2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Chhattisgarh in December 2003, electing the 90 members of the first Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. 2003 elections were the first election in Chhattisgarh after its formation from Madhya Pradesh. The results of the election were announced in early December. Incumbent Chief Minister Ajit Jogi lost the election, while Bharatiya Janata Party won the elections. Raman Singh was sworn-in as chief minister.

2003 Chhattisgarh legislative assembly election

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All 90 seats to the Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.30%
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderRaman SinghAjit Jogi
PartyBJPINC
Leader since7 December 200324 July 1999
Leader's seatRajnandgaonMarwahi
Seats won5037
Seat changeSteadySteady
Percentage39.26%36.71%
SwingSteadySteady

CM before election

Ajit Jogi
INC

Elected CM

Raman Singh
BJP

Results

Party-wise

Summary of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election result
Parties and CoalitionsPopular voteSeats
Vote%+/-ContestedWon+/-
Bharatiya Janata Party37,89,91439.269050
Indian National Congress35,43,75436.719037
Bahujan Samaj Party4,29,3344.45542
Nationalist Congress Party6,77,9837.02891
Independents6,86,9427.122540
Total96,53,571100.0090100.00±0

Region-wise

DivisionSeats
BJPINCOthers
Surguja14104-
Central Chhattisgarh6431303
Bastar1293-
Total9050373

District-wise

DistrictSeats
BJPINCOthers
Koriya2-2-
Surguja871-
Jashpur431-
Raigarh6321
Korba312-
Bilaspur1037-
Janjgir-Champa6132
Raipur1358-
Mahasamund44--
Dhamtari33--
Kanker22--
Bastar77--
Dantewada3-3-
Durg1174-
Rajnandgaon642-
Kabirdham2-2-
Total9050373

