# 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.

## Results
### Party-wise

Summary of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election result :
| Parties and Coalitions | Parties and Coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and Coalitions | Parties and Coalitions | 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 | Total | 96,53,571 | 100.00 | | 90 | 100.00 | ±0 |

### Region-wise

| Division | Seats | | | |
| 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 | | | |
| 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 | Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Margin |
| 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 |