Raipur Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Once a part of Madhya Pradesh before Chhattisgarh was carved out in 2000, Raipur is one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies that belong to the state of Chhattisgarh. 1,578,868 is the total electorate count in the Raipur Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 8). Out of these 814,782 number of electorates are males and the remaining 764,086 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest.

It covers the whole district of Raipur, whose administrative seat is the Raipur city. With a population of 10,10,087, Raipur is the capital city of Chhattisgarh. The economy thrives on a rich agricultural base, owing to the extensive production of different types of rice varieties grown in the rich alluvial plains in the District. This region is often referred to as the “Rice Bowl of India”. However, this image of an agriculturally rich Raipur is in the process of transition, as Raipur is gradually becoming a commercial and industrial hub, with the prominent presence of steel, cement, aluminium and power industries. Some of the must- visit tourist spots here are Vivekananda Sarovar, Mahant Ghasidas Museum, Mahakosal Kala Parishad, Raipur Municipal Corporation Building or the White House, Nandanvan and Purkhauti Muktangan Museum, among others. Nine Vidhan Sabha segments comprise the parliamentary constituency of Raipur, out of which the Arang segment is reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates.

Raipur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Raipur Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Raipur parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Raipur constituency is Shri Ramesh Bais of BJP.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	8	Raipur	GEN	Ramesh Bais	M	BJP	654922	Satya Narayan Sharma (Sattu Bhaiya)	M	INC	483276
2009	8	Raipur	GEN	Bais,Shri Ramesh	M	BJP	364943	Bhupesh Baghel	M	INC	319726
2004	6	Raipur	GEN	Ramesh Bais	M	BJP	376029	Shyamacharan Shukla	M	INC	246510
1999	17	Raipur	GEN	Ramesh Bais	M	BJP	354736	Jugal Kishore Sahu	M	INC	274676
1998	17	Raipur	GEN	Ramesh Bais	M	BJP	344380	Vidyacharan Shukl	M	INC	261001
1996	17	Raipur	GEN	Ramesh Vaish	M	BJP	252990	Dhanender Sahu	M	INC	202251
1991	17	Raipur	GEN	Vidyacharan Shukla	M	INC	188335	Ramesh Bais	M	BJP	187376
1989	17	Raipur	GEN	Ramesh Bais	M	BJP	271599	Kayer Bhushan	M	INC	187120
1984	17	Raipur	GEN	Kaiyur Bhushan	M	INC	223192	Ramesh Bais	M	BJP	119151
1980	17	Raipur	GEN	Kayur Bhushan Mathura Prasad	M	INC(I)	140566	Pawan Diwan Sukhramdhar	M	IND	74257
1977	17	Raipur	GEN	Purushottam Lal Kaushik	M	BLD	186296	Vidyacharan Shukla	M	INC	102684
1971	15	Raipur	GEN	Vidyacharan Shukla	M	INC	138333	Baburao Patel	M	BJS	53429
1967	15	Raipur	GEN	L. Gupta	M	INC	103863	J. B. Kriplani	M	JAC	79448
1962	16	Raipur	(ST)	Keshar Kumari Devi	F	INC	93807	Prayag Singh	M	JS	78416
1957	20	Raipur	GEN	Raja Birendra Bahadur Singh	M	INC	192833	Sinha Kashiprasad	M	PSP	80378
1957	20	Raipur	GEN	Rani Keshar Kumari Devi	F	INC	188665	Bajpai Sheokumar	M	BJS	68570

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Raipur Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Raipur parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Baloda Bazar	Raipur Rural	Raipur City South
Bhatapara	Raipur City West	Arang (SC)
Dharsiwa	Raipur City North	Abhanpur