The state of Chhattisgarh has 11 Lok Sabha seats for which 166 candidates were in the fray. The major political parties in the state are BJP and Congress, who witnessed a tough fight to frame the government.


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Barring an improvised explosive device (IED) blast triggered by Naxals during the second phase in Rajnandgaon constituency, the polling in the state was largely peaceful.


All eyes were on Rajnandgoan seat, which was won by former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh's son Abhishek Singh back in 2014. It is worth noting that Abhishek Singh was not given ticket by the Saffron party this time and instead the BJP decided to field RSS man Santosh Pandey against Bholaram Sahu of Congress. In Bastar, Congress' young leader Dipak Baij won the seat against senior BJP leader Baiduram Kashyap.  Bastar was the bastion of BJP as the party has never lost from this seat since 1998.


Here is the list of the successful candidates from Chhattisgarh in the Lok Sabha election 2019:


Constituency

Winner

Party

SARGUJA

Renuka Singh Saruta

BJP

RAIGARH

Gomati Sai

BJP

JANJGIR-CHAMPA

Guharam Ajgalley

BJP

KORBA

Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

Congress

BILASPUR

Arun Sao

BJP

RAJNANDGAON

Santosh Pandey

BJP

DURG

Vijay Baghel

BJP

RAIPUR

Sunil Kumar Soni

BJP

MAHASAMUND

Chunni Lal Sahu

BJP

BASTAR

Deepak Baij

Congress

KANKER

Mohan Mandavi

BJP


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The state recorded a 66.04% voter turnout in the first phase, 70.31 % turnout in the second phase and 70.73% in the third phase. Voting was held at 23,727 polling booths, of which 5,625 were in critical areas. The state has total 15,758 service voters.


In 2014, the BJP had won 10 out of 11 seats in the state while one seat was won by Congress.