Modi wave sweeps C’garh BJP wins nine out of eleven seats in Chhattisgarh
| Date :24-May-2019 |
Staff Reporter:
RAIPUR
The Bharatiya Janata Party won nine out of the eleven parliamentary seats in Chhattisgarh making a reversal of the political fortunes. As the counting progressed by the day and after trends started pouring, it was a grand day for the Bharatiya Janata Party, as it aggressively progressed towards an unprecedented win not only in the whole country but in Chhattisgarh as well. Win in Chhattisgarh matters more as the Bharatiya Janata Party had suffered a humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections held during October-November 2018. Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014 had won 10 Lok Sabha seats, though this time it lost one seat from its kitty, but it amounts to a great win if the humiliating defeat the party had suffered recently is taken into account.
The party made a superb come back within a period of just four months. The party not only worked to re-group itself but also successfully snatched the seats on which Congress were confident of a comfortable win. In Raipur Lok Sabha constituency, BJP candidate and former Mayor Sunil Kumar Soni by polling 8,37,902 (60.01%) votes, defeated his nearest rival and Congress candidate and incumbent Mayor Pramod Dubey who polled 4,89,664 (35.07%) votes, by a margin of 3,48,238 votes.
It is worth mentioning here that in the recently held Assembly elections, Congress had won in seven Legislative Assemblies while BJP managed to win in one while the other was won by Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (Jogi). Similarly, in Durg Lok Sabha constituency, which is the home district of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel (Patan Assembly segment), here Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Vijay Baghel by polling 8,49,374 (61.02%) votes, defeated his nearest rival and Congress candidate Pratima Chandrakar who polled 4,57,396 (32.86%) votes, by a huge margin of over 3,91,978 votes. In Bilaspur Lok Sabha constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Arun Sao by polling 6,34,559 (52.47%) votes, defeated his nearest rival and Congress candidate Atal Srivastava who polled 4,92,796 (40.75%) by a margin of over 1,41,763 votes. In Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha constituency, the home Assembly segment of BJP National President and former Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Santosh Pandey by polling 6,62,387 (50.68%), defeated his nearest rival and Congress candidate Bhola Ram Sahu who polled 5,50,421 (42.11%), by a margin of over 1,11,966 votes.
In Janjgir-Champa Lok Sabha constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Guharam Ajgalley by polling 5,72,790 (45.91%) votes, defeated his nearest rival and Congress candidate Ravi Parasram Bharadwaj who polled 4,89,535 (39.24%) by a margin of over 83,255 votes. Here the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Dauram Ratnakar by polling 1,31,387 (10.53%) votes, played spoilsport for the Congress. In Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Chunni Lal Sahu by polling 6,14,924 (50.41%) votes, defeated his nearest rival and Congress candidate Dhanendra Sahu who polled 5,25,229 (43.06%) by a margin of over 89,695 votes. In Raigarh Lok Sabha constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gomati Sai by polling 6,58,335 (48.76%) votes, defeated her nearest rival and Congress candidate Laljeet Singh Rathia who polled 5,92,308 (43.87%) by a margin of over 66,027 votes.
In Surguja Lok Sabha constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Renuka Singh Saruta by polling 6,63,711 (51.82%) votes, defeated her nearest rival and Congress candidate Khel Sai Singh who polled 5,05,838 (39.5%) by a margin of over 1,57,873 votes. In Kanker Lok Sabha constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mohan Mandavi by giving a tough fight, polled 5,46,233 (47.12%) votes, and defeated his nearest rival and Congress candidate Biresh Thakur who polled 5,39,319 (46.53%) by a thin margin of 6,914 votes. In Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, Congress candidate Deepak Baij who polled 4,02,527 (44.1%) votes, defeated his nearest rival and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baidu Ram Kashyap who polled 3,63,545 (39.83%) votes, by a margin of over 38,982 votes. In Korba Lok Sabha constituency, Congress candidate Jyotsna Charandas Mahant who polled 5,23,410 (46.13%), defeated her nearest rival and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Jyoti Nand Dubey who polled 4,97,061 (43.72%) votes, by a margin of over 26,349 votes.