2013 Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results Sunday Dec 08,2013

The 2013 Chhattisgarh Assembly Election took place on Nov 11,2013 and Nov 19,2013 in two phases in the State of Chhattisgarh to elect 90 members of the assembly

 

A day of fluctuating fortunes favours BJP at the end

In the first two hours of counting, the Congress built a formidable lead. Around midday, it was leading in 48 seats.As the Congress looked certain to win,things changed soon after as the results poured in. While the Congress won a few seats in Bastar Division of south Chhattisgarh, it started losing heavily in central and northern areas. At 2 p.m., both parties were even with 14 seats. But, from this point, the BJP took a clear lead, making up for what it lost in south Chhattisgarh. In the next hour, the party bagged Pratappur, Pathalgaon, Raigarh, Sarangarh, Katghora, Lormi, Katghora and Sakti in the northern areas, seats that were not with it earlier, building a solid lead and maintaining it to the end.

Out of 90 seats, BJP won 49 seats and Congress 39 ;BSP 1 seat and Independent 1 seat

The Congress won 7 of the 12 seats in the partially Maoist controlled areas of south Chhattisgarh, the BJP substantially improved its tally in north and central areas, defeating at least 26 sitting Congress MLAs,

Chief Minister Raman Singh defeated his rival Alka Mudaliyar, wife of the Congress leader Uday Mudaliar who was killed in a Naxal attack on Congress leaders, by more than 35,000 votes

Chief Minister Raman Singh thanked the people of Chhattisgarh for BJP’s imminent hat-trick in the Assembly elections in the State on Sunday evening, and said they had once again shown faith in the development works of his government.

“It is a historic day and I express my gratitude to the people of the State for showing faith in the development done by the BJP,” Raman Singh told

The 49-member Legislature Party on Monday Dec 09,2013 unanimously adopted a resolution moved by State party president Ram Sewak Paikra to elect 61-year-old Raman Singh to head the government.

BJP vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu, party national organisational secretary Saudan Singh and general secretary J.P. Nadda attended the meeting.

Soon after his election as chief of the BJP Legislature Party on Monday, Raman Singh said the priority was to work hard to win all 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh in the 2014 general election.
“The priority would be to fulfil our commitments made in the party manifesto before the Assembly election,” Mr. Singh told the Legislature Party meeting.

Raman Singh will take oath of office on December 12,2013. However, it is not clear when his Council of Ministers will be sworn in. Mr. Singh said Ministers would be selected as soon as possible after consultations with senior leaders