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Chhattisgarh Election 2023: Raigarh Assembly Seat
Chhattisgarh Election: Raigarh Assembly Constituency 2023
Raigarh Assembly constituency under Koriya district is one of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly seats.
Chhattisgarh went to polls in two phases, on November 7 and 17. While voters of 20 assembly constituencies exercised their franchise on November 7, rest did on November 17. The counting of votes is scheduled for December 3.
Out of the 90 Chhattisgarh Assembly seats up for grabs, 10 seats have been reserved for individuals from Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 29 for Scheduled Tribes (STs).
The key players in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly elections include the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Indian National Congress (INC), while smaller parties like Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC), AAP, BSP, and Left have also fielded their candidates in select constituencies.
In the 2018 Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections, Raigarh Assembly constituency witnessed a voter turnout of 76.20%. There were 248,329 valid votes cast out of a total of 189,318 registered voters.
Prakash Shakrajeet Naik emerged victorious, the next closest rival by 14,580 votes. The winning candidate secured a 7.70% margin over their closest rival.