General Elections 2009 – Chhattisgarh
Submitted by nuklear on April 14, 2009 – 8:28 amNo Comment
| Chhattisgarh | Poll Date: 16th April | Total Constituencies: 11 |
Chhattisgarh is 26th state of India. It was formed on 1 November 2000 out of Madhya Pradesh. It is located in the Central India. The capital city is Raipur. The name Chhattisgarh comes from Chattis meaning thirty-six and Garh meaning Fort . It is the richest state in mineral resources and major minerals including diamonds are available here. Major industries are steel, aluminium and cement plants. It is one of the biggest rice producer, known as ‘Dhan ka Katora’. It is primarily a tribal state with unique and wonderful culture. The Cities like Bastar and Jagdalpur are famous for the Tribal Crafts made of clay and metal, which are exported all over the world.
Constituencies & their Candidates
| Bastar | |
| Baliram Kashyap | BJP |
| Shankar Singh Sodi | INC |
| Manish Kunjam | CPI |
| Bilaspur | |
| Smt. Renu Jogi | INC |
| Dilip Singh Judeo | BJP |
| Durg | |
| Pradeep Choubey | INC |
| Sushree Saroj Pandey | BJP |
| Janjgir-champa | |
| Dr. Shiv Kumar Dehariya | INC |
| Kamla Patle | BJP |
| Prem Shankar Mahilange | LJP |
| Kanker | |
| Smt. Phulo Devi Netam | INC |
| Sohan Potai | BJP |
| Korba | |
| Dr. Charan Das Mahant | INC |
| Karun Shukla | BJP |
| Mahasamund | |
| Motilal Sahu | INC |
| Chandulal Sahu | BJP |
| Raigarh | |
| Hridaya Ram Rathia | INC |
| Vishnudev Sai | BJP |
| Raipur | |
| Bhupesh Baghel | INC |
| Ramesh Bias | BJP |
| Rajnandgaon | |
| Devvrat Singh | INC |
| Shri Madhusudan Yadav | BJP |
| Surguja | |
| Bal Singh | CPI(M) |
| Bhanu Pratap Singh | INC |
| Murari Lal Singh | BJP |
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