CG Election: The third power is becoming a hindrance to Congress-BJP in every election, this time also rebels become a challenge.

Satyam Sharma – Rajnandgaon. Even though the main contest in Chhattisgarh has been between Congress and BJP, the third option in the form of BSP, SP and Janata Congress Jogi is also contesting on many seats. Has been exerting its influence. Especially in Bilaspur division, both the major parties have suffered more losses due to the third force. Talking about the last elections, the candidates of Janata Congress Jogi, who entered the electoral fray for the first time, may have won only five seats, but there were about a dozen seats where due to the votes received by the candidates of this party, both the major parties were in the lead. The win-loss equation got spoiled. Apart from this, the presence of BSP on half a dozen seats has been troubling both these parties. This time too, the leaders who rebelled and entered the field remain a matter of concern.

The election phase to elect the next government of Chhattisgarh state has started. The nomination process for 20 seats in the first phase has been completed. Now the withdrawal of nominations is going on. It is clear from the situation created after the distribution of tickets by both the major parties that this time also a large number of angry leaders will rebel and contest the elections. In such a situation, the equation between BJP and Congress may deteriorate due to these rebels and other parties present in the electoral fray as a third force. Even in the last elections, the third power got the support base due to the victory of BJP-Congress on 36 out of 90 seats in the state. In these 7 seats, both the major parties were defeated by the third power. This time too, the same situation seems to be emerging in a dozen out of 20 seats in the first phase.

This was the situation of the last election

Parties ॥ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ Seats ७ ७ ७ ७ Vote%७ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ Vote

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BJP ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ 15७ ७ ७ ७ ७ 33%७ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७4701530

JCC� � � � � � � � � � � 5� � � � � � � � � 7.6%� � � � � � � 1081760

BSP ॥ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ 2७ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७3.9%७ ७ ७ ७ ७ ७ 552313

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Open opposition, danger of internal attack also

Candidates have been announced by both the parties. Since the announcement of the candidates, angry leaders of both the parties who were hoping for tickets have also opened their front. Some of them have even decided to rebel and contest the elections as independent candidates. Such leaders are in the fray in some seats including Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, Kondagaon in the first phase. There is a possibility of such leaders filing nomination forms in the remaining 70 seats also in the nomination process which started from Saturday.

BSP won seats in every election, 90 seats of the state

There was a direct contest for seats between Congress and BJP. At the same time, BSP has also been successful in winning at least one seat in all the four elections. In 2003, out of 90 seats, 50 were won by BJP, 37 by Congress, 2 by BSP and 1 by NCP. In 2008, 50 were won by BJP, 38 by Congress and 2 by BSP. In 2013, 49 BJP, 39 Congress, 1 BSP and 1 Independent won. In 2018, Congress won 68 seats, BJP 15, JCC 5 and BSP 2 seats.

There was competition between 61 teams

Talking about the last elections, a total of 61 parties had fielded their candidates to contest 90 seats in the state. These included BJP, Congress, BSP, NCP, CPI and CPM national parties. Whereas AAP, JDU, Shiv Sena and SP were state level parties. Apart from this, 51 small parties i.e. unrecognized registered parties also contested the elections. A total of 1269 candidates were in the fray for 90 seats in the state. Among these, maximum 68 are from Congress, 15 from BJP, 5 from Janata. Congress Jogi and 2 BSP candidates had won. Talking about the previous elections, there was a contest between a total of 45 political parties in the 2013 assembly elections. Of these, six national parties and five state level parties as well as 34 unrecognized parties were in the electoral fray.

Impact on these seats

The seats in which Congress and BJP had to suffer losses due to the third force included Bharatpur Sonhat, Manendragarh, Premnagar, Ramanujganj, Jashpur, Raigarh, Rampur, Korba, Katghora, Pali Tanakhar, Kota, Mungeli, Takhatpur, Bilha, Beltara, Masturi. , Akaltara, Janjgir Champa, Chandrapur, Jajepur, Pamgarh, Basna, Mahasamund, Bhilaigarh,! The seats of Balodabazar, Bhatapara, Raipur Rural, Arang, Abhanpur, Bindranwagarh, Kurud, Dhamtari, Durg City, Bemetara, Pandariya, Khairagarh, Mohla Manpur, Dantewada and Konta are included.