CHHATTISGARH ELECTIONS – SOME HIGHLIGHTS

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Assembly Elections-2003

BACKGROUNDER-XVII

Total number of Assembly Constituencies is 90.

Sarguja Parliamentary Constituency has maximum number of Assembly constituencies i.e. 10 and rests of the parliamentary constituencies are having 8 Assembly Constituencies each.

The Assembly Constituency where 19 candidates are contesting. The Assembly constituency where minimum numbers of candidates are contesting is Narayanpur where 03 candidates are contesting.

Out of the 90 Assembly Constituencies of Chhattisgarh State, the reserved seats for scheduled Tribes and scheduled Castes are 38 and 11 respectively.

Partywise Congress, Bhartiya Janta party and Nationalist Congress Party are contesting from all the 90 Assembly Constituencies.

Total number of candidates contesting from all 90 Assembly Constituencies is 819.

Out of these 819 candidates 52 are female candidates and 757 are male candidates.

Maximum number of independent candidates are from Durg Assembly Constituency i.e. 11.

On the basis of number of electors the biggest Assembly constituency is Raipur where 3,40,135 electors exist and smallest Assembly Constituency is Mandir Hasoud where 82,119 electors exist.

The maximum number of male electors are from Durg i.e. 1,73,377 and maximum number of female electors are from Raipur i.e. I,77,926 like wise the minimum number of male electors are from Mandir Hasoud i.e. 40, 300 and minimum number of female electors are from same Mandir Hasoud i.e. 41,806.

Total number of electors in the State approximately is 1, 35,22,729 of which 67,91,508 are male electors and 67,32,947 are female electors.

Of the total number of polling stations I the State i.e. 15,671 the maximum number of polling stations is 2280 in Raipur District and minimum number of polling stations is 419 in Koria District.