2014 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh explained

Election Name:Indian general election, 2014 in Chhattisgarh
Country:India
Type:Legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Indian general election, 2009 (Chhattisgarh)
Previous Year:2009
Next Election:Indian general election, 2019 (Chhattisgarh)
Next Year:2019
Seats For Election:All 11 constituencies from Chhattisgarh to the Lok Sabha
Election Date:10, 17, 24 April 2014.
Turnout:69.39% (14.10%)
Leader1:Raman Singh
Party1:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance1:National Democratic Alliance (India)
Leaders Seat1:Did not contest
Last Election1:10
Seats1:10
Party2:Indian National Congress
Alliance2:United Progressive Alliance
Leaders Seat2:Mahasamund (lost)
Last Election2:1
Seats2:1

The 2014 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh was held in three phases on 10, 17 and 24 April 2014.[1] The Result was a Landslide Victory for the BJP winning 10 out of 11 Seats and the Congress won only one seat.

Result

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Parties and coalitions! colspan="3" |Seats! colspan="3" |Popular vote|-!Contested!Won!+/−!Votes!%!±pp|-| bgcolor="" ||Bharatiya Janata Party | 11| 10| | 59,73,904| 49.65%| 4.62%|-| bgcolor="" || Indian National Congress | 11| 1| | 47,02,813| 39.09%|1.78%|-| bgcolor="" ||Bahujan Samaj Party | 11| 0| | 2,93,910|2.44%| 2.08%|-| bgcolor="" ||Aam Aadmi Party | 10| 0| New| 1,40,681| 1.16%| New|-| bgcolor="" ||Gondwana Ganatantra Party | 7| 0| | 99,644| 0.83%|0.13%|-| bgcolor="" ||Independents | 106| 0| | 5,16,427| 4.29%|5.56%|-| colspan="8" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" ||- style="font-weight:bold;"| align="left" colspan="2"| Total| 11| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" || 1,20,30,690| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E9E9E9" ||-! colspan="8" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Valid votes|1,20,30,690|98.16| colspan="4" rowspan="5" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Votes cast / turnout|1,22,55,579|69.54|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |Registered voters| 1,76,23,049| 100.0|-|}

List of elected MPs

No.ConstituencyTurnout%Name of elected M.P.Party affiliationMargin
1 Sarguja77.96 Kamalbhan Singh Marabibgcolor=#FBB917 Bharatiya Janata Party1,47,236
2 76.60 Vishnu Deo SaiBharatiya Janata Party2,16,750
3 61.54 bgcolor=#FBB917 Bharatiya Janata Party1,74,961
4 73.95 bgcolor=#FBB917 Bharatiya Janata Party4,265
5 63.07 Lakhan Lal Sahubgcolor=#FBB917 Bharatiya Janata Party1,76,436
6 74.04 bgcolor=#FBB917 Bharatiya Janata Party2,35,911
7 67.94 bgcolor=#00FFFF Indian National Congress16,848
8 65.68 bgcolor=#FBB917 Bharatiya Janata Party1,71,646
9 74.61 Chandulal Sahu (Chandu Bhaiya)bgcolor=#FBB917 Bharatiya Janata Party1,217
10 59.32 Dinesh Kashyapbgcolor=#FBB917 Bharatiya Janata Party1,24,359
11 70.22 bgcolor=#FBB917 Bharatiya Janata Party35,158

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lok Sabha polls 2014: EC announces 9 phase schedule. Zee News. 5 November 2014.