# 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.

## 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.
| Poll event | Phase | Phase | Phase |
| Poll event | 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 | 4 June 2024 | 4 June 2024 |
| No. of constituencies | 1 | 3 | 7 |

## Parties and alliances
### National Democratic Alliance

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

### Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

| Party | 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 | Total | 91 |

## Candidates

| Constituency | Constituency | | | | | | |
| Constituency | Constituency | NDA | NDA | NDA | INDIA | INDIA | 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 |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | NDA | INDIA | Others | Lead |
| ABP News-CVoter | April 2024 | ±3-5% | 11 | 0 | 0 | NDA |
| ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 | ±5% | 11 | 0 | 0 | NDA |
| India Today-CVoter | February 2024 | ±3-5% | 10 | 1 | 0 | NDA |
| ABP News-CVoter | December 2023 | ±3-5% | 9-11 | 0-2 | 0 | NDA |
| Times Now-ETG | December 2023 | ±3% | 10-11 | 0-1 | 0 | NDA |
| India TV-CNX | October 2023 | ±3% | 7 | 4 | 0 | NDA |
| Times Now-ETG | September 2023 | ±3% | 7-9 | 2-4 | 0 | NDA |
| Times Now-ETG | August 2023 | ±3% | 6-8 | 3-5 | 0 | NDA |
| India Today-CVoter | August 2023 | ±3-5% | 10 | 1 | 0 | NDA |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | NDA | INDIA | Others | Lead |
| ABP News-CVoter | April 2024 | ±3-5% | 54.8% | 40.8% | 4.4% | 14 |
| ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 | ±5% | 55% | 41% | 4% | 14 |
| India Today-CVoter | February 2024 | ±3-5% | 54% | 38% | 8% | 16 |
| India Today-CVoter | August 2023 | ±3-5% | 51% | 41% | 8% | 10 |

### Exit polls

| Polling agency | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | NDA | INDIA | Others | Lead |
| 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 | Total | Total | 72.17% |

### Constituency wise

| Constituency | Constituency | Poll Date | Turnout | Swing |
| 1 | Sarguja (ST) | 7 May 2024 | 79.89% | 2.49% |
| 2 | Raigarh (ST) | 7 May 2024 | 78.85% | 0.94% |
| 3 | Janjgir–Champa (SC) | 7 May 2024 | 67.56% | 1.75% |
| 4 | Korba | 7 May 2024 | 75.63% | 0.25% |
| 5 | Bilaspur | 7 May 2024 | 64.77% | 0.29% |
| 6 | Rajnandgaon | 26 April 2024 | 77.42% | 1.22% |
| 7 | Durg | 7 May 2024 | 73.68% | 1.90% |
| 8 | Raipur | 7 May 2024 | 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 | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | 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 | Others | Others | 2,10,750 | 1.40% | 0.97 | 91 | 0 | |
| | IND | IND | IND | 5,99,244 | 3.99% | 1.42 | 107 | 0 | |
| | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | 1,35,430 | 0.90% | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | | 100% | - | 220 | 11 | - |

### Results by constituency

| Constituency | Constituency | Turnout % | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin | Margin |
| Constituency | Constituency | Turnout % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | 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

| Party | 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 | Total | 90 | 90 |