Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 HIGHLIGHTS: BJP makes a comeback in Chhattisgarh after five-year gap, wins 54 out of 90 seats

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 | BJP wins big with 54 out of 90 seats  

Here's a list of some of the key winners and losers in the 90-member Assembly, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) website, eci.gov.in:  

Check out the full list of winners and losers in Chhattisgarh elections 2023

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE Update | PM Narendra Modi says "Some people are even saying that today's hattrick has guaranteed the hattrick of 2024

#WATCH | Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says "Some people are even saying that today's hattrick has guaranteed the hattrick of 2024..." pic.twitter.com/VrIx9QubIQ

— ANI (@ANI) December 3, 2023

#WATCH | Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, "...I request all the BJP workers to move ahead of Modi's guarantees from today...Jahan dusron se umeed khatam hoti hai wahan se Modi ki guarantee shuru hoti hai." pic.twitter.com/fT34q2wpuK

— ANI (@ANI) December 3, 2023

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE Update | BJP wins 31 seats, Congress 18 as counting underway

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE | PM Narendra Modi says Chhattisgarh, MP, Rajasthan results indicate people of India firmly with politics of good governance, development, which BJP stands for

We bow to the Janta Janardan.

The results in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan indicate that the people of India are firmly with politics of good governance and development, which the @BJP4India stands for.

I thank the people of these states for their unwavering…

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 3, 2023

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE Update | MPs who win Assembly elections have to quit one seat in 14 days

Several of the MPs who contested the assembly polls and won will have to quit one of the seats in the next 14 days, else they stand to lose their Parliament membership, "If they don't, on expiry of 14 days, they will lose their membership of Parliament. However, they can continue as member of the state legislative assembly," Constitution expert and former Lok Sabha secretary general PDT Achari said, citing the Prevention of Simultaneous Membership Rule issued by the president in 1950 under Article 101 of the Constitution.

The BJP fielded 21 MPs, including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel and Faggan Singh Kulaste, in the Assembly polls—seven each in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, four in Chhattisgarh and three in Telangana.

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE Update | BJP on way to rule 12 states on its own, Congress down to three

With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heading towards victory in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan out of the four states that went to polls recently, the party will now be in power in 12 states on its own, while the Congress—the second largest national party—will come down to three—Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Telangana, after losing Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The Aam Aadmi Party, with its governments in Delhi and Punjab, is the third largest national party.

The BJP is in power in Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh. It is also part of the ruling coalition in four states: Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Sikkim.

The Congress is part of the ruling coalition in Bihar and Jharkhand and is an ally of the DMK which rules Tamil Nadu but is not part of the state government.

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE Update | BJP looks set towards victory in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh

The BJP is leading in 56 out of the 90 seats in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly at this hour, according to the ECI website.

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE | Hope results are better for opposition in 2024 general elections, says Mehbooba Mufti  

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti expresses hope that the outcome of the next year's Lok Sabha polls will be better for the opposition parties after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks set to emerge victorious in three out of the four states that went to polls last month.

"Today, when elections are held, on the one side is the opposition, and on the other side is the might of the government, agencies, money, and Election Commission," says Mufti, former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE Update | PM Modi in hearts of entire country, says Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur says that the Prime Minister is there in the hearts of the people of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan.

"This is a country of Hindus and will remain so, and the BJP stands with the religion," she says.

#WATCH | BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur says, "PM Modi is in the hearts of the entire country. He is there in the hearts of the people of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan...This is a country of Hindus and will remain so, and the BJP stands with the religion..." pic.twitter.com/erufxhgA0z

— ANI (@ANI) December 3, 2023

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE | People are with BJP, PM Modi, says Basavaraj S Bommai

"We are making a government with two-thirds majority in Madhya Pradesh and with a clear majority each in Rajasthan and Chhattisgary, says Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj S Bommai.

VIDEO | Assembly elections 2023: "This has clearly shown that people are with BJP and PM Modi. We are making government with 2/3rd majority in Madhya Pradesh and with a clear majority in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh," says former Karnataka CM and BJP leader @BSBommai as party races… pic.twitter.com/Z6AraEuYpb

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 3, 2023

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE | Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel leads with 47,051 votes as of the ninth out of the 18 rounds of counting

The CM is leading by 5,598 votes, according to the ECI portal. 

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE | Deputy CM TS Singh Deo, State Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu trail

Nine out of 13 ministers in the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in the state are trailing after the initial rounds of counting, including Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo, Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu, and state unit chief Deepak Baij.

• Deo trailing in Ambikapur by 366 votes against BJP's Rajesh Agrawal
• Sahu trailing in Durg Rural by 5,123 votes against BJP's Lalit Chandrakar
• Baij trailing in Chitrakot by 2,809 votes against BJP's Vinayak Goyal 

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE Update | BJP registers voter share of 46%   

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE Update | BJP leads in 53 seats, Congress in 34 

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 LIVE | 'Curse of opposing sanatan dharma, says Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam

#WATCH | On Congress trailing in MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, party leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam says, "Opposing Sanatan (Dharma) has sunk the party. This country has never accepted caste-based politics...This is the curse of opposing Sanatan (Dharma)." pic.twitter.com/rertLLlzMS

— ANI (@ANI) December 3, 2023