Patan Assembly Election 2023 Result Highlights: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel won from the Patan constituency, as per the data shared by the Election Commission of India on Sunday. Baghel garnered 95,438 votes, while his distant nephew and BJP candidate Vijay Baghel secured 75,715 votes in the final round of counting, Election Commission of India's website showed.
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Patan Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh went to polls in the second phase of the Assembly Election 2023. The Patan Assembly Election 2023 Result was declared on December 3.
Patan originally saw a two-cornered contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC). While the high-stakes battle is over, all eyes are now on the Patan Assembly Election 2023 Result. LiveMint is updating LIVE on the Patan Assembly Election 2023 Result, stay with us.
The BJP raced towards its biggest-ever victory in Chhattisgarh, where it has had three terms since the state’s formation in 2000. As per the latest data shared by the Election Commission, the party has won 54 of the total 90 assembly constituencies in the state. The Congress won 35 seats in the state assembly polls. One seat was won by the Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGP).
The election outcome was in contrast to the exit polls results. Most exit polls had predicted a close fight between the Congress and the BJP in Chhattisgarh.
In the assembly elections held for the first time in Chhattisgarh in 2003, the BJP had won 50 seats with a 39.26 per cent vote share.
In subsequent polls in 2008 and 2018, then Chief Minister Raman Singh led the party to bag 50 seats (40.33% votes) and 49 seats (41.04% votes), respectively and ruled the state for an uninterrupted 15 years.
In 2018, the BJP suffered a massive defeat at the hands of Congress and was reduced to 15 seats securing 32.97% of votes.
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