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2009 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

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Indian general election in Chhattisgarh, 2009

← 2004 16 April 2009 2014 →

11 seats
Turnout55.29%
  First party Second party
 
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Seats won 10 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 3,851,970 3,192,007
Percentage 45.03% 37.31%

Map of the state's eleven parliamentary constituencies

The 2009 Indian general election polls in Chhattisgarh were held for eleven seats in the state. The Result was a Landslide Victory for the BJP and the Congress won only one seat in first-past-the-post elections. Voting in the state took place on 16 April. The election was marred by Naxalite violence in several of the state's constituencies. Out of approximately 15.4 million eligible voters 55.29 percent exercised their right to vote.

Result

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No. Loksabha Constituency Turnout% Elected candidate Party Margin
1 Sarguja (ST) 61.62 Murarilal Singh BJP 1,59,548
2 Raigarh (ST) 65.31 Vishnudeo Sai BJP 55,848
3 Janjgir-Champa (SC) 48.57 Kamla Devi Patle BJP 87,211
4 Korba 58.41 Charan Das Mahant INC 20,737
5 Bilaspur 52.28 Dilip Singh Judeo BJP 20,139
6 Rajnandgaon 58.86 Madhusudan Yadav BJP 1,19,074
7 Durg 55.93 Saroj Pandey BJP 9,954
8 Raipur 46.99 Ramesh Bais BJP 57,901
9 Mahasamund 56.69 Chandu Lal Sahu BJP 51,475
10 Bastar (ST) 47.33 Baliram Kashyap BJP 1,00,262
11 Kanker (ST) 57.20 Sohan Potai BJP 19,288

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