Chhattisgarh: no government lasts long
5 Assembly elections · 2003–2023 · every seat count and share is read from the official record.
Chhattisgarh has voted in 5 Assembly elections between 2003 and 2023. Bharatiya Janata Party has been the largest party in 4 of them — a long grip on the state.
Power has changed hands 2 times. The steadiest run was Bharatiya Janata Party's — the top party from 2003 to 2013 across 3 elections.
In 2018, Indian National Congress broke through — 68 of 90 seats — ending Bharatiya Janata Party's hold, which fell from 49 to 15.
In 2023, Bharatiya Janata Party broke through — 54 of 90 seats — ending Indian National Congress's hold, which fell from 68 to 35.
The sharpest single swing was 2023: Bharatiya Janata Party went from 15 to 54 seats, a gain of 39.
Bharatiya Janata Party's steepest fall came in 2018, from 49 seats to 15.
Most recently, in 2023, Bharatiya Janata Party holds 54 of 90 seats on 46.9% of the vote — a clear majority (46).
Party identity
renames, splits and mergers along the way- Bharatiya Janata Party broke away from Janata Party in 1980.
- Indian National Congress saw All India Trinamool Congress break away in 1998; saw Nationalist Congress Party break away in 1999; saw YSR Congress Party break away in 2011; saw NCO break away in 1969; saw INCU break away in 1979; saw ICS break away in 1978; saw BAC break away in 1966; saw UTC break away in 1969; saw HVP break away in 1996; saw AINRC break away in 2011; took in MSCP in 2014; took in ICS in 1986; took in NNO in 1976; took in HVP in 2004; took in VHP in 1978.