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[[File:IN-CT.svg|thumb|Location of Chhattisgarh within India]]
Elections in [[Chhattisgarh]] are being conducted since the formation of the state in 2000, to elect the members of [[Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha]] and the members of the [[Lok Sabha]]. There are 90 Vidhan Sabha constituencies and 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/chhattisgarh/ | title=Elections in Chhattisgarh | publisher=elections.in | accessdate=2013-05-27}}</ref>

== Major Political Parties in Chhattisgarh ==
The [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] and [[Indian National Congress|INC]] have been the most dominant parties in the state since its formation. Other political parties are [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] & [[Janta Congress Chhattisgarh|JCC]].

== Lok Sabha elections ==
It is worth noting that till the year 2000, Chhattisgarh was a part of undivided [[Madhya Pradesh]] state.

'''Total Seats- 11'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Lok Sabha
! Election Year
! colspan="2"|1st Party
! colspan="2"|2nd Party
! Prime Minister
! PM's Party
|-
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|[[BJP]] 10
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 1'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''
|rowspan=2: style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''INC'''
|-
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| [[BJP]] 10
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 1'''
|-
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|'''[[BJP]] 10'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 1
| rowspan=2|'''[[Narendra Modi]]'''
|rowspan=2: style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}"|'''BJP'''
|-
|[[17th Lok Sabha]]
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|'''[[BJP]] 9'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 2
|-
|}

==Vidhan Sabha elections==
'''Total Seats- 90'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Vidhan Sabha
! Election Year
! colspan="2"|1st Party
! colspan="2"|2nd Party
! colspan="2"|3rd Party
! colspan="2"|Others
! Chief Minister
! CM's Party
|-
| 1st Vidhan Sabha
| [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2000]]*
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 48'''
| style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| [[BJP]] 38
| colspan="2"|
| colspan="2"|4
| '''[[Ajit Jogi]]'''
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''INC'''
|-
| 2nd Vidhan Sabha
| [[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|'''[[BJP]] 50'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] 37
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}"|
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] 2
|style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}"|
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] 1
|rowspan=3|'''[[Raman Singh]]'''
|rowspan=3: style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |'''BJP'''
|-
|3rd Vidhan Sabha
|[[2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|'''[[BJP]] 50'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 38
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}"|
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] 2
| colspan="2"|
|-
| 4th Vidhan Sabha
|[[2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
|'''[[BJP]] 49'''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 39
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}"|
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] 1
|colspan="2"|[[Independent politician|IND]] 1
|-
| 5th Vidhan Sabha
| [[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 68'''
| style="background-color: {{party color|BJP}}" |
| [[BJP]] 15
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janta Congress Chhattisgarh}}"|
|[[Janta Congress Chhattisgarh|JCC]] 5
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}"|
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] 2
| '''[[Bhupesh Baghel]]'''
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|'''INC'''
|-
|}

* The First assembly of Chhattisgarh was constituted on the basis of the Madhya Pradesh state legislative assembly elections held in 1998.

== References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Chhattisgarh elections}}
{{Indian elections |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Elections in Chhattisgarh| ]]

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