Raipur Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Live Updates: With the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections underway, the results for one of the biggest elections in the world are finally being declared.
Over seven thousand candidates are in the electoral fray to gain the mandate of over 900 million eligible voters across 543 constituencies spread across 28 states and 9 union territories. The voting for these parliamentary elections were held in seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024. Now, it is time for the results.
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Live Updates of Raipur Lok Sabha Election Results 2024
The polling for Raipur was held in Phase 3 on 7 May.
The key candidates for the 2024 General Elections in Raipur are Brijmohan Agrawal (BJP) and Vikas Upadhyay (Congress).
As per the latest trends of counting of votes for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP's Brijmohan Agrawal has won Raipur Lok Sabha seat.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Raipur seat was won by BJP candidate Sunil Kumar Soni, while Congress candidate Pramod Dubey had come in second place.
In 2014's General Elections, Raipur constituency was won by BJP candidate Ramesh Bais and Congress candidate Satya Narayan Sharma (Sattu Bhaiya) was the runner-up.
Of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh, an interesting electoral battle is unfolding for the Raipur seat. It has been under BJP’s stronghold for over two decades now. BJP's Ramesh Bais won from here for seven times between 1989 and 2014. In the 2019 elections, the BJP continued its success with new candidate Sunil Kumar Soni, who secured the seat with a 32% vote margin over the Congress.
This election cycle, the BJP has fielded Brijmohan Agarwal, the current education minister of Chhattisgarh and an eight-time MLA. Agarwal's political journey includes four consecutive terms as MLA for Raipur Town before it was reconstituted into Raipur City South constituency in 2008, where he has since won four additional terms.
On the other hand, the Congress has fielded former MLA Vikas Upadhyay against BJP in the electoral fray. Upadhyay has a significant background in the party, starting from roles in the Congress Student Wing, the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), and rising to National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). He was also chosen to serve as parliamentary secretary in the Chhattisgarh government in 2020.
Assembly seats that fall under Raipur parliamentary constituency include Balodabazar, Bhatapara, Dharsiwa, Raipur City Gramin, Raipur City West, Raipur City North, Raipur City South, Arang, Abhanpur.
Raipur is one of the Lok Sabha seats of Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Elections 2024
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 11 seats of Chhattisgarh went to polls across the first three phases of voting. The state registered a voter turnout of over 72%.
Chhattisgarh’s ruling party BJP is contesting on all 11 seats. Congress, too, has fielded its candidates on all 11 seats.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections here, BJP swept 9 seats, whereas Congress could win just two. While in the previous Lok Sabha elections of 2014, BJP won a total of 10 seats, leaving Congress with just one.
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