Chhattisgarh 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 and Chief Minister Raman Singh retained the majority in assembly and formed government consequently for the third time.

Polls

Voter-verified paper audit trail (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'' 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 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.

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

(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 ...

(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 The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), a ...

(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 Gondwana Gantantra Party or ''GGP'' is a state party in India, Founded by Hira Singh Markam. It primarily works for the tribal community and its politics. History GGP was formed in 1991 to plead for the rights of the Gondi people, and to estab ...

(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 syst ...

(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

* Raman Singh: Chief Minister *Ajay Chandrakar: Panchayat and Rural Development, Culture, Tourism, and Parliamentary Affairs * Amar Agrawal: Public Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, commercial tax and labor * Brijmohan Agrawal: 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: Public Works Department, Transport, Housing & Environment. *Ramshila Sahu: Women & Child Development

References

External links

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