# 2025 Chhattisgarh local elections

2025 Chhattisgarh local bodies elections were held on 11 February 2025 to elect members of local bodies in Chhattisgarh. The counting of votes for 10 Municipal Corporation, 49 Nagar Palikas, 114 Nagar Panchayats were declared on 15th February 2025.
In the results of the municipal elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party delivered a strong performance, securing landslide victory in 126 out of 173 local bodies, while the Indian National Congress had to settle for just 30. Independents led in 15 bodies, while the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Aam Aadmi Party won one each. The Janta Congress Chhattisgarh failed to make an impact. In all 10 municipal corporations, including the state capital Raipur, BJP's mayoral candidates emerged victorious. Notably, for the first time in approximately 111 years, the BJP won in Kanker Nagar Panchayat, defeating the Congress.

## Election Schedule

| Poll Event | Schedule |
| Notification Date | 17 January 2025 |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 28 January 2025 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 29 January 2025 |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 31 January 2025 |
| Allotment of Symbols | 31 January 2025 |
| Date of Poll | 11 February 2025 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 15 February 2025 |

## Voter turnout

| District | Turnout (%) |
| Raipur | 51.37 (lowest) |
| Bilaspur | 51.37 (lowest) |
| Jashpur | 75.58 |
| Mungeli | 72.53 |
| Janjgir-Champa | 77.58 |
| Sakti | 81.44 |
| Kawardha | 64.04 |
| Raigarh | 81.44 |
| Sarangarh-Bilaigarh | 78.52 |
| Surajpur | 66.15 |
| Balrampur | 79.85 |
| Surguja | 64.85 |
| Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi | 71.41 |
| Mahasamund | 70.48 |
| Dhamtari | 76.10 |
| Kanker | 76.31 |
| Kabirdham | 77.44 |
| Bastar | 70.43 |
| Durg | 67.96 |
| Narayanpur | 70.71 |
| Balod | 75.34 |
| Kondagaon | 81.13 |
| Rajnandgaon | 75.82 |
| Dantewada | 72.52 |
| Koriya | 84.99 (highest) |
| Khairagarh | 83.50 |
| Sukma | 66.97 |
| Bijapur | 58.71 |
| Korba | 74.10 |
| Total | 72.44 |

## Parties and Alliance

| Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Alliance/Party | Leader | Seats Contested | Seats Contested |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | Kiran Singh Deo | 173 | 173 |
| Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | Indian National Congress | Deepak Baij | 173 | 173 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | Bahujan Samaj Party | Bahujan Samaj Party | Hemant Poyam | 173 | 173 |

## Candidates
### Mayoral Election

* On 26 January 2025, BJP released list of mayoral candidates.
* On 27 January 2025, INC released list of mayoral candidates.
| No. | Municipal Corporation | District | BJP candidate | INC candidate |
| 1 | Ambikapur Municipal Corporation | Sarguja | Manjusha Bhagat | Ajay Tirkey |
| 2 | Durg Municipal Corporation | Durg | Alka Baghmar | Premlata Sahu |
| 3 | Bilaspur Municipal Corporation | Bilaspur | Pooja Vidhani | Pramod Nayak |
| 4 | Raipur Municipal Corporation | Raipur | Meenal Choubey | Deepti Dubey |
| 5 | Chirmiri Municipal Corporation | Koriya | Ram Naresh Rai | Vinay Jaiswal |
| 6 | Dhamtari Municipal Corporation | Dhamtari | Jagadish Ramu Mehra | — |
| 7 | Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation | Bastar | Sanjay Pandey | Malkeet Singh Gaidu |
| 8 | Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation | Rajnandgaon | Madhusudan Yadav | Nikhil Dwivedi |
| 9 | Korba Municipal Corporation | Korba | Sanju Devi Rajput | Usha Tiwari |
| 10 | Raigarh Municipal Corporation | Raigarh | Jeevardhan Chauhan | Janki Katju |

## Municipal general election results
### Party wise

Municipal general election results :
| Party | Party | Mayors/Chairpersons | Mayors/Chairpersons | Corporators/ Councillors/ Ward Members | Corporators/ Councillors/ Ward Members |
| Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 10 | 10 | 1868 | 1063 |
| | Indian National Congress | 0 | 10 | 952 | 754 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | | 1 | 1 |
| | Independent | 0 | | 13 | 4 |
| Total | Total | 10 | | 3200 | 305 |

### Body wise

| Division | Seats | | | | | |
| Division | Seats | BJP | INC | BSP | AAP | IND |
| Municipal Corporation | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nagar Palika | 49 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Nagar Panchayat | 114 | 81 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 173 | 126 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 15 |

### Municipal Corporation wise

| No. | Municipal Corporation | District | Winning party | Elected Mayor |
| 1 | Ambikapur Municipal Corporation | Sarguja | Bharatiya Janata Party | Manjusha Bhagat |
| 2 | Durg Municipal Corporation | Durg | Bharatiya Janata Party | Alka Baghmar |
| 3 | Bilaspur Municipal Corporation | Bilaspur | Bharatiya Janata Party | Pooja Vidhani |
| 4 | Raipur Municipal Corporation | Raipur | Bharatiya Janata Party | Meenal Choubey |
| 5 | Chirmiri Municipal Corporation | Koriya | Bharatiya Janata Party | Ram Naresh Rai |
| 6 | Dhamtari Municipal Corporation | Dhamtari | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jagadish Ramu Mehra |
| 7 | Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation | Bastar | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sanjay Pandey |
| 8 | Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation | Rajnandgaon | Bharatiya Janata Party | Madhusudan Yadav |
| 9 | Korba Municipal Corporation | Korba | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sanju Devi Rajput |
| 10 | Raigarh Municipal Corporation | Raigarh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jeevardhan Chauhan |