Raipur. The Election Commission has announced the date of by-election of Raipur South Assembly of Chhattisgarh. Voting will be held here on 13th November and the results will be declared on 23rd November. The nomination process will start from October 18. According to the Election Commission, the last date for nomination will be October 25. Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on October 28. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is 30th October. Let us tell you that this time in the Lok Sabha elections, Minister Brijmohan Agarwal was given ticket from Raipur Lok Sabha. He registered a historic victory from Raipur. After his victory, Raipur South is the only seat where by-elections will be held.
general seat hence more contenders
The South Assembly seat falls in the general category category. That means a person from any category can contest elections for this seat. This is the reason why the number of claimants is continuously increasing here. The reputation of both Congress and BJP will be at stake in this by-election. This seat has been in the possession of BJP for a long time. In such a situation, BJP will face the challenge of preserving its traditional seat. Congress will try to win in the South this time.
Raipur South Assembly seat is the stronghold of BJP.
Raipur South Assembly seat is considered the stronghold of BJP. From here, senior BJP leader Brijmohan Aggarwal has won eight consecutive assembly elections from 1990 to 2023. He had achieved the biggest victory in Chhattisgarh in the 2023 assembly elections. He defeated Mahant Ramsundar Das of Congress by more than 60 thousand votes. In the 2023 assembly elections, BJP candidate Brijmohan Aggarwal got one lakh nine thousand two hundred sixty-three votes and Congress candidate Mahant Ramsundar Das got 41 thousand 544 votes. BJP had made Brijmohan its candidate from Raipur in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, where after winning, he resigned from the MLA.
Congress has formed a 9-member election management committee
Congress has intensified preparations to win Raipur South Assembly seat of Chhattisgarh. To conduct the by-elections in a better manner, Congress has formed a 9-member Election Management Committee. This committee will keep an eye on the entire election preparations. Senior leaders including 6 former ministers and former MLAs have been given responsibility in the by-election committee of Congress, which includes former ministers Satyanarayan Sharma, Ravindra Choubey, Mohan Markam, Shiv Dahria, Jaisingh Aggarwal, former PCC Chief Dhanendra Sahu, former MLA Kuldeep Juneja, Ruchir Garg and Udho Ram Verma.