Constituency-wise

ConstituencyWinnerRunner UpMargin
#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
Koriya district
1Manendragarh (ST)Gulab SinghINC41515Ram Lakhan SinghBJP339897526
2BaikunthpurRam Chandra Singh DeoINC51107Bhaiyalal RajwadeBJP431377970
Surguja district
3Premnagar (ST)Renuka SinghBJP48363Tuleshwar SinghINC3061117752
4Surajpur (ST)Shiv Pratap SinghBJP51228Bhanu Pratap SinghINC2371727511
5Pal (ST)Ramvichar NetamBJP36309Brihaspat SinghINC2609610213
6Samri (ST)Siddha Nath PaikraBJP31878Maheswar PaikaraINC1849613382
7Lundra (ST)Vijaya NathBJP34357Ramdev RamINC3431542
8Pilkha (ST)Ram Sewak PaikraBJP59967Prem Sai Singh TekamINC3946620501
9Ambikapur (ST)Kamalbhan Singh MarabiBJP65812Madan Gopal SinghINC2859037222
10Sitapur (ST)Amarjeet BhagatINC35369Raja Ram BhagatBJP302675102
Jashpur district
11Bagicha (ST)Ganesh Ram BhagatBJP43846Anand Lal KujurINC3327410572
12Jashpur (ST)Raj Sharan BhagatBJP45295Vikaram BhagatINC357329563
13Tapkara (ST)Bharat SaiBJP42213Mohan SaiINC2862213591
14Pathalgaon (ST)Rampukar Singh ThakurINC37205Vishnudeo SaiBJP36888317
Raigarh district
15Dharamjaigarh (ST)Om Prakash RathiaBJP50148Chanesh Ram RathiyaINC3453015618
16Lailunga (ST)Satyanand RathiaBJP41165Prem Singh SidarINC352755890
17RaigarhVijay AgrawalBJP52310Krishna KumarINC438718439
18KharsiaNand Kumar PatelINC70433Laxmi Prasad PatelBJP3766532768
19SariaShakajeet NayakINC39962Virajeshwar PradhanInd2166918293
20Sarangarh (SC)Kamda JolheBSP32577Shyam SunderBJP244198158
Korba district
21Rampur (ST)Nanki Ram KanwarBJP35642Pyarelal KanwarINC35262380
22KatghoraBodhram KanwarINC79049Banwari Lal AgrawalBJP751963853
23Tanakhar (ST)Ram Dayal UikeINC48844Hira Singh MarkamGGP2853120313
Bilaspur district
24Marwahi (ST)Ajit JogiINC76269Nand Kumar SaiBJP2211954150
25KotaRajendra Prasad ShuklaINC39545Bhupendra SinghBJP378661679
26LormiDharmjeet Singh ThakurINC47998Muniram SahuBJP3233215666
27Mungeli (SC)ChandrabhanINC41377Vikram MohileBJP346216756
28Jarhagaon (SC)Churawan MangeshkarINC46744Chouwadas KhandekarBJP3475911985
29TakhatpurBalram SinghINC39362Jagjeet Singh MakkadBJP326716691
30BilaspurAmar AgrawalBJP61154Anil Kumar TahINC553115843
31BilhaSiyaram KaushikINC48028Dharamlal KaushikBJP414776551
32Masturi (SC)Krishnamurti BandhiBJP40485Madan Singh DhariaINC382172268
33SipatBadhridhar DiwanBJP22649Ramesh KaushikINC22350299
Janjgir–Champa district
34AkaltaraRamadharINC37368ChhataramBJP359381430
35PamgarhMahant Ram Sundar DasINC42780DauramBSP360466734
36ChampaMotilal DewanganINC52075Narayan ChandelBJP443657710
37SaktiMegharam SahuBJP27680Manharan RathoreINC244083272
38Malkharoda (SC)Lalsay KhunteBSP34360Nirmal SinhaBJP33464896
39ChandrapurNobel Kumar VermaNCP31929Krishnakant ChandraBJP1949812431
Raipur district
40Raipur TownBrijmohan AgrawalBJP70164Gajraj PagariyaINC4419025974
41Raipur RuralRajesh MunatBJP104448Tarun ChatterjiINC6644937999
42AbhanpurDhanendra SahuINC51122Chandra Shekhar SahuBJP50895227
43MandirhasodSatyanarayan SharmaINC27009Sobharam YadavBJP251821827
44Arang (SC)Sanjay DhidhiBJP48556Ganguram BaghelINC3011218444
45DharsiwaDeoji BhaiBJP57637Chhaya VermaINC4152016117
46BhataparaChaitram SahuINC45398Shivratan SharmaBJP434531945
47Baloda BazarGanesh Shankar BajpaiINC23642Vipin Bihari VermaBJP23333309
48Pallari (SC)Shiv Kumar DahriaINC40814Durga Prasad MaheshwarBJP381122702
49KasdolRajkamal SinghaniaINC48024Gaurishankar AgrawalBJP430025022
50Bhatgaon (SC)Hari Das BhardwajINC34741Bhushan Lal JangdeBJP265198222
51RajimChandu Lal SahuBJP57798Amitesh ShuklaINC4592211876
52Bindrawagarh (ST)Omkar ShahINC53209Goverdhan ManjhiBJP444138796
Mahasamund district
53SaraipaliTrilochan PatelBJP49674Devendra Bahdur SinghINC409428732
54BasnaTrivikram BhoiBJP29385Mahendra Bahdur SinghINC269822403
55KhallariPreetam Singh DiwanBJP33701Bhekhram SahuINC280765625
56MahasamundPoonam ChandrakarBJP41812Agni ChandrakarINC402011611
Dhamtari district
57Sihawa (ST)Pinky DhruwBJP47624Madhav Singh DhruwINC3155916065
58KurudAjay ChandrakarBJP56247Deepa SahuINC535382709
59DhamtariInder ChopraBJP70494Gurumukh Singh HoraINC5691413580
Kanker district
60Bhanupratappur (ST)Deolal DuggaBJP40803Manoj Singh MandaviINC394241379
61Kanker (ST)Aghan Singh ThakurBJP50198Shyama DhruwaINC2438725811
Bastar district
62Narayanpur (ST)Vikram UsendiBJP40504Manturam PawarINC316908814
63Keshkal (ST)Mahesh BaghelBJP44477Phulo Devi NetamINC3319511282
64Kondagaon (ST)Lata UsendiBJP42821Shankar SodhiINC2870014121
65Bhanpuri (ST)Kedar Nath KashyapBJP41023Anturam KashyapINC2963111392
66Jagdalpur (ST)Subhau KashyapBJP60327Jhituram BaghelINC3003830289
67Keslur (ST)Baiduram KashyapBJP39222Mannuram KachchaINC1516424058
68Chitrakot (ST)Lachhuram KashyapBJP18763Pratibha ShahINC153043459
Dantewada district
69Dantewada (ST)Mahendra KarmaINC24572Nand Ram SoriCPI196374935
70Konta (ST)Kawasi LakhmaINC32067Manish KunjamCPI1466917398
71Bijapur (ST)Rajendra PambhoiINC15917Rajaram TodamBJP131962721
Durg district
72Maro (SC)Dayaldas BaghelBJP45279Dheeru Prasad GhritlahareINC3362011659
73BemetaraChetan VermaINC39830Sharda Mahesh TiwariBJP2758812242
74SajaRavindra ChoubeyINC58573Deepak SahuBJP4083117742
75DhamdhaTamradhwaj SahuINC48661Jageshwar SahuBJP393349327
76DurgHemchand YadavBJP107484Arun VoraINC8491122573
77BhilaiPrem Prakash PandeyBJP75749Badruddin QuraishiINC6074515004
78PatanBhupesh BaghelINC44217Vijay BaghelNCP373086909
79GunderdehiRamshila SahuBJP40813Ghanaram SahuINC315239290
80KherthaBalmukund DewaganBJP52734Pratima ChandrakarINC4018212552
81BalodPritam SahuBJP47204Lokendra YadavINC3413013074
82Dondi Lohara (ST)Lal Mahendra Singh TekamBJP46147Domendra BhendiyaINC3540410743
Rajnandgaon district
83Chowki (ST)Sanjeev ShahBJP37802Shivraj Singh UsareINC362671535
84KhujjiRajinder Pal Singh BhatiaBJP45409BholaramINC442961113
85DongargaonPradeep GandhiBJP42784Geeta Devi SinghINC366496135
86RajnandgaonUday MudliyarINC43081Lilaram BhojwaniBJP4304140
87Dongargarh (SC)Vinod KhandekarBJP55188Dhanesh PatilaINC4071114477
88KhairagarhDevwrat SinghINC46339Siddharth SinghBJP2843217907
Kawardha district
89BirendranagarMohammad AkbarINC54828Santosh PandeyBJP4284611982
90KawardhaYogeshwar Raj SinghINC51092Siyaram SahuBJP469044188