2004 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

2004 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

April–May 2004
11 seats
First party Second party   NDA INC Party NDA INC+ (post poll UPA) Seats won 10 1
Chhattisgarh
Prime Minister before election A. B. Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2004 Indian general election polls in Chhattisgarh were held for 11 seats in the state. This is the first time, that an election took place in this state after it achieved statehood from Madhya Pradesh in 2000. The Result was a Landslide Victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party winning 10 out of 11 Seats and the Indian National Congress could win only one seat.

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Raman Singh	11

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Ajit Jogi	11

Results by Party

Party Name				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	BJP			34,13,759	47.78	0.12	11	10
	INC			28,69,260	40.16	3.20	11	1
	Others			5,86,543	8.21		46	0
	IND			2,75,614	3.86		34	0
Total				71,45,176	100%	-	102	11	-

Results by Constituency

Keys:   BJP (10)   INC (1)

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Surguja (ST)	Nand Kumar Sai		BJP	357,108	52.77	Khelsay Singh		INC	253,656	37.48	103,452	15.29
2	Raigarh (ST)	Vishnudeo Sai		BJP	329,057	50.75	Rampukar Singh		INC	254,814	39.30	74,243	11.45
3	Janjgir	Karuna Shukla		BJP	303,655	42.31	Dr. Charandas Mahant		INC	292,326	40.73	11,329	1.58
4	Bilaspur (SC)	Punnulal Mohle		BJP	324,729	52.26	Dr. Basant Pahre		INC	243,176	39.13	81,553	13.13
5	Sarangarh (SC)	Guharam Ajgalle		BJP	242,575	41.26	Parasram Bhardwaj		INC	183,457	31.20	59,118	10.06
6	Raipur	Ramesh Bais		BJP	376,029	54.53	Shyamacharan Shukla		INC	246,510	35.75	129,519	18.78
7	Mahasamund	Ajit Jogi		INC	414,647	53.75	Vidhya Charan Shukla		BJP	296,142	38.39	118,505	15.36
8	Kanker (ST)	Sohan Potai		BJP	274,294	49.52	Mrs. Ganga Potai Thakur		INC	200,668	36.23	73,626	13.29
9	Bastar (ST)	Baliram Kashyap		BJP	212,893	47.26	Mahendra Karma		INC	158,520	35.19	54,373	12.07
10	Durg	Tarachand Sahu		BJP	382,757	50.24	Bhupesh Baghel		INC	321,289	42.17	61,468	8.07
11	Rajnandgaon	Pradeep Gandhi		BJP	314,520	47.23	Devvrat Singh		INC	300,197	45.08	14,323	2.15

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2008 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	73	50
	Indian National Congress	17	38
Total		90