Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

Legislative Assembly election 2013 was held in two phases on 11 and 19 November in Chhattisgarh state of India. The result was announced on 8 December. Incumbent ruling party

BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mo ...

and Chief Minister

Raman Singh Dr. Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician and Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Currently, he is the National Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also an ayurvedic practitioner. He is also the longest s ...

retained the majority in assembly and formed government consequently for the third time.

Polls

Voter-verified paper audit trail Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) or verified paper record (VPR) is a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballotless voting system. A VVPAT is intended as an independent verification system for voting machines designed to allow ...

(VVPAT) along with EVMs was used in 1 assembly seat in Chhattisgarh elections. The first phase in the Naxal-affected areas of Bastar, consisting 18 constituencies, voted on 11 November and had a 75.53% voter turnout. The second phase in the other 72 constituencies was held on 19 November and had a 74.7% turnout.

Security

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' reported that 32 battalions of central paramilitaries were added to the 117,000 security force personnel in the area. Another almost 25,000

Chhattisgarh Police The Chhattisgarh Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Chhattisgarh in India. The agency is administered by the Department of Home Affairs of the Government of Chhattisgarh. The force has specialized units to fight the Naxal ...

were stations in south Chhattisgarh. As a result, the Gond tribal region would consist of approximately 143,000 armed security personnel. The Hindu stated that after the mobilization of 600 companies of paramilitary forces in the tribal region, it was "one of the most militarized zones in the world."

Results

Results were declared on 8 December 2013. Bharatiya Janata Party won 49 seats while the Indian National Congress won 39 seats. One Independent and one Bahujan Samaj Party candidate also won. BJP retained majority in state legislative assembly for consequently third time and Raman Singh sworn in as a Chief Minister.

!colspan=10, , - ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" , Parties and coalitions ! colspan="3" , Popular vote ! colspan="4" , Seats , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" ! Votes !! % !! ± pp !Contested!! Won !! +/− ! % , - style="text-align:right" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

(BJP), , 5,365,272, , 41.0, , 0.7 , 90, , 49, , 1 , , 54.44 , - style="text-align:right" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

(INC), , 5,267,698, , 40.3, , 1.7 , 90, , 39, , 1 , , 43.33 , - style="text-align:right" , , style="text-align:left;" , Independents (IND) , 697,267 , 5.3 , 3.2 , 355 , 1 , 1 , 1.11 , - style="text-align:right" , , style="text-align:left;" , Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) , 558,424 , 4.3 , 1.8 , 90 , 1 , 1 , 1.11 , - style="text-align:right" , , style="text-align:left;" , Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch (CSM) , 226,167 , 1.7 , 1.7 , 54 , 0 , , 0.00 , - style="text-align:right" , , style="text-align:left;" , Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGP) , 205,325 , 1.6 , , 44 , 0 , , 0.00 , - style="text-align:right" , , style="text-align:left;" , Other parties and candidates, , 352,622, , 2.7 , 2.2 , 353, , 0 , , , 0.00 , - style="text-align:right" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

None of the Above "None of the above" (NOTA), or none for short, also known as "against all" or a "scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system. ...

(NOTA) , 401,058 , 3.1 , 3.1 , colspan="4" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , - ! colspan="9" , , - style="font-weight:bold; text-align:right" , colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 13,073,833 , 100.00 , , style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , 1076 , 90 , , ±0 , , 100.0 , - ! colspan="9" , , - style="text-align:right" , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " , Valid votes , 12,672,775 , 99.90 , , colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , -style="text-align:right" , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " , Invalid votes , 12,051 , 0.10 , , -style="text-align:right" , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " , Votes cast / turnout , 13,085,884 , 77.45 , , -style="text-align:right" , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " , Abstentions , 4,222,987 , 22.55 , , -style="text-align:right" , colspan="2" style="text-align:left; " , Registered voters , 16,895,762 , colspan="2" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , - ! colspan="9" , , -style="text-align:right" , colspan="9" style="text-align:left; " , Source: Election Commission of India , -

Elected members

Cabinet ministers

: Chief Minister *Ajay Chandrakar: Panchayat and Rural Development, Culture, Tourism, and Parliamentary Affairs *

Amar Agrawal Amar Agrawal (born 22 September 1963) is an Indian politician and former Cabinet Minister of Government of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Agrawal represented the legislature of Chhattisgarh from 1998 to 2018. After hi ...

: Public Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, commercial tax and labor *

Brijmohan Agrawal Brijmohan Agrawal is an Indian politician and former Home minister of Government of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Political career He was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1990 from Raipur Town ...

: Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Water Resources, Ayacut, religious trusts and charitable *Kedarnath Kashyap: Tribal and Scheduled Caste Development, Backward Classes and Minorities Development, School of Education *Prem Prakash Pandey: Revenue and Disaster Management, Rehabilitation, Higher Education, Technical Education, and Manpower Planning, Science & Technology *

Rajesh Munat Rajesh Munat (born 28 April 1963) is an Indian politician and former PWD and cabinet minister of Government of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Political career Munat was elected to Vidhan Sabha in 2003 by defeating t ...

: Public Works Department, Transport, Housing & Environment. *Ramshila Sahu: Women & Child Development

References

External links

* * * {{Chhattisgarh elections 2013 State Assembly elections in India State Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh 2010s in Chhattisgarh