.25%	Bhupesh Baghel		INC	6,67,646	46.18%	44,411	3.07%
7	Durg	73.78	Vijay Baghel		BJP	9,56,497	62.00%	Rajendra Sahu		INC	5,18,271	33.59%	4,38,226	28.41%
8	Raipur	67.00	Brijmohan Agrawal		BJP	10,50,351	66.19%	Vikas Upadhyay		INC	4,75,066	29.94%	5,75,285	36.25%
9	Mahasamund	75.21	Rupkumari Choudhary		BJP	7,03,659	53.06%	Tamradhwaj Sahu		INC	5,58,203	42.09%	1,45,456	10.97%
10	Bastar (ST)	68.46	Mahesh Kashyap		BJP	4,58,398	45.50%	Kawasi Lakhma		INC	4,03,153	40.02%	55,245	5.48%
11	Kanker (ST)	76.39	Bhojraj Nag		BJP	5,97,624	47.23%	Biresh Thakur		INC	5,95,740	47.08%	1,884	0.15%

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

2024 Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Elections Assembly Wise Map

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2023 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	68	54
	Indian National Congress	22	35
	Gondwana Ganatantra Party	0	1
Total		90

See also

• 2024 Indian general election in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
• 2024 Indian general election in Delhi
• 2024 Indian general election in Goa