Indian general election, 2009 (Chhattisgarh)

Indian general election in Chhattisgarh, 2009

16 April 2009

11 seats Turnout 55.29%   First party Second party   Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Seats won 10 1 Seat change Popular vote 3,851,970 3,192,007 Percentage 45.03% 37.31%

Map of the state's eleven parliamentary constituencies

The Indian general election, 2009 polls in Chhattisgarh were held for eleven seats in the state. Ten seats were won by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the National Democratic Alliance and one by the Indian National Congress for the United Progressive Alliance 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.

No.	Parliamentary constituency	Reservation	Elected candidate	First party		Votes	Runner-up	Second party		Votes
1	Surguja	Scheduled Tribe	Murarilal Singh		BJP	416.532			INC	256.984
2	Raigarh	Scheduled Tribe	Vishnudeo Sai		BJP	443.948			INC	388.100
3	Janjgir-Champa	Scheduled Caste	Kamla Devi Patle		BJP	302.142			INC	214.931
4	Korba	General	Charan Das Mahant		INC	314.616			BJP	293.879
5	Bilaspur	General	Dilip Singh Judeo		BJP	347.930			INC	327.791
6	Rajnandgaon	General	Madhusudan Yadav		BJP	437.721			INC	318.647
7	Durg	General	Saroj Pandey		BJP	283.170			INC	273.216
8	Raipur	General	Ramesh Bais		BJP	364.943			INC	307.042
9	Mahasamund	General	Chandu Lal Sahu		BJP	371.201			INC	319.726
10	Bastar	Scheduled Tribe	Baliram Kashyap		BJP	249.373			INC	149.111
11	Kanker	Scheduled Tribe	Sohan Potai		BJP	341.131			INC	321.843

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