Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections
The Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh, also known as the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral law making body and consists of 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Raipur, the capital of the state.
The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The last legislative Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh were held in Nov 2018.
The Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh, also known as the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral law making body and consists of 90 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Raipur, the capital of the state.
The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor on the request of the Chief Minister. The last legislative Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh were held in Nov 2018.
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- The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly elections in 2018 saw 1,269 candidates contesting for 90 seats, a 28.7% increase over the 2013 Assembly elections with 986 candidates.
- A record 62 political parties contested the 2018 Assembly elections, in comparison to 46 parties in the 2013 Assembly elections.
- The huge number of political parties contesting the 2018 elections fueled claims from many factions of the polity and society, that these new parties are created as "fronts" just to help the electoral prospects of specific political parties by cutting into the opposition votes. The claims were supported by the fact that 50 of the 62 parties secured less than 0.1% votes individually and only 0.83% of total votes cast in the 2018 Assembly elections collectively.
- Chhattisgarh had 18.6 million registered voters (electors) in the 2018 Assembly elections, in comparison to 16.9 million registered voters in 2013.
- 76.5% of the voters exercised their franchise in the 2018 Assembly elections, a 0.6% drop over the 2013 Assembly elections. The voter turnout for men and women were at similar levels at 76.6% and 76.3% respectively.
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