The 2004 Indian general election polls in Chhattisgarh were held for 11 seats in the state. This is the first time, that an election took place in this state after it achieved statehood from Madhya Pradesh in 2000. The Result was a Landslide Victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party winning 10 out of 11 Seats and the Indian National Congress could win only one seat.
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedBharatiya Janata PartyRaman Singh11
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National CongressAjit Jogi11
Results by Party Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− BJP 34,13,759 47.78 0.12 11 10 INC 28,69,260 40.16 3.20 11 1 Others 5,86,543 8.21 46 0 IND 2,75,614 3.86 34 0 Total 71,45,176 100% - 102 11 -
Results by Constituency Keys:
Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1Surguja (ST)Nand Kumar SaiBJP357,10852.77Khelsai SinghINC253,65637.48103,45215.292Raigarh (ST)Vishnu Deo SaiBJP329,05750.75Rampukar SinghINC254,81439.3074,24311.453JanjgirKaruna ShuklaBJP303,65542.31Charan Das MahantINC292,32640.7311,3291.584Bilaspur (SC)Punnulal MohleBJP324,72952.26Basant PahreINC243,17639.1381,55313.135Sarangarh (SC)Guharam AjgalleBJP242,57541.26Paras BhardwajINC183,45731.2059,11810.066RaipurRamesh BaisBJP376,02954.53Shyama ShuklaINC246,51035.75129,51918.787MahasamundAjit JogiINC414,64753.75Vidya Charan ShuklaBJP296,14238.39118,50515.368Kanker (ST)Sohan PotaiBJP274,29449.52Ganga Potai ThakurINC200,66836.2373,62613.299Bastar (ST)Baliram KashyapBJP212,89347.26Mahendra KarmaINC158,52035.1954,37312.0710DurgTarachand SahuBJP382,75750.24Bhupesh BaghelINC321,28942.1761,4688.0711RajnandgaonPradeep GandhiBJP314,52047.23Devwrat SinghINC300,19745.0814,3232.15
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2008 election) Bharatiya Janata Party 73 50 Indian National Congress 17 38Total 90
